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James M. Palmer

James M. Palmer was a Hillsborough officeholder in the middle of the 1800s. He was named a town commissioner in 1835, was the town's postmaster from 1845 to 1849 and again from 1853 to 1857, and served as mayor from May 1856 to June 1857. In 1846 he took the West Margaret Lane house now called the Mallett House by a deed of trust. He went bankrupt and gave up the house in 1863.

Source: NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register file OR0077ad

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  1. 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. PalmerSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 173 W. Margaret Lane (Mallett House)
  2. 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: A. C. Murdock, James M. PalmerSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 368
  3. 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: Dennis Heartt, James M. PalmerSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 370

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