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Isaac W. Pritchard

Isaac W. Pritchard grew up on a farm near Chapel Hill and, after moving into the village, dealt in real estate, joined Tom Lloyd in cotton manufacturing and sat for many years on the board of the Bank of Chapel Hill. He served two terms in the legislature and died in Chapel Hill in 1935 at 82.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 22, 1935, p. 3

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Chapel Hill’s sewers and the Bolin Creek plant, 1923–19441923–1944 · 27 events · In 1923 about four homes in ten in Chapel Hill lacked water and sewer connections, and from then to 1944 the town and the University built and kept enlarging a sewer system and a disposal plant in the Bolin Creek valley. In 1925 the town contracted for a plant in Strowd's Lowgrounds, with the University agreeing to pay half the cost. Neighbors downstream sued or claimed damages over sewage, odors and flies. A Church Street main in 1926 gave the Black neighborhood there complete service. A new plant went into operation in 1931, a 1937 pumping station let every home within the town limits connect, and in 1944 the aldermen moved to enlarge the long-inadequate plant again. The failure of the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company, 1927–19301927–1930 · 12 events · When the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company failed on November 2, 1927, with liabilities of $634,000, its receivers set about selling its Chapel Hill and Carrboro properties as land values slumped. They held a first auction that December and sold the insurance department in 1928. Spring auction bids in 1928 were too low to recommend to the court, and later bids for the Strowd farm and four brick stores on Franklin Street also fell short. Sales in 1929 brought prices the Weekly put at about half those of three or four years earlier. By October 1929 the liabilities were down to $121,000 and the stockholders' equity was gone, and in 1930 the receivers expected to be discharged.

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  1. Mill owner Isaac W. Pritchard builds a large frame house on Ransom Street Isaac Pritchard, who ran one of the first textile mills near the Carrboro depot, built a spacious house at 400 Ransom Street combining a hipped roof and Palladian dormer with a Queen Anne entrance and wraparound porch. Most of his land later became part of the Westwood subdivision. People: Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 48
  2. Orange Democrats renominate the county officers and endorse John W. Graham for the Senate The Democratic county convention at the court house, with S. M. Gattis in the chair, ratified the August 11 primaries, which had renominated every sitting county officer: D. H. Hamilton for clerk of court over Charles Strayhorn, S. W. Andrews for sheriff, John Laws for register of deeds, Calvin R. Parish for treasurer and Sterling Browning, John F. McAdams and Joseph W. Pickett for commissioners, with Isaac W. Pritchard for the House. The convention endorsed Maj. John W. Graham for the state Senate. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, John W. Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1906, p. 2
  3. Democrats carry every county office in Orange Every Democrat on the Orange County ticket won in the general election: W. W. Kitchin carried the county for Congress by 407 votes, John W. Graham beat Bramham for the state Senate by 431 and Isaac W. Pritchard won the House seat by 224, and the three Democratic commissioners, John F. McAdams, Joseph W. Pickett and Sterling Browning, were returned. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, John W. Graham, Samuel Mallett Gattis, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 15, 1906, p. 2
  4. A Christian Church congregation is organized in Chapel Hill The Christian Church congregation later called United Congregational Christian Church was organized in Chapel Hill and built its church in 1914. People: William E. Lindsay, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 303
  5. 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. PritchardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), May 6, 1915, p. 3
  6. Republicans carry the Orange County ticket Orange County voters elected the Republican county ticket by majorities of 24 to 200 votes, the News reported, sending Republican Lueco Lloyd to the state House over the Democrat Pritchard and making Charles G. Rosemond sheriff in place of the Democrat R. D. Bain. The News said it was the first time in the memory of the oldest residents that the county had elected a full Republican ticket. People: Robert D. Bain, Lueco Lloyd, Isaac W. Pritchard, Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 9, 1916, p. 1
  7. Isaac W. Pritchard becomes vice-president of the Bank of Chapel Hill The Bank of Chapel Hill's advertisements in the News, which had long listed Pritchard among its directors, began naming him vice-president, under president M. C. S. Noble and cashier M. E. Hogan. People: M. C. S. Noble, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News (Chapel Hill), September 13, 1917, p. 5
  8. The Pritchards sell their mill and cotton gin to Bowden and Poythress W. N. and I. W. Pritchard sold their grist mill and cotton gin to J. D. Bowden and T. C. Poythress, who took charge and were running the mill. The new owners advertised grinding daily at Pritchard's Mill. People: Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), July 24, 1919, p. 5
  9. Bank of Chapel Hill director Henry Lloyd dies Henry Lloyd, a stockholder and director of the Bank of Chapel Hill, died by early January 1923, when his executors qualified. The bank's directors and stockholders adopted a tribute calling him a faithful officer who took great pride in the bank's growth. People: W. S. Roberson, M. C. S. Noble, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), February 1, 1923, p. 5
  10. Isaac W. Pritchard and six others give land for a Chapel Hill park and playground A tract of several acres at the southwest corner of town, beyond Pritchard's home, was to be reserved to Chapel Hill for all time as a park and playground. The givers were Pritchard, W. S. Roberson, J. F. Steiner, H. W. Odum, George B. Logan, Harold D. Meyer and E. R. Mosher, and one or two ball fields were planned. People: W. S. Roberson, Howard W. Odum, Harold D. MeyerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 13, 1924, p. 6
  11. The Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company goes into receivership With much of its land mortgaged and the real estate market slumping, the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company could not meet its notes and interest, and on November 2 Judge M. V. Barnhill, in a suit brought by stockholders, appointed M. E. Hogan, I. W. Pritchard and W. S. Roberson receivers. Its holdings, mostly real estate in and around Chapel Hill and Carrboro, were appraised at $648,000 against debts of $621,000, leaving its forty or fifty mostly local stockholders facing a loss of about $52,000. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1927, p. 1
  12. Receivers auction the property of the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company The receivers of the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company auctioned its Chapel Hill and Carrboro properties in front of the post office. Lots on the old Guthrie place went to T. C. Atwood and Moody Durham, the Daniel house to Arthur London and James Griffin of Pittsboro, the Coop to Miles Andrews of Carrboro, and the Peoples Bank building to Lueco Lloyd for $23,000. People: W. S. Roberson, Lueco Lloyd, Isaac W. Pritchard, Moody W. Durham, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 6, 1928, p. 1
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  1. Auction of the Strowd farm shows a slump in Chapel Hill land values On May 22, 1928, receivers of the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company auctioned about 600 acres of the former Strowd farm, part of it inside the town limits, with a store building next to the Bank of Chapel Hill also offered. The high bids came to about $16,000, against roughly $100,000 the company had paid R. L. Strowd, and the receivers declined to recommend confirmation. People: W. S. Roberson, Robert L. Strowd, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 1, 1928, p. 1
  2. Receivers cut the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company's debts to $370,000 A balance sheet of September 1 showed that the receivers appointed the previous fall had reduced the bankrupt company's liabilities, not counting its $77,000 in capital stock, from $557,000 to $370,000. They had held back from selling its real estate because of the slump in land values, after spring auction bids too low to recommend to the court. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 7, 1928, p. 1
  3. Receivers auction the R. L. Strowd farm east of Chapel Hill The receivers of the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company put up the roughly 600-acre R. L. Strowd farm in eleven tracts, including the old country club site, the old Hargrave home place and the Strowd home. Bids totaled $34,473, about twice the offers of the spring auction, though still below the mortgages and subject to the court. People: W. S. Roberson, Henry Horace Williams, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 5, 1928, p. 1
  4. Receivers auction the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company's holdings The receivers of the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company sold more than 40 parcels at the post office door for $44,685, including the old telephone company site to J. S. Patterson for $10,000 and the McRae lot opposite Graham Memorial for $6,000. The Weekly reported prices about half those of three or four years earlier, and outlying lots far lower. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 17, 1929, p. 1
  5. Court receivers wind up the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company By July 1929 the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company, the town's main developer of the 1920s, was in receivership under Superior Court Judge M. V. Barnhill, with M. E. Hogan, I. W. Pritchard and W. S. Roberson as receivers. Its liabilities of $634,000 had been cut to $267,000 by August, nothing was expected for stockholders, and the receivers set a final sale of its Franklin Street buildings and Strowd farm lands. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 9, 1929, p. 1
  6. Receivers cut the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company's debts to $121,000 The receivers' statement for October 31 showed liabilities reduced from $634,000 when the company went into bankruptcy on November 2, 1927, to $121,000, with the stockholders' equity wiped out. Every piece of its real estate had been offered at auction, and the receivers planned to turn the heavily mortgaged former Strowd farm of more than 300 acres over to the mortgage holders. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 22, 1929, p. 1
  7. Receivers of the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company report a final deficit of $49,790 A financial statement issued February 1 showed the defunct company's liabilities exceeding its assets by $49,789.70, so its stockholders would get nothing, and the receivers, W. S. Roberson, I. W. Pritchard and M. E. Hogan, expected to be discharged about March 1. Part of the Strowd farm and a lot opposite Graham Memorial, worth less than their mortgages, were to go to the mortgage holders. People: W. S. Roberson, Isaac W. Pritchard, Milton E. HoganThe Chapel Hill Weekly, February 14, 1930, p. 1
  8. The old Purefoy house near Morgan Creek burns The Purefoy house near the Morgan Creek bridge on the Pittsboro highway, which the Weekly called one of the oldest homes in this part of the country, burned to the ground on December 28. Its owner, Isaac W. Pritchard, had leased it to a University student who was away for the holidays. People: Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 13, 1933, p. 3
  9. Isaac W. Pritchard, Chapel Hill businessman and former legislator, dies Isaac W. Pritchard died suddenly of a heart attack at his Chapel Hill home at 82. Raised on a farm near Chapel Hill, he had dealt in real estate, joined the late Tom Lloyd in cotton manufacturing, sat for many years on the Bank of Chapel Hill's board, served two terms in the legislature and was a trustee of Elon College. People: Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 22, 1935, p. 3

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