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George C. (George Clancy) Pickard

1855–1924 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Orange County Democrats nominate George C. Pickard for the House and renominate the county officers After primaries on August 3, the Democratic county convention at the court house nominated George C. Pickard of Chapel Hill for the state House by acclamation and renominated Sheriff R. D. Bain, Treasurer Harry L. Parish, Register of Deeds John Laws and Surveyor James O. Webb. It named Dr. W. N. Mebane for coroner and John P. Hughes, J. D. Webb and Allan Browning for county commissioners. People: Charles H. Robertson, Samuel Mallett Gattis, Robert D. Bain, Harry L. Parish, Junius D. Webb Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: John Laws, James O. Webb, W. N. Mebane, John P. Hughes, Allan BrowningSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 15, 1912, p. 5
  2. Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor Roberson over W. H. Boger and chooses a new board of aldermen Two tickets and a citizens' ticket named in convention contested the town election. Mayor Roberson, the convention nominee, defeated W. H. Boger, and the new board of aldermen was made up of Dr. Raper, I. W. Pritchard, R. A. Eubanks, E. M. Cheek and George C. Pickard. People: Robert A. Eubanks, George C. (George Clancy) Pickard, Isaac W. Pritchard Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: W. H. Boger, E. M. CheekSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), May 6, 1915, p. 3
  3. George C. Pickard, former commissioner, alderman and legislator, dies George C. Pickard of Chapel Hill, born about 1851, died. The Weekly's editorial recalled that he had driven students over muddy roads to Durham and to commencements in Hillsborough, served until 1923 as the University's superintendent of grounds, founded the White Cross school west of town and supported it from his own pocket, and served as a county commissioner, town alderman, member of the county board of education and Orange County's representative in the legislature. People: George C. (George Clancy) Pickard Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: White Cross schoolSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 21, 1924, p. 2

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By George C. (George Clancy) Pickard

Pickard livery stable account books, 1896-1908.

Pickard, George C. (George Clancy), 1855-1924 · 1896

Five volumes of account books from the Pickard livery stable in Chapel Hill, running 1896 to 1908, one linear foot, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3452. The books are associated with George Clancy Pickard (1855-1924) and John Frank Pickard (1858-1921).

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About George C. (George Clancy) Pickard

Pickard family papers, circa 1900s-1990s

Pickard (Family : Orange County, N.C.) · 1904

The Pickard family of Orange County is represented here by roughly three hundred items across three linear feet, dated from the early 1900s to the 1990s, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5577. The papers concern twentieth century family history in Chapel Hill and Orange County, including George Clancy Pickard (1855-1924).

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Pickard, George C. (George Clancy), 1855-1924.

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