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William Jackson Hicks

1827–1911 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for William Jackson Hicks so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present

Ashe, Samuel A. · 1905 · C.L. Van Noppen

Samuel A. Ashe's eight volume set of North Carolina biographies, published by C.L. Van Noppen from 1905 and running from the colonial period forward. The sketches take in governors, judges and public men, among them William Tryon, Frederick Nash, Richard Henderson and Matt W. Ransom. Genealogists use the set as a name source for families across the state, Orange County included.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Hicks, William Jackson, 1827-1911.

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  • NC LIVE: prepared search for William Jackson Hicks Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
  • Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries

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