The Martin surname

In the chronology 26 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.

• Martin, Alexander 16 entries, 1770–1792
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• Martin, Annie 1 entry, 1930
  • by January 10, 1930: Annie Martin leases the Carolina Inn from John Sprunt Hill
• Martin, Charles 1 entry, 1910
  • 1910: The First Pentecostal Holiness Church of West Hillsborough is organized
• Martin, D. G. 1 entry, 1994
  • by November 29, 1994: Former Board of Governors member Earl Danieley is named the UNC system's second lobbyist
• Martin, D. L. 1 entry, 1975
  • 1975: Botanists list Occoneechee Mountain as a potential ecological natural landmark
• Martin, E. W. 2 entries, 1891
  • April 13, 1891: Students organize the University German Club
  • April 15, 1891: Students form the University Minstrels and give their first show
• Martin, Everett Dean 2 entries, 1929–1935
  • May 20 to 23, 1929: American Association for Adult Education holds its annual meeting at Chapel Hill
  • March 31 to April 6, 1935: University holds its third Human Relations Institute
• Martin, Flossie 1 entry, 1911
  • by September 14, 1911: N. E. West becomes principal of the Hillsboro High School
• Martin, J. B. 2 entries, 1874–1879
  • October 7, 1874: Orange County Granges form a county council of the Patrons of Husbandry
  • early December 1879: The Methodist conference returns J. F. Heitman to Chapel Hill and names Orange appointments
• Martin, James 3 entries, 1960–1991
  • 1960–1994: Caring for the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, 1960–1994
  • week of July 6, 1987: The Council of State gives Chapel Hill responsibility for the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
  • October 16, 1991: Governor Martin appoints Raleigh businessman Gregory Poole to the UNC Board of Trustees
• Martin, James G. 2 entries, 1985–1989
  • April 27, 1985: Governor Jim Martin dedicates Davis Library
  • by July 20, 1989: Governor James Martin leaves Barbara Perry off the UNC trustees, leaving one woman on the board
• Martin, Jim 16 entries, 1971–1991
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  • 1971–1989: Choosing the I-40 route through Orange County, 1971–1989
  • 1975–1988: Building Davis Library and renewing Wilson Library, 1975–1988
  • April 18, 1984: Gubernatorial candidate Jim Martin campaigns in the Pit
  • September 10, 1984: Orange County Republicans open their first county headquarters since 1978
  • 1985–1986: Choosing William Friday’s successor, 1985–1986
  • October 17, 1986: C. D. Spangler is inaugurated as president of the UNC system
  • September 11, 1987: Nine presidential candidates debate education at the Smith Center
  • January 23, 1987: Charles Kuralt's benefit completes a School of Social Work chair honoring his father
  • September 25, 1987: Orange County is declared eligible for federal drought relief
  • September 22, 1988: Interstate 40 opens between U.S. 15-501 and New Hope Church Road
  • January 22, 1988: Governor Martin and Lieutenant Governor Jordan hold their first debate at the Carolina Inn
  • March 1989: James Freeland is buried after a funeral at Fairview Baptist Church
  • 1989–1991: UNC and the state budget cuts, 1989–1991
  • March 8, 1990: First lady Barbara Bush speaks on family literacy at the Kenan Center
  • October 2, 1990: Gov. Jim Martin makes an unplanned visit to the Pit to talk about the University budget
  • March 25, 1991: Turkish President Turgut Ozal opens his tour of American universities at UNC
• Martin, Jimmy 1 entry, 1971
  • June 13, 1971: Junior Samples and Jimmy Martin play the Daniel Boone Amphitheater
• Martin, John 2 entries, 1977–1982
  • 1977–1983: Black admissions at UNC: Bakke, Dean Renwick and the university affairs office, 1977–1983
  • February 22, 1982: Judge dismisses Hayden Renwick's libel suit against two newspaper companies
• Martin, John C. 4 entries, 1970–1982
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  • 1970–1982: Carrboro’s water bill fights with the University and OWASA, 1970–1982
  • 1974–1994: Public housing and the Chapel Hill Housing Authority, 1974–1994
  • April 23, 1981: Judge orders Carrboro to pay OWASA $33,216 in fire hydrant fees
  • by February 12, 1982: Judge rules for Chapel Hill in the Piney Mountain public housing suit
• Martin, Joseph B. 1 entry, 1875
  • between 1875 and 1885: Joseph B. Martin builds an I-house on East Rosemary Street
• Martin, Josiah 10 entries, 1767–1776
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• Martin, Kevin 3 entries, 1988
  • April 20, 1988: Student Congress confirms Trey Loughran as the first student liaison to the Chapel Hill Town Council
  • 1988–1990: Trademark royalties and student aid at UNC, 1988–1990
  • December 9, 1988: UNC trustees direct trademark licensing income to student scholarships each year
• Martin, Minnie Berry 1 entry, 1919
  • July 16, 1919: Black women of Hillsborough serve the homecoming dinner for Black soldiers and sailors
• Martin, Paul 2 entries, 1979
  • November 6, 1979: Rachel Stevens is elected to the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners
  • 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
• Martin, Professor 1 entry, 1861
  • September 10, 1861: Professor Martin's volunteer company leaves Chapel Hill for camp at High Point
• Martin, Sally 2 entries, 1832–1833
  • August 1832 (court term): Sally Martin is indicted for keeping a disorderly house
  • August 1833 (court term): The court fines Sally Martin
• Martin, Sam 1 entry, 1900
  • About 1900: The Texas community builds Jeffries Cross Church and Martin's Chapel Baptist Church
• Martin, Sam F. 1 entry, 1868
  • July 1868: Freedpeople at Cedar Grove put up a school house and win Bureau rent for it
• Martin, Samuel H. 1 entry, 1868
  • November 17, 1868: A Cedar Grove meeting expels Samuel H. Martin from the freedmen's school committee
• Martin, William Joseph 4 entries, 1858–1861
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In books and archives 7 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.

• Martin, Josiah 75 works
• Martin, Alexander, 1740-1807 40 works
• Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808 3 works
• Martin, Charles F., 1843- 1 work
• Martin, Clarence Dudley, 1844-1864. 1 work
• Martin, François-Xavier, 1762-1846 1 work
• Martin, Wayne, 1956- 1 work

In the historical records 164 records

59 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 25 marriages, 67 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 6 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. Martin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection