The Denny surname

In the chronology 8 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.

• Denny, Emery 5 entries, 1937–1983
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  • 1937–1984: Chapel Hill's Franklin Street post office, 1937–1984
  • October 1971: Chapel Hill aldermen ask the state courts for extra sessions to clear Orange County drug cases
  • December 6, 1971: Superior Court upholds Chapel Hill's denial of Kenan Oil's Franklin Street gas pavilion, and Kenan appeals
  • November 6, 1978: Chapel Hill aldermen move to buy the Franklin Street post office for courts and land for a police station
  • January 24, 1983: The Town Council names Grainger Barrett Chapel Hill's first full-time town attorney
• Denny, Emery B. 2 entries, 1978
  • November 6, 1978: Chapel Hill aldermen move to buy the Franklin Street post office for courts and land for a police station
  • February 27-28, 1978: Chapel Hill and Carrboro send their town attorneys to defend student voter registration
• Denny, Emery B., Jr. 5 entries, 1929–1983
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  • 1929–1985: Chapel Hill's town attorneys, 1929–1985
  • February 28 to March 3, 1955: Orange County begins suing over taxes five or more years overdue
  • April 25, 1977: Chapel Hill aldermen ask the town attorney to fight Southern Bell's higher installation fee
  • November 21, 1982: Emery B. Denny Jr., Chapel Hill's town attorney since 1967, dies
  • January 24, 1983: The Town Council names Grainger Barrett Chapel Hill's first full-time town attorney
• Denny, Emery, Jr. 7 entries, 1955–1982
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  • February 28 to March 3, 1955: Orange County begins suing over taxes five or more years overdue
  • 1970–1983: Chapel Hill and the New Hope dam (Jordan Lake), 1970–1983
  • 1972–1994: Cable television in Orange County, 1972–1994
  • 1974–1980: Taxing the University's property, 1974–1980
  • January 30, 1979: Chapel Hill drops its lawsuit against the Jordan Lake reservoir
  • January 30, 1979: Chapel Hill aldermen vote to appeal the ruling that spares most UNC property from local taxes
  • August 17, 1982: Village Cable begins charging new subscribers for its basic 12-channel service
• Denny, Emory 2 entries, 1967–1970
  • January 9, 1967: Chapel Hill aldermen let taxis charge double fares on home football Saturdays
  • summer 1970: A town and University committee turns down Mayor Lee's proposed town-gown committee
• Denny, Emory B., Jr. 2 entries, 1954
  • December 6, 1954: The county's new five-member board of commissioners takes office and elects R. J. M. Hobbs chairman
  • by May 6, 1954: The Ogburn Furniture Company of Chapel Hill goes into receivership
• Denny, George V. 3 entries, 1924–1943
  • 1924: George V. Denny becomes the Playmakers' first staff member
  • by April 9, 1926: The Reviewer magazine leaves Chapel Hill for Dallas
  • April 8, 1943: Institute of Human Relations opens with a Town Meeting of the Air broadcast from Memorial Hall
• Denny, George V., Jr. 1 entry, 1939
  • March 30, 1939: America's Town Meeting of the Air broadcasts from Memorial Hall as the Institute of Human Relations opens

In books and archives 1 heading

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.

• Denny, Floyd W., 1923-2001 1 work

In the historical records 15 records

8 deeds, 3 marriages, 2 court minutes and 2 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Denny marriages in full · Search the name in every collection