A. C. Murdock

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 11 dated events in the chronology →

1. August 13-17, 1850 Hillsborough commissioners drop the paid town patrol for citizen patrol duty The Hillsborough commissioners repealed the ordinance that let the magistrate of police hire two paid patrolmen and made Thomas Faucett town constable and collector. They ordered the clerk to list the men liable to patrol duty so the magistrate could call out a patrol company every week. People: Thomas Faucett, A. C. Murdock, Lemuel Lynch Place: HillsboroughHillsborough Recorder, August 28, 1850, p. 3
2. May Term 1853 The court binds John D. Carter, a free boy of color, to Josiah Turner Sr. over a carriage maker's offer to teach him Two men applied for John D. Carter, a free orphan boy of color aged 12 and son of Elizabeth Carter: Andrew C. Murdock, who ran a carriage-making shop in Hillsborough and offered to teach him the trade, and Josiah Turner Sr., who offered to teach him none. The court found nothing against either man's character, bound the boy to Turner as the most suitable person, to learn farming, and allowed Murdock an appeal to the Superior Court. The same term it bound William Gaston Carter, 14, also a son of Elizabeth Carter, to William S. Cheek. People: A. C. Murdock, Josiah Turner Sr. Place: Hillsborough · Also named: John D. Carter, Elizabeth Carter, William Gaston Carter, William S. CheekSearch the index · Mark Chilton, Freedom Bound: Apprenticeship, Racism & Liberation in Orange County, North Carolina 1777 to 1868 (Wandering through the NC Piedmont)
3. October 26-27, 1854 Orange County holds its first agricultural fair at Hillsborough The Orange County agricultural society held its first annual fair over two days, with 81 entries and 190 articles in the stock and mechanical departments and 180 in Floral Hall. Prizes went to castings from Allen Brown's Eagle Foundry, cloth from the Alpha Woolen Mills, local ploughs, carriages by A. C. Murdock and Hurdle & Hurdle, saddles and leather, and Paul C. Cameron gave a two-hour address on the second day. People: Paul C. Cameron, John Wall Norwood, A. C. Murdock Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Allen BrownSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, November 1, 1854, p. 2
4. February 1855 to 1856 Lemuel Lynch serves a second term as mayor of Hillsborough Ten years after becoming the town's first mayor, Lynch succeeded A. C. Murdock and served a year, followed by James M. Palmer. People: Lemuel Lynch, A. C. Murdock, James M. Palmer Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 368 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, February 7, 1855, p. 2
5. October 29-30, 1857 The Orange County Agricultural Society holds its fourth fair near Hillsborough The society held its fourth annual fair on its grounds near Hillsborough on October 29 and 30, re-elected Paul C. Cameron president, and heard him speak when no orator could be had. Premiums went to Jones & Hooker of Hillsborough for implements, furniture and iron castings, to A. C. Murdock for buggies and to John Laws for tinware, and the paper reported yields of 55 bushels of corn on an acre, 20 bushels of wheat on half an acre and 1,100 pounds of tobacco on an acre. People: Paul C. Cameron, Thomas Webb, A. C. Murdock, Josiah Turner Sr. Place: Agricultural Society grounds, near Hillsborough · Also named: John LawsSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, November 4, 1857, p. 2
6. February 1859 to February 1860 Calvin E. Parish serves as mayor of Hillsborough Parish followed Dr. Roscoe Hooker as mayor of Hillsborough in February 1859 and served until A. C. Murdock took office in February 1860. People: Calvin E. Parish, A. C. Murdock Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Roscoe HookerSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 368 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, February 16, 1859, p. 2; Hillsborough Recorder, February 24, 1858, p. 2; Hillsborough Recorder, February 8, 1860, p. 3
7. February 2, 1861 Hillsborough re-elects A. C. Murdock magistrate of police and chooses seven commissioners At Hillsborough's town election A. C. Murdock was re-elected magistrate of police without opposition, with 66 votes, and seven town commissioners were chosen from men who were not formal candidates, James C. Turrentine among them. A Mr. Cheek was elected town constable without opposition. People: James C. Turrentine Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Plaindealer, February 6, 1861, p. 2
8. February 20, 1861 A Union meeting at the court house nominates Graham and John Berry for the convention Union men of all parties met in the court house at Hillsborough, nominated William A. Graham for the proposed state convention and, on the report of a committee of nineteen, added Capt. John Berry. Berry accepted after Col. Guthrie withdrew David L. Swain's name, and on February 22 Swain confirmed that he had left the race. People: John Berry, William A. Graham, A. C. Murdock, David L. Swain Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 27, 1861, p. 3
9. April 18, 1863 A county meeting at Hillsborough condemns bread riots and buys corn and bacon for the needy Days after some women of the Cane Creek neighborhood west of town asked about seizing food from farmers who were asking fifty dollars a barrel for flour, a public meeting of Orange citizens at Hillsborough, chaired by magistrate of police A. C. Murdock with former governor William A. Graham explaining its object, heard reports of want from across the county, condemned violence and disorder by women or anyone else, and resolved that the legislature's appropriation and the county court's fund were enough to relieve soldiers' families and the needy if put to better use. It named a committee including William J. Bingham, Freeman Walker and J. W. Norwood, which within days had bought corn and bacon for distribution. People: A. C. Murdock, William A. Graham, Ellison Goodloe Mangum, William Bingham (1835-1873), John Wall Norwood Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Freeman WalkerHillsborough Recorder, April 22, 1863, p. 2
10. January 4, 1869 Hillsborough elects A. C. Murdock magistrate of police Hillsborough's town election chose A. C. Murdock as magistrate of police, with E. H. Pogue, D. C. Parks and Joseph Reece among the town commissioners. People: A. C. Murdock, E. H. Pogue, David C. Parks Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Joseph ReeceSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, January 11, 1869, p. 2
11. May 27, 1876 Mayor Andrew C. Murdock of Hillsborough dies Andrew C. Murdock, a Hillsborough magistrate and the town's mayor at his death, died of asthma on May 27 in his sixty-fourth year and was buried with Masonic honors. The probate judge appointed Lemuel Lynch magistrate in his place, and the town commissioners named Thomas Webb mayor. People: Lemuel Lynch, Thomas Webb Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, May 31, 1876, p. 3