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William T. Mattox

William T. Mattox was a minister of the Christian church who had led several congregations in eastern North Carolina. In July 1937 he became Orange County's superintendent of public welfare, as the department was reorganized under Social Security. When the county sold its outdated county home in 1941, he arranged places for its residents in private homes. He held the post until he died at his Chapel Hill home in May 1947.

Source: Documenting the American South: North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Biennial Report of the North…

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  1. The county welfare department is reorganized under Social Security A new three-member welfare board of O. L. Crabtree, Bruce Strowd and Charlie McDade, a Black member, took charge, and W. T. Mattox became superintendent in July 1937. The office moved to Hillsborough that year and kept a branch in Chapel Hill. People: Bruce Strowd, William T. MattoxSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 211
  2. Orange County sells the county home and its farm at auction The county auctioned the old county home, its 241-acre farm, buildings, stock and tools, and a Forrest was the high bidder. Its last residents had been boarded with relatives and friends at county expense, which the welfare superintendent said cost less than half as much. People: William T. MattoxSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, October 17, 1941, p. 1
  3. Annie Strowd becomes superintendent of public welfare Strowd succeeded Mrs. Jean Heer, who had followed W. T. Mattox after his death in 1947, and still held the post when the book was written. People: William T. Mattox, Annie StrowdSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 212

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