The Anderson surname

In the chronology 31 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

• Anderson, Arthur 1 entry, 1868
  • November 17, 1868: A Cedar Grove meeting expels Samuel H. Martin from the freedmen's school committee
• Anderson, Bob 3 entries, 1958–1968
  • 1958: Engineer Bob Anderson joins City Planning and Architecture Associates
  • mid-1960s: Stewart and Anderson build a new office on Estes Drive as Webb stays in the old Methodist church
  • 1968: Don Stewart designs a house on stilts over Booker Creek for his partner Bob Anderson
• Anderson, C. Wilson 10 entries, 1967–1972
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  • 1967–1970: Howard Fuller, Howard Lee and the social work deanship, 1967–1970
  • September 1967: UNC's School of Social Work hires Durham organizer Howard Fuller, drawing the governor's criticism
  • February 14, 1968: Howard Fuller resigns as a lecturer in the School of Social Work
  • September 17, 1969: Mayor Howard Lee withdraws from the UNC social work lectureship
  • September 12, 1969: UNC trustees reverse themselves and approve a lectureship for Mayor Howard Lee
  • December 8, 1970: C. Wilson Anderson resigns as dean of the School of Social Work
  • by July 8, 1970: Provost J. C. Morrow declines to reappoint Social Work dean C. Wilson Anderson
  • October 30, 1970: Social work students take their dean's case to the trustees' Visiting Committee
  • by February 2, 1971: Alan Keith-Lucas is named acting dean of the UNC School of Social Work
  • January 17, 1972: UNC names Morton I. Teicher dean of the School of Social Work
• Anderson, Carl Wilson 1 entry, 1966
  • by March 31, 1966: Three new deans are named for the schools of social work, education and dentistry
• Anderson, David 2 entries, 1875–1877
  • early May 1875 (reported May 5): Hillsborough elects John M. Blackwood magistrate of police on a mixed-party ticket
  • May 7, 1877: Hillsborough elects C. S. Cooley mayor and a new board of commissioners
• Anderson, Doug 12 entries, 1971–1986
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  • 1971–1992: Carrboro's town government, 1971–1992
  • 1976–1993: Chapel Hill's planning area, the joint planning agreement, the rural buffer and Southern Village, 1976–1993
  • 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
  • November 8, 1983: Carrboro elects Jim Porto mayor and an aldermen board made up wholly of ABC members
  • September 25, 1984: Carrboro aldermen vote 4-3, the mayor breaking a tie, for the Carr Street route of the Franklin Street extension
  • February 28, 1984: Carrboro aldermen approve the 59-unit Whispering Hills subdivision off King Street
  • February 28, 1984: Neighbors object to landfill land off Eubanks and Homestead roads, and Carrboro's aldermen delay the purchase vote
  • 1984: The Franklin Street extension fight in Carrboro, 1984
  • November 13, 1985: Nearly 150 residents attend a forum on the Chapel Hill-Orange County joint planning area
  • 1985–1986: The Chapel Hill-Carrboro merger study, 1985–1986
  • January 28, 1986: Carrboro agrees to joint planning with Chapel Hill and Orange County
  • January 21, 1986: Carrboro Board of Aldermen endorses a study of merging with Chapel Hill
• Anderson, Douglas 1 entry, 1984
  • April 10, 1984: Carrboro aldermen abolish two staff posts, including that of the town's only Black department head
• Anderson, Esley O., Jr. 1 entry, 1972
  • by January 26, 1972: North Carolina Memorial Hospital's new board elects Esley O. Anderson Jr. chairman
• Anderson, Esther 1 entry, 1868
  • September 25, 1868: Esther Anderson arrives to teach Hillsborough's freedmen's school
• Anderson, Hank 15 entries, 1969–2009
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• Anderson, Hank 1 entry, 1977
  • October 20, 1977: The South Orange Black Caucus questions town candidates at a forum
• Anderson, Joe 2 entries, 1821–1867
  • 1821–1867: Runaway apprentice notices, 1821–1867
  • 9 October 1867: Thomas J. Anderson advertises for Joe Anderson, a bound boy he says ran away
• Anderson, John 6 entries, 1753–1984
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  • 1753–1790: Hugh McAden, Henry Pattillo and the first Presbyterian congregations, 1753–1790
  • August 1755: Hugh McAden preaches to the Eno and Hawfields settlements
  • April 27-28, 1756: Hugh McAden returns to preach at the Hawfields and on the Eno
  • 1971–1980: Students win and keep the vote in Orange County, 1971–1980
  • October 6, 1980: Orange County voter registration closes with a record single day
  • October 29, 1984: John Anderson speaks in the Pit and endorses Jim Hunt for the Senate
• Anderson, Mrs. John 2 entries, 1929–1931
  • by November 1, 1929: Chapel Hill's UDC chapter stakes out 3,000 crepe myrtles along the Jefferson Davis Highway
  • April 17, 1931: The Daughters of the Confederacy plant a George Washington memorial elm at Spencer Hall
• Anderson, John B. 1 entry, 1980
  • September 30, 1980: Independent presidential candidate John Anderson campaigns in Memorial Hall
• Anderson, Kenneth 1 entry, 1801
  • August 27, 1801: A jury finds Africa Parker did not escape the prison bounds
• Anderson, Robert W. 3 entries, 1873–1898
  • November 1873: Eno Church elects its first deacons
  • 1879–1899: Eno Presbyterian Church moves to Cedar Grove, 1879–1899
  • January 31, 1898: Robert W. Anderson is the first person buried in Eno Church's new cemetery at Cedar Grove
• Anderson, Robert Walker 1 entry, 1864
  • May 5-12, 1864: Capt. Robert Walker Anderson of Hillsborough is killed at the Wilderness and other town men are wounded
• Anderson, Sherwood 2 entries, 1928–1937
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• Anderson, Sherwood 1 entry, 1928
  • 1928-1929 college year: University's new entertainment committee brings a season of concerts and lectures on a student fee
• Anderson, Sibby 11 entries, 1982–1986
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  • 1982–1994: The South Africa divestment campaign at UNC and Chapel Hill's sanctions, 1982–1994
  • 1983–1995: Integrating UNC's residence halls, 1983–1995
  • 1984–1989: Founding the Black Cultural Center, 1984–1989
  • 1984–1986: The Campus Y dispute and Students for a Student Voice, 1984–1986
  • October 1, 1985: The UNC Anti-Apartheid Support Group opens its divestment drive with a rally in the Pit
  • by September 19, 1985: The Black Student Movement objects as the Union's Fastbreak space goes to a lounge instead of a Black cultural center
  • October 28, 1985: The Black Student Movement brings its MAFUNZO program to North Campus
  • by December 1985: UNC Student Affairs reserves Union space and start-up money for a Black Cultural Center
  • November 25, 1985: Students for a Student Voice rally in the Pit and march through Steele Building
  • April 16, 1985: Students march on South Building against the mandatory meal plan
  • April 18, 1986: Chancellor Fordham joins a student rally in the Pit against cuts in federal student aid
• Anderson, Thomas 2 entries, 1867–1872
  • 9 October 1867: Thomas J. Anderson advertises for Joe Anderson, a bound boy he says ran away
  • June 1, 1872: The school board refuses back pay to a Mangum Township teacher accused of misconduct
• Anderson, Thomas J. 2 entries, 1821–1867
  • 1821–1867: Runaway apprentice notices, 1821–1867
  • 9 October 1867: Thomas J. Anderson advertises for Joe Anderson, a bound boy he says ran away
• Anderson, W. 1 entry, 1830
  • 1830: W. Anderson opens a female boarding school near Hillsborough
• Anderson, W. H. 1 entry, 1884
  • June 2, 1884: Orange County magistrates enlarge the board of commissioners from three to five
• Anderson, W. N. 1 entry, 1884
  • May 5, 1884: Hillsborough re-elects Mayor George C. Corbin and a seven-man town board
• Anderson, Walker 12 entries, 1799–1835
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• Anderson, William 1 entry, 1886
  • May 3, 1886: D. C. Parks is elected a Hillsborough town commissioner
• Anderson, William E. 3 entries, 1833–1864
  • October 19, 1833: William E. Anderson and Samuel J. Johnston take over the female boarding school near Hillsborough
  • December 1837: Manuel Fetter is elected professor of ancient languages
  • May 5-12, 1864: Capt. Robert Walker Anderson of Hillsborough is killed at the Wilderness and other town men are wounded
• Anderson, William N. 1 entry, 1875
  • September 18, 1875: The Orange Guards reorganize at Hillsborough with Halcott P. Jones as captain
• Anderson, Wm. N. 1 entry, 1883
  • May 7, 1883: Hillsborough elects George O. Corbin mayor

In books and archives 6 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

• Anderson family family, 2 works
• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 2 works
• Anderson, Albert 1 work
• Anderson, Donald B., 1899-1994 1 work
• Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1 work
• Anderson, T. J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1928- 1 work

In the historical records 539 records

128 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 89 marriages, 256 court minutes, 27 tax list entries and 32 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Anderson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection