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Benjamin Smith
1756–1826 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Life and Orange County connections
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- Benjamin Smith gives the university 20,000 acres of western land Davie announced at the trustees' first meeting that Smith of Brunswick County had given land he received for Revolutionary service, in what became Obion County, Tennessee. It sold some 25 years later for $14,000, and Smith Hall, now the Playmakers Theatre, bears his name. People: William Richardson DavieSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 73
- The General Assembly restores the university's escheats The bill passed the House 82 to 35 and the Senate 32 to 23, returning escheated property whose Tennessee land warrants later became the university's endowment. Maurice Moore, one of the first students, was among its strongest advocates. People: Benjamin Smith, William GastonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 139
- Friends of education organize the North Carolina Institute of Education at Chapel Hill During commencement week a meeting adopted a constitution on Benjamin M. Smith's motion, elected Simmons J. Baker president and made professors Elisha Mitchell, William Hooper and James Phillips its executive committee. The Institute met at the next few commencements and enrolled about 130 members before it lapsed. People: Benjamin Smith, Elisha Mitchell, James PhillipsSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 339
- Smith Hall is built to Alexander Jackson Davis's design as the university library and ballroom The New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis designed Smith Hall, built from 1850 to 1852 for just over $10,300 and named for the trustee and former governor Benjamin Smith. It served as library and ballroom and is now the Playmakers Theatre. People: Benjamin SmithSearch the index · UNC Names in Brick and Stone: PlayMakers Theater
Places in this person’s story
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- Smith Hall (Playmakers Theatre) University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 2 events here
- UNC Libraries University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
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- Background context: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 73 FamilySearch
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Benjamin Smith NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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