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1751–1839 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
3 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by William Lenoir.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
October 1803 correspondence of Governor James Turner, in 35 images, with William Lenoir among the writers. Anson County, Hillsborough and Orange County are among the places concerned.
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Reports of the General Assembly's joint select committees from 25 November to 20 December 1786, in 79 images. Among them are a report on Wilkes County petitions supporting Benjamin Herndon, a committee on counting the state's white and black inhabitants, and a rejected petition of John Bradley. Other business concerns taxes, paper money, tobacco, Quakers, the militia and Orange County.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Lenoir, William, 1751-1839.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
A 1784 bill in the House of Commons for the new District of Morgan: commissioners would build public buildings, raise a tax for them and plan a town in Burke County. Jesse Franklin and William Lenoir are named. Introduced 10 May at the General Assembly's Hillsborough session.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Lenoir, William, 1751-1839.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Senate joint resolutions of 7 to 15 May 1782, 76 images with messages, a committee report and petitions. Among them: Francis Newby of Franklin County, David Marshall of New Bern, and Dennis O'Bryan, George Duncan and Joseph Pitman of Granville County. Thomas Burke, Willie Jones and Waightstill Avery figure in the papers, and Hillsborough is among the places tied to them.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Lenoir, William, 1751-1839.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Dated events connected with this person, earliest first. See these 3 dated events in the chronology →
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People named in the same dated entries as William Lenoir, those sharing the most entries first. Each line links one of the shared entries in the chronology, where its source is cited. A shared entry shows these people in the same event, not how well they knew each other.
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