James M. Palmer

Life and Orange County connections

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

1. by November 9, 1834 Mary A. and James M. Palmer buy the Union Hotel from Samuel Child Mary A. Palmer and James M. Palmer bought the Union Hotel in Hillsborough from Col. Samuel Child and announced that they would keep it themselves, with the stage lines through the town stopping at their house. People: Samuel Child Place: Union Hotel, Hillsborough · Also named: Mary A. PalmerSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, November 12, 1834, p. 3
2. by January 27, 1841 Hillsborough's town commissioners engage J. Odend'hal to teach the town's English academy Hillsborough's board of commissioners, which owned the town's English Male Academy and had advertised for a teacher at the start of January, engaged J. Odend'hal, a teacher of eleven years' experience, and put the school under the board's superintendence to open on February 1, 1841. People: Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, Stephen Moore, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, John Berry Place: English Male Academy, Hillsborough · Also named: J. Odend'halHillsborough Recorder, January 28, 1841, p. 3
3. February 6, 1841 Hillsborough re-elects Stephen Moore magistrate of police and returns its town commissioners In the annual town election, Hillsborough voters re-elected Stephen Moore as magistrate of police and returned the town commissioners for the coming year, among them John Berry, Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown and James M. Palmer. People: Stephen Moore, John Berry, Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 11, 1841, p. 3
4. February 3, 1844 Hillsborough elects Richeson Nichols magistrate of police Hillsborough voters chose Richeson Nichols magistrate of police for the coming year and elected Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, Dr. Pride Jones, Henry K. Nash, John A. Faucett and a Carmichael as town commissioners. People: Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, Pride Jones, Henry Kollock Nash Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Richeson Nichols, John A. FaucettSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 8, 1844, p. 3
5. 1846 Caroline Mallett Walker conveys the Margaret Lane house to James M. Palmer In 1846 Caroline Mary Walker conveyed the lateral-hall house at 173 West Margaret Lane, by deed of trust, to James M. Palmer. Palmer, bankrupt, gave it up in 1863, and a later owner, Tom Haise or Hayes, kept a shoemaker's shop there. People: James M. Palmer Place: Mallett House (Patterson-Palmer House), 173 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough · Also named: Caroline Mary Mallett Walker, Mary WalkerSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 173 W. Margaret Lane (Mallett House)
6. between August 16 and October 1, 1853 Dennis Heartt is replaced as Hillsborough postmaster by James M. Palmer Dennis Heartt, editor of the Recorder and a Whig, was removed as postmaster at Hillsborough under the Pierce administration and succeeded by James M. Palmer, who signed the town's list of uncalled letters on October 1, 1853. Heartt marked his removal with a mock farewell in verse to the Postmaster General. People: Dennis Heartt, James M. Palmer Place: Post office, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, October 5, 1853, p. 3
7. 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
8. February 2, 1856 Hillsborough re-elects Josiah Turner Sr. a town commissioner In the town election Hillsborough chose Maj. James M. Palmer magistrate of police and elected Josiah Turner Sr., George Laws, James C. Turrentine, Lemuel Lynch, Levin Carmichael, Henry Richards and A. W. Hedgepeth commissioners. The board then re-elected Robert F. Pleasants town constable and John Laws treasurer. People: Josiah Turner Sr., James M. Palmer, George Laws, James C. Turrentine, Lemuel Lynch Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Levin Carmichael, Henry Richards, A. W. Hedgepeth, Robert F. Pleasants, John LawsSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 6, 1856, p. 2
9. April 5, 1856 Hillsborough's commissioners organize the town patrol into weekly companies Meeting on the evening of Saturday, April 5, the Hillsborough commissioners ordered the town collector to give the magistrate of police a list of every citizen liable for patrol duty, the night watch kept over enslaved people. A committee of the magistrate and three commissioners was to form them into companies, one to be called out each week. People: James M. Palmer, George Laws, Lemuel Lynch Place: HillsboroughHillsborough Recorder, April 9, 1856, p. 3
10. September 16, 1857 Calvin E. Parish becomes Hillsborough postmaster Calvin E. Parish was appointed postmaster at Hillsborough, succeeding James M. Palmer. He held the office before and during the Civil War, and Dennis Heartt was appointed in his place in June 1865. People: Calvin E. Parish, Dennis Heartt, James M. Palmer Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 370
11. March 20, 1865 Maj. James M. Palmer, railroad wood agent, dies at Hillsborough Maj. James M. Palmer died at his home in Hillsborough. He had been for several years wood agent of the North Carolina Railroad. Place: His residence, Hillsborough · Also mentions: North Carolina RailroadSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, March 22, 1865, p. 3