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Joel Lane

1740–1795 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 1 dated event in the chronology →

  1. Willie Jones views New Hope Chapel Hill as a university commissioner and signs for the site Jones was one of six commissioners the trustees sent to fix the seat of the university. On November 5, 1792 he handed the commissioners Joel Lane's offer of 640 acres in Wake County; the commissioners then went on to view New Hope Chapel Hill in Orange County, where they took offers of 1,390 acres and about 798 pounds. Jones signed the report. People: Willie Jones, James Hogg, David Stone, Joel Lane, Alexander Mebane Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: William HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Board of Trustees Minutes, December 3-13, 1792 [Containing Reports Regarding the Site of the University]

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Indexed works

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Miscellaneous Postcard Collection

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Office of Archives and History. Division of Archives and Records · 1900

Postcards gathered from many sources, 1900s to 2005, arranged in five series: single cards, addressed cards, postcard packets, oversize cards and miscellany. Places and subjects span North Carolina and beyond, from Alamance Battleground to the Appalachian Mountains, and Chapel Hill and Hillsborough scenes are among them.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Lane, Joel, 1740-1795.

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