The Saunders surname

In the chronology 13 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.

• Saunders, Bob 11 entries, 1965–1981
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  • 1965–1989: Room for students: UNC's dormitory shortage and the new residence hall, 1965–1989
  • 1973–1984: The Minority Court and the guaranteed minority seats, 1973–1984
  • 1979–1984: Chapel Hill answers the Greensboro killings and verdicts, 1979–1984
  • by August 25, 1980: A federal appeals court sends back the challenge to reserved minority seats in UNC student government
  • October 30, 1980: BSM and student government leaders object to parts of the new curriculum plan
  • August 1980: Bus ridership on Carrboro routes rises 41 percent as campus ridership falls
  • 1980–1982: The College Curriculum Report, 1980–1982
  • November 20, 1980: More than 800 march from the Pit to South Building in a Rally for Justice
  • April 15, 1980: Students criticize the revised Thornton curriculum plan at an open hearing
  • December 12, 1980: UNC trustees raise student athletic, health and union fees
  • February 13, 1981: UNC trustees put off plans for student apartments on the Couch property
• Saunders, J. Maryon 12 entries, 1927–1945
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• Saunders, James 4 entries, 1775–1776
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  • 1775–1779: Orange County's militia in the Revolution, 1775–1779
  • October 15, 1776: Crowds force the Orange County polls to close four times in the election for the fifth Provincial Congress
  • April 22, 1776: The Provincial Congress divides the Orange County militia into Northern and Southern regiments
  • Spring 1776: Orange County sends Rochester, Burke, Kinchen, Butler and Saunders to the Provincial Congress at Halifax
• Saunders, Joseph Hubbard 1 entry, 1820
  • as early as 1820 (tradition): The core of the Saunders-Pritchard House is built on land that later became Northside
• Saunders, Joseph Hubbard 1 entry, 1863
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• Saunders, Mills 1 entry, 1868
  • July 1-6, 1868: A Chapel Hill magistrate and his son beat Mills Saunders while he is held on a civil warrant
• Saunders, Richard B. 1 entry, 1857
  • by June 7, 1857: Druggist R. B. Saunders puts up a street lamp in front of his Chapel Hill store
• Saunders, Richard Benbury 4 entries, 1851–1869
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  • 1851: Dr. J. S. Lucas opens a drugstore at Franklin and Henderson
  • 1855: Richard Benbury Saunders buys the Lucas drugstore
  • 1862: Druggist Richard Benbury Saunders makes blue mass for the Confederacy
  • between 1869 and 1873: David McCauley buys the Union Hotel and renames it the Chapel Hill Hotel
• Saunders, Romulus M. 1 entry, 1840
  • early August 1840 (reported August 13): Orange voters elect Willie P. Mangum to the state Senate and a mostly Whig delegation to the Commons
• Saunders, Romulus M. 4 entries, 1841–1856
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• Saunders, Wiley B. 1 entry, 1928
  • June 11-13, 1928: Orange County holds a child health clinic and parents' institute in Hillsboro
• Saunders, William L. 19 entries, 1753–2015
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• Saunders, William P. 1 entry, 1972
  • November 7, 1972: Orange County votes for McGovern and for Democrats down the ballot

In books and archives 3 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.

• Saunders, Joseph Hubbard, 1800-1839 2 works
• Saunders, Romulus M (Romulus Mitchell), 1791-1867 2 works
• Saunders, J. Maryon (Joseph Maryon), 1903-1995 1 work

In the historical records 26 records

10 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 11 court minutes and 1 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. Saunders marriages in full · Search the name in every collection