Charles W. Johnston

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1. July 8, 1877 William C. Claytor, Nettleton G. Craig and Charles W. Johnston are ordained elders at New Hope Three elders were added to the session. Claytor was a son of the 1859 elder Samuel Claytor; Johnston's grandmother was Mary Cabe, a daughter of Gilbert Strayhorn. People: Charles W. Johnston Place: New Hope · Also named: William C. Claytor, Nettleton G. CraigSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 37
2. May 6, 1879 The new Chapel Hill board elects Merritt Cheek mayor and William Creel constable After the old board handed over on election night and Mayor John H. Watson and the town attorney resigned, the new commissioners chose Merritt Cheek, a justice of the peace, as mayor and William Creel as town constable. At their meeting the next night Cheek was sworn in, Dr. T. W. Harris was made secretary and treasurer, and the weighmaster's duties went to the constable. People: John H. Watson, Thomas West Harris, Charles W. Johnston, Merritt Cheek Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: William CreelSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, May 10, 1879, p. 3
3. June 7, 1880 Orange Democrats choose convention delegates and back Julian S. Carr for lieutenant governor The Orange County Democratic convention at Hillsborough, chaired by C. W. Johnston of Chapel Hill Township, chose delegates to the judicial, congressional and state conventions and asked them to work for the nomination of Julian S. Carr for lieutenant governor. A resolution asking the delegates to vote for Ruffin for judge also passed, over some dissent. People: Charles W. Johnston, Augustus Washington Graham, Julian S. Carr Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, June 12, 1880, p. 3
4. August 28, 1880 Chapel Hill Township Democrats hold their first primary election Chapel Hill Township Democrats chose their twelve delegates to the county convention by a primary vote, a plan the Ledger called entirely new, with Merritt Cheek and J. M. Alexander as poll holders. Voters also recorded preferences for the county offices, putting Charles W. Johnston first for the House and Merritt Cheek first for treasurer. People: Charles W. Johnston, Merritt Cheek Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: J. M. AlexanderSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, September 4, 1880, p. 3
5. May 16, 1889 Orange Presbytery removes all six active elders of New Hope Member David A. Claytor had carried a petition, which most of the members signed, calling on the active elders to resign; three agreed and three refused. Meeting at the church, the presbytery heard the parties, dissolved all six elders' relation to the church and ordered a new election. People: John T. Hogan, Charles W. Johnston Place: New Hope · Also named: David A. Claytor, William C. ClaytorSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 32
6. May 25, 1889 New Hope re-elects three of its removed elders With the Rev. F. H. Johnston presiding, the congregation chose Charles W. Johnston, John T. Hogan and William C. Claytor again, and they were reinstalled before a large congregation. People: John T. Hogan, Charles W. Johnston Place: New Hope · Also named: William C. ClaytorSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 32