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John F. McAdams

John F. McAdams was Orange County's register of deeds, and so clerk to the county commissioners, from 1920 until he died of a stroke in July 1926, a month after his renomination. He was buried at Hebron church on the Orange-Alamance line, near where he was born.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 9, 1926, p. 1 (Register of Deeds Passes Away)

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  1. Democratic county convention nominates S. W. Andrews for sheriff The Orange County Democratic convention, with John W. Graham as chairman, took eleven ballots to choose S. W. Andrews for sheriff over six rivals. It nominated Ira E. D. Andrews for the House, John Laws for register of deeds, Calvin R. Parish for treasurer, Dr. A. C. Jordan for coroner, James O. Webb for surveyor, and John F. McAdams and Joseph W. Pickett among the commissioners. People: John W. Graham, John F. McAdams, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 4, 1904, p. 3
  2. Orange County cotton growers resolve to hold their crop for ten cents A meeting of Orange County cotton growers at the court house, called after cotton fell to about 7 1/2 cents at Hillsborough, resolved to hold their cotton until it reached ten cents a pound and to cut their 1905 acreage by a quarter, and made their organization permanent. People: John F. McAdams, Thomas J. OldhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 22, 1904, p. 3
  3. The county puts its public roads under road supervisors The county commissioners amended the Orange County road law to place the working of the public roads directly under township road supervisors, doing away with road overseers, and named supervisors for the townships. Hillsborough and Chapel Hill townships, which had special road laws, were left out. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 11, 1905, p. 3
  4. County commissioners refuse to license saloons in Hillsborough After hearing both sides and receiving petitions from men, women, boys and girls across the county, the county commissioners rejected the applications of W. F. Jackson and T. H. Scoggins to sell liquor in Hillsborough, though the town board had recommended them. Commissioner Browning voted for license and Commissioner Pickett against, and Chairman McAdams broke the tie against it. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 8, 1905, p. 3
  5. County commissioners levy special school taxes in the Caldwell and Mebane districts At their monthly meeting on July 3 the county commissioners levied a special school tax of 15 cents on property and 45 cents on the poll in the Caldwell school district, and 30 cents on property and 90 cents on the poll in the Mebane school district. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 6, 1905, p. 2
  6. Orange County's commissioners decide to buy a road machine and order a bridge over Back Creek At their April 2 meeting the county commissioners decided to buy a road machine to rent to the townships and hired H. C. Walker and J. P. McAdams to run it. They also told Commissioner J. W. Pickett to let the building of a bridge over Back Creek at Hughes mill to the lowest responsible bidder. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 5, 1906, p. 3
  7. Orange Democrats renominate the county officers and endorse John W. Graham for the Senate The Democratic county convention at the court house, with S. M. Gattis in the chair, ratified the August 11 primaries, which had renominated every sitting county officer: D. H. Hamilton for clerk of court over Charles Strayhorn, S. W. Andrews for sheriff, John Laws for register of deeds, Calvin R. Parish for treasurer and Sterling Browning, John F. McAdams and Joseph W. Pickett for commissioners, with Isaac W. Pritchard for the House. The convention endorsed Maj. John W. Graham for the state Senate. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, John W. Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1906, p. 2
  8. Democrats carry every county office in Orange Every Democrat on the Orange County ticket won in the general election: W. W. Kitchin carried the county for Congress by 407 votes, John W. Graham beat Bramham for the state Senate by 431 and Isaac W. Pritchard won the House seat by 224, and the three Democratic commissioners, John F. McAdams, Joseph W. Pickett and Sterling Browning, were returned. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, John W. Graham, Samuel Mallett Gattis, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 15, 1906, p. 2
  9. County commissioners order a steel fence for the courthouse yard The Orange County commissioners ordered a steel fence from the Ward Fence Company of Decatur, Indiana, to enclose the courthouse yard at about $250, and had Sheriff S. W. Andrews auction the old fence on February 8. The new fence arrived in early April, and on April 6 the board let the contract for painting it to George Laws for $37.50. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 6, 1908, p. 2
  10. A new steel bridge over Morgan Creek at Purefoy's mill is finished and accepted The Carolina Engineering Company finished a steel bridge over Morgan Creek at the Purefoy mill near Chapel Hill, and county commission chairman J. F. McAdams inspected and accepted it; work had begun on January 20. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 5, 1908, p. 3
  11. Orange County's taxable property for 1911 is listed at $4,514,847 County Assessor J. F. McAdams reported the 1911 tax valuation by township: $2,711,533 in real and $1,803,314 in personal property, a gain of $764,724 over the state's 1910 figure. Chapel Hill Township led at $1,790,703. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 20, 1911, p. 5
  12. John F. McAdams helps gather the property lists for the 1919 revaluation County tax supervisor R. D. Bain and his assistant, John F. McAdams, went through Chapel Hill township collecting the blank forms sent out weeks before for listing real property under the state's Revaluation Act, and were to come into town for the same purpose a few days later. People: Robert D. BainSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News (Chapel Hill), October 16, 1919, p. 5
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  1. County commissioners call special school tax elections for Carrboro and the Carr district The Orange County commissioners ordered two school tax elections for September 12, 1923: one in the Carrboro special tax school district on a local tax of up to 20 cents on $100 of property, and one in the part of Cedar Grove Township next to the Carr special tax district, from the Caswell and Person lines south to George Smith's crossroads, on a tax of up to 30 cents. Both taxes were to supplement the six-month school term, and both followed petitions from the district school committees approved by the county board of education. People: John F. McAdams, Ralph H. WardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 16, 1923, p. 4
  2. Commissioners call a school tax election for the Eno Township area next to the Murphey district On the petition of the Murphey special tax school district's committee, the Orange County commissioners ordered an election for July 16, 1924, in the part of Eno Township next to that district, on a special school tax of up to 20 cents on $100 to supplement the six-month term. They ordered a new registration and named St. Mary's schoolhouse the polling place. People: John F. McAdams, Ralph H. WardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 5, 1924, p. 4
  3. Commissioners call a vote on an added school tax in the Carrboro district On the petition of the Carrboro special tax district's school committee, the Orange County commissioners ordered an election for July 23, 1924, on an added local tax of up to 10 cents on $100 to supplement the district's six-month school term. They ordered a new registration and named H. C. Hundley's store the polling place. People: John F. McAdams, Ralph H. WardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 26, 1924, p. 4
  4. Orange County sells $65,000 of bonds for its new jail The county commissioners sold $65,000 of 5 percent jail bonds to Seasongood and Mayer of Cincinnati, best of 25 bidders, for $66,236.76, so the county borrowed at a little under 5 percent. The Weekly took the price as proof of the county's good credit with investment bankers. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1925, p. 1
  5. Orange County Democrats nominate A. W. Kenion for clerk and a new board of commissioners In the Democratic primary of June 5, 1926, which the Weekly treated as the real county election, A. W. Kenion of Hillsboro beat S. W. Andrews of Chapel Hill for clerk of court, 1,096 to 970, with Hillsboro's mayor T. M. Arrasmith far behind. John A. McCauley, George A. Johnston and John H. Hanner of Efland won the three commissioner nominations over sitting commissioners J. D. Webb and J. E. Hawkins, and Sheriff L. Bunn Lloyd, Treasurer S. T. Latta Jr. and Register of Deeds J. F. McAdams were renominated. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdams, Junius D. Webb, John Hodge Hanner, Samuel T. Latta Jr., Alonzo W. KenionSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 11, 1926, p. 1
  6. Orange County register of deeds John F. McAdams dies John F. McAdams, Orange County's register of deeds since 1920, died of a stroke on July 5, 1926, a month after he had been renominated by a large majority. He was buried at Hebron church on the Orange-Alamance line near where he was born, and the county commissioners adopted resolutions in his memory and adjourned that day's business. People: John F. McAdamsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 9, 1926, p. 1

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