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Leonard Henderson

From the state marker
“Jurist and educator. Member of first N.C. Supreme Court; Chief Justice, 1829-1833. His grave is 1/2 mi. W.”
State historical marker: G-99: Leonard Henderson 1772-1833

1772–1833 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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1942

Magazine issue from 7 March 1942: The State, volume 9, number 40. It pairs Orange County history and travel with early justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court (John Hall, Leonard Henderson, John Louis Taylor) and with the Alspaugh plantation and Centenary Church in Winston-Salem.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Henderson, Leonard, 1772-1833.

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Background context: NCpedia: Leonard Henderson NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Background context: Historical marker G-99: Leonard Henderson 1772-1833 NC Highway Historical Marker Jurist and educator. Member of first N.C. Supreme Court; Chief Justice, 1829-1833. His grave is 1/2 mi. W.
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 13 Orange County pages naming Leonard Henderson DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Leonard Henderson NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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