William N. Patterson

Life and Orange County connections

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

1. May 29, 1856 Orange County's American party convention names its legislative ticket A crowded American party convention at the Hillsborough court house, with Willie P. Mangum in the chair, heard speeches by Jones Watson and Henry K. Nash. A committee chaired by Harrison Parker recommended Josiah Turner Jr. for the state Senate and William N. Patterson and Frederick N. Strudwick for the House of Commons, and the convention ratified them unanimously. People: Harrison Parker, Willie P. Mangum, Jones Watson, Henry Kollock Nash, Josiah Turner Jr., William N. Patterson, Frederick N. Strudwick, James C. Turrentine Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, June 4, 1856, p. 3 ("Orange County American Convention")
2. August 2, 1860 Orange County elects Josiah Turner Jr. to the Senate and William N. Patterson and Hugh B. Guthrie to the Commons In the state election of August 2, Orange County returned the Whigs Josiah Turner Jr. to the state Senate and William N. Patterson and Hugh B. Guthrie to the House of Commons. People: Josiah Turner Jr., William N. Patterson, Hugh B. Guthrie Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, August 22, 1860, p. 3
3. by March 20, 1861 The Orange County court refuses to appoint the tax collector the legislature ordered The Orange County court declined to appoint the county tax collector that an act of February 1861 required for Orange and some twenty other counties, leaving, the act's supporters said, no officer to collect the county and state taxes. Commoner William N. Patterson defended the act in the Recorder, and Sheriff R. M. Jones answered that his bond as sheriff still entitled him to collect the taxes. People: William N. Patterson Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: R. M. JonesSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, March 20, 1861, p. 2
4. August 7, 1862 Orange elects William A. Graham to the state senate and H. B. Guthrie sheriff Orange County voters sent William A. Graham to the state senate, chose John Berry and William N. Patterson for the House of Commons over J. L. Stewart and William F. Strayhorn, and elected H. B. Guthrie sheriff over the incumbent R. M. Jones. At home the county gave Zebulon B. Vance 1,051 votes for governor to 308 for William Johnston. People: William A. Graham, John Berry, William N. Patterson, Hugh B. Guthrie, Zebulon B. Vance Place: Orange County · Also named: R. M. Jones, William F. StrayhornSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, August 27, 1862, p. 3
5. August 5, 1868 Orange County's first elected board of commissioners takes office Elected in April 1868 at the election that ratified the new constitution, five commissioners qualified at the courthouse and chose Lemuel Lynch chairman, replacing the old county court of justices. Within days the newly elected sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds and clerk of superior court gave their bonds. People: John U. Kirkland, Jones Watson, David C. Parks, George Laws, Lemuel Lynch, William N. Patterson Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 193 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, April 29, 1868, p. 2
6. 1870-1872 John T. Hogan serves as an Orange County commissioner Lefler and Wager's list of Orange County commissioners gives J. T. Hogan a term from 1870 to 1872. The clerk's statement of the commissioners' attendance and mileage for the year ending in 1871, printed in the Hillsborough Recorder, names him John T. Hogan, one of five members of the board. People: John T. Hogan, Samuel Wellwood Hughes, William N. Patterson Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 358 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, November 22, 1871, p. 3
7. March 8, 1870 Disguised men whip residents of the county poorhouse Men in disguise entered the poorhouse at night and whipped several of the men and women living there. On March 10 the commissioners offered a $200 reward for the attackers, over the written protest of commissioner W. N. Patterson, who defended the raiders' motives. People: William N. Patterson Place: Orange County poorhouseSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 195
8. 1872 Orange County names a three-man Board of Education and a panel of teacher examiners Under the Reconstruction school law the county had a Board of Education of W. N. Patterson, J. T. Hogan and Jones Watson in 1872. Samuel W. Hughes and Charles Curtis were among the county examiners who licensed teachers that year. People: Samuel Wellwood Hughes, Jones Watson, John T. Hogan, William N. Patterson Place: Orange County · Also named: Charles CurtisSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 91
9. April 27, 1875 An Orange County meeting nominates William A. Graham and Josiah Turner Jr. for the constitutional convention A county meeting at the courthouse in Hillsborough, called by the Conservative executive committee, named William A. Graham by acclamation as a delegate to the constitutional convention. After a dispute over voting by townships, a ballot gave Josiah Turner Jr. 141 votes to 93 for W. N. Patterson, and his nomination was made unanimous. People: William A. Graham, Josiah Turner Jr., William N. Patterson Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, May 5, 1875, p. 3
10. August 5 and September 16, 1875 William A. Graham defeats Washington Duke for a seat in the 1875 convention On August 5, 1875, Orange elected Graham over Duke, 1,908 to 1,528, and Josiah Turner Jr. over John T. Hogan. Graham died before the convention met, and William N. Patterson beat Duke again in a special election on September 16, 2,000 to 1,297. People: William A. Graham, Josiah Turner Jr., Washington Duke, John T. Hogan, William N. Patterson Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 120-121 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, August 11, 1875, p. 3; Hillsborough Recorder, September 22, 1875, p. 3
11. November 1879 Fire destroys the old Patterson family house near New Hope Creek The family mansion of Maj. W. N. Patterson near New Hope Creek burned from a defective chimney; the fire had smouldered in the roof and nothing but some bedding was saved. Two brothers named Carroll owned the house at the time. People: William N. Patterson Place: near New Hope Creek, Orange CountySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, November 29, 1879, p. 3