Samuel Hopkins

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 7 dated events in the chronology →

1. 1792 Hillsborough builders add a Federal-style house at Cain's Pleasant Grove The Cains commissioned the Hillsborough builders Martin Palmer and Samuel Hopkins to build a second, Federal-style house about ten feet from the original 1775 Georgian house at Pleasant Grove. People: William Cain Sr., Samuel Hopkins Place: Pleasant Grove, Orange County · Also named: William Cain, Martin PalmerSearch the index · Open Durham: Pleasant Grove / Hardscrabble Plantation
2. March 20, 1793 Hillsborough gets the first post office in Orange County David Ray was appointed Hillsborough's first postmaster about December 18, 1792, and the office appears in post office lists from March 20, 1793, the first in the county; Chapel Hill followed on July 1, 1795. Letters were left at the office for recipients to collect, and for decades it moved from one Churton Street or King Street business to another. People: Samuel Hopkins Place: Hillsborough · Also named: David Ray · Also mentions: Churton Street, King StreetSearch the index · Carolana: North Carolina Post Offices 1785 to 1882, Sorted by Date Started
3. August Term 1794 The court orders a road laid off from the east end of Franklin Street in the University village On a memorial from John Haywood and Alexander Mebane, two of the University's trustees, the court summoned fifteen men, among them Matthew McCauley, James Patterson, Christopher Barbee and Samuel Hopkins, to lay off a road from the east end of Franklin Street in the village of the University, by the easiest and most direct way, into the road then leading down Chapel Hill. People: John Haywood, Alexander Mebane, Matthew McCauley, Christopher Barbee, Samuel Hopkins Place: East end of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: James Patterson · Also mentions: Franklin StreetMark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: August Term 1794
4. July 1, 1795 Samuel Hopkins opens the accounts of Chapel Hill's first post office Samuel Hopkins, the first postmaster appointed for Chapel Hill, files his first account with the Post Office as of July 1, 1795, the earliest record of the village post office. People: Samuel Hopkins Place: Chapel HillLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 366
5. March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799) The court orders a road laid off from Franklin Street to the old Raleigh road The county court ordered twelve men, among them Matthew McCauley, William Nunn, David Craig, Joseph Caldwell and James Craig, to lay off and mark the nearest and best way from Franklin Street in the village of the University into the old Raleigh road, and to report at the next court. People: Matthew McCauley, William Nunn, Samuel Hopkins, Joseph Caldwell Place: Chapel Hill (Franklin Street to the old Raleigh road) · Also named: David Craig, James Craig · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: February Term 1799
6. spring 1803 A student duel brings expulsions and a trustee order against dueling Quarrels in the spring of 1803 led to challenges and at least one meeting. Samuel G. Hopkins was expelled for fighting and John H. Hawkins for acting as second, and the trustees ordered that anyone in a duel be expelled and handed to the civil authorities. People: Joseph Caldwell, William Polk, Samuel Hopkins Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: John H. HawkinsSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 198
7. May Term 1804 The court orders a bridge across the Eno at Hillsborough and levies a tax for it Finding a bridge across the Eno at Hillsborough 'highly necessary', the court named Sterling Harris, Samuel Benton, Samuel Hopkins, Abner B. Bruce and John Taylor Jr. commissioners with full power to contract for it. It ordered the sheriff to collect a tax of sixpence on the poll, on every 300 acres and on every 100 pounds of town property to pay for the bridge. People: Samuel Hopkins Place: Eno River at Hillsborough · Also named: Sterling Harris, Samuel Benton, Abner B. Bruce, John Taylor Jr.Search the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1804