Richmond Mumford Pearson

Life and Orange County connections

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1. early June 1823 The university graduates twenty-seven seniors and makes Bishop Ravenscroft a Doctor of Divinity At its commencement the University of North Carolina conferred the bachelor's degree on twenty-seven seniors, among them Richmond M. Pearson, Victor M. Murphey and Alfred M. Scales, and master's degrees on four alumni. It gave an honorary Doctor of Divinity to John S. Ravenscroft, the new Episcopal bishop of North Carolina. People: John Stark Ravenscroft, Richmond Mumford Pearson Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: Victor M. Murphey, Alfred M. ScalesSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, June 18, 1823, p. 3
2. Superior Court week, March 8-13, 1841 Orange Superior Court convicts the man John Tapp enslaved of killing Tapp's son At the spring term of Orange Superior Court, Judge Pearson presiding, the enslaved man charged with killing John Tapp and his son was tried on the indictment for the son's death, convicted, and sentenced to hang on Friday, April 16, 1841. People: Richmond Mumford Pearson Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: John TappSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, March 11, 1841, p. 3
3. February 1, 1873 Alumni meet in Raleigh to plan the university's revival At the invitation of trustees led by Superintendent Alexander McIver, fifty-five alumni met in the state Senate chamber with B. F. Moore in the chair. Their committee proposed that the alumni association nominate a new board for the Board of Education to appoint, but most of the 1868 trustees did not resign and the plan lapsed. People: Alexander McIver, William A. Graham, William Horn Battle, Richmond Mumford Pearson, Bartholomew F. Moore Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 46