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George Johnston

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Johnston and Robson Mill History, New Hope Creek (Orange Co., N.C.)

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

Stewart E. Dunaway's history of the two mills George Johnston built on New Hope Creek in Orange County, the first in 1793 and the second in 1820, the earlier of which he sold to the Englishman William Robson. Self-published in 2010, 256 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles. Topics include gristmills in Orange County and the Blackwood, Johnston, Robinson and Robson families, so the volume serves both mill history and genealogy.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 664.72 DUNAWAY UNC Duke Durham NC Cardinal

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  1. Hillsborough Academy trustees engage Thomas Baron after George Johnston fails to arrive The academy trustees, Walter Alves among them, announced that George Johnston had not taken charge as promised and that they had engaged Thomas Baron, a Harvard graduate, to teach languages, arithmetic, geography and mathematics. People: William Kirkland, Duncan Cameron, George JohnstonSearch the index · Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840 (1915)
  2. Mary W. Burke deeds her Queen Street house to George Johnston, keeping one room Governor Thomas Burke's daughter Mary W. Burke sold her East Queen Street house and lot, later called Heartsease, to George Johnston for one dollar and kept the use of one room for herself. The next year Johnston gave up his claim for the same sum. People: George JohnstonSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Heartsease, National Register nomination (OR0009), p. 5

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  • Heartsease Houses, farms, parks and cemeteries · Hillsborough · 1 event here
  • Hillsborough Academy Schools and academies · Hillsborough · 1 event here

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