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Chatham County

Orange County’s southern neighbor, formed in 1771 from southern Orange, with Pittsboro as its seat.

Source: NCpedia: Chatham County

Orange County Indexed covers Orange County. The works below were indexed for an Orange County connection and also carry Chatham County among their catalog subjects; the index does not follow that place on its own.

222 works about Chatham County are indexed here. 7 held at OCPL →

Common subjects in works about Chatham County

Politics & GovernmentWars & Military ServiceWork, Labor & IndustryFamilies, Land & GenealogyColonial Orange CountyBuildings & PreservationLaw, Courts & JusticeEno & Environment
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Maps of Chatham County

Dated maps that show this place, oldest first: town plans, county, road and soil maps, fire insurance sheets and the U.S. Geological Survey’s topographic maps, each linked to the library or archive that holds it. The USGS maps are free to download.

  1. Key to location of grants on Orange map. NC Cardinal
  2. North Carolina region J inventory and atlas NC Cardinal
  3. 1987 average daily traffic (ADT) maps NC Cardinal
  4. Geologic map of the White Cross 7.5-minute quadrangle, Orange and Chatham Counties, North Carolina NC Cardinal
  5. Geologic map of the Bynum 7.5-minute quadrangle, Orange, Chatham and Alamance Counties, North Carolina NC Cardinal

Indexed works

Works about Chatham County from library and archive catalogs. The most widely held appear first; novels are not shown here. Follow a link to find a copy or view the material.

Filter these works by material or period. Counts refer to works, not individual copies. A work may appear under more than one period.

Material

Histories 52Periodicals 35Statistics 26Letters & correspondence 23Genealogy 20other types 87

Period

Colonial era (to 1775) 717th century 718th century 39Revolution (1775–1783) 2519th century 26Civil War (1861–1865) 520th century 7World War I era 1

Widely held

Miss Mary's Money

Jones, H. G. · 2014 · McFarland & Co.

H. G. Jones follows the fortune of Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885), the unmarried heiress whose Orange and Chatham County lands passed at her death to the University of North Carolina and the Episcopal Church. Chapters profile her grandfather Francis Jones, then trace the bequest through a quarrel among Episcopalians over Price Creek, the Chapel of the Cross and the university's buildings. A December 1885 New York Times report called the gift money; Jones shows it was land. Published by McFarland in 2014, 231 pages.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: North Carolina -- Chatham County.

✓ Held at OCPL NC Cardinal UNC Duke NC State NCCU Durham Library of Congress Wake Forest Davidson Methodist CH Historical Society

Hillsborough District Court Civil Action Concerning Land (1778-1806)

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2011

Stewart E. Dunaway's abstracts of civil suits over land heard in the Hillsborough District Superior Court between 1778 and 1806. The district covered Orange, Wake, Granville, Caswell, Person, Chatham and Randolph counties, and the papers concern boundaries, ownership and disputed tracts. Published through Lulu in 2011, 337 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Durham record: Chatham County (N.C.) -- History.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 929.375 HILLSBOR NC Cardinal UNC Durham

Chapel Hill historic sites survey : final report.

Gatza, M. B. · 1992 · Chapel Hill Planning Department

M. B. Gatza's final report of the 1992 Chapel Hill historic sites survey for the town Planning Department, with contributions by Beverly C. Kawalec and Catherine Bishir. It covers historic buildings and districts in Chapel Hill in 80 pages.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Chatham County (N.C.).

NC Cardinal NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

A legacy that endures: The story of my Biddix ancestors of Western North Carolina

Biddix, Randy · 2016 · Randy Biddix

Randy Biddix traces his Biddix ancestors across western North Carolina, including branches in Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey, Surry, Stokes, Randolph, Chatham and Orange counties, the Pendleton District of South Carolina and Chester County, Pennsylvania. The family's ties to the Cane River area of Yancey County and Cane River Baptist Church form part of the story. Self-published in 2016, 349 pages with illustrations, for Biddix family researchers.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Biddix family -- North Carolina -- Chatham County -- Genealogy.

NC Cardinal

Fearrington : a country village.

1994 · The Village of Fearrington

A 39 minute video portrait of Fearrington Village, the planned village in Chatham County south of Chapel Hill, produced in 1994 by the village itself. Sound and color on half inch tape. The program covers the village's history and its restaurants.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: North Carolina -- Chatham County.

UNC

Council on the Status of Women, Public Relations File, Women in Non-traditional Fields Survey, Number 101-117, Professionals

Williams, Suzanne E. · 1992

Questionnaires from 1992 filled out by women professionals, numbers 101 to 117 in the Council on the Status of Women's survey of women in non-traditional fields, 88 images, with Suzanne E. Williams named as creator. Counties represented include Orange, Alamance, Chatham, Durham, New Hanover and Wake.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Chatham County (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Bowden, Albert Monroe (Chatham County and Orange County)

North Carolina. Office of the State Auditor · 1900

Pension folder for Albert Monroe Bowden, a Civil War veteran: his own soldier's application from Chatham County and two widow's applications from Orange County for Mattie Andrews Bowden. His death certificate and their marriage certificate are included. North Carolina State Auditor's papers, 1900; ten images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Chatham County (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Morgan, William Anderson (Chatham County and Orange County)

North Carolina. Office of the State Auditor · 1900

Civil War pension papers for William Anderson Morgan, spanning Chatham and Orange counties: a widow's application from Bettie Morgan in Chatham County and two more widow's applications from Orange County. State Auditor, 1900, six images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Chatham County (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections DPLA

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Recently indexed: Annual report (1964) · Cape Fear River basin-1 (Deep and Haw River basins) · Children's services news, Orange & north Chatham counties (1981) · Children's services news, Orange and Chatham counties (1990) · Directorio de servicios familiares de El Triángulo para niños recién nacidos hasta 6 años de edad : los condados de Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake · Discover mental health : mental health services for children, adults, and aged, the developmentally disabled, and alcoholics in Orange, Person, and Chatham counties provided by the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Center (1979)

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Start at OCPL

Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this place. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.209 ROUTH The Andrews Family of Orange & Chatham Counties of North Carolina Routh, Lawrence W. · 1983

    Lawrence W. Routh's genealogy of the Andrews family of Orange and Chatham counties, North Carolina, self-published in Greensboro in 1983: vi and 227 pages with portraits, 29 cm. Part of the library's Wall Local History Collection. A companion in subject to Clifford Rector's 1975 volume on the Anders and Andrews families, also in this bibliography.

  • Foundational · NC 929.375 HILLSBOR Hillsborough District Court Civil Action Concerning Land (1778-1806) 2011

    Stewart E. Dunaway's abstracts of civil suits over land heard in the Hillsborough District Superior Court between 1778 and 1806. The district covered Orange, Wake, Granville, Caswell, Person, Chatham and Randolph counties, and the papers concern boundaries, ownership and disputed tracts. Published through Lulu in 2011, 337 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.375 BAI Land Grant Records of North Carolina Bailey, Pat Shaw · 1990

    Two-volume compilation of North Carolina land grant records by Pat Shaw Bailey, published in Graham in 1990 by Pic By Pat Publications. Volume one lists grants in Orange County from 1752 to 1885; volume two covers Chatham County from 1778 to 1928. Arranged as a finding tool for genealogists tracing who first held land in the two counties and when. Subjects include land tenure and Orange County genealogy sources.

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 971.19 DUNAWAY Chatham County, N.C., Miscellaneous Land Records Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2017

    Two volumes of images of Chatham County land papers, 1778 to 1938, which Stewart Dunaway photographed from the miscellaneous land files of the State Archives and paired with brief transcripts and indexes. Ejectments and other court matters over land appear among them. Chatham County was created from Orange in 1771 and borders it on the south. Issued by the compiler in February 2017.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 388.1 CHA Chatham County, North Carolina Road and Bridge Records 2008

    The first volume of Stewart E. Dunaway's Chatham County road and bridge records, covering 1781 to 1899, issued in 2008 with illustrations, maps and an index. Chatham County was formed from Orange in 1771.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.209 BUR Burns Family of Chatham County, North Carolina Burns, Edwin C. · 2005

    Edwin C. Burns traces the Burns family of Chatham County, North Carolina, in a privately printed family history of 2005; 182 pages with portraits and an index. Chatham County was formed from Orange in 1771.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.509 HEI The Gravesites of Chatham County, North Carolina :an Inventory of Cemeteries and Grave Markers. 2 Vols Heiser, Will · 2002

    An inventory of Chatham County cemeteries and grave markers in two spiral-bound volumes, from the Chatham County Historical Association's volunteer survey of the county's burial grounds, many of them small family plots. Will Heiser coordinated the survey and compiled the inventory with Audrey Heiser; published at Pittsboro in 2002. Chatham was formed from Orange County in 1771.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.375 WIL Chatham County, N.C. Early Deeds Willis, Laura · 1995

    Early Chatham County, North Carolina, deeds transcribed by Laura Willis and indexed by Doris Dublin, issued in several volumes by Simmons Historical Publications of Melber, Kentucky, beginning in 1995; volume 6 spans 1793 to 1797. Chatham was formed from Orange County in 1771.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 929.375 HOL Marriages of Chatham County, North Carolina, 1772-1868 Holcomb, Brent · 1987

    The surviving marriage bonds of Chatham County, formed from Orange in 1771, abstracted by Brent H. Holcomb and arranged by the groom's surname, with the bride, the date of the bond and the bondsmen. Marriages from the county's marriage register for 1851 to 1868 are added. Genealogical Publishing Company issued it in 1987 in 126 pages; Clearfield reprinted it in 2006.

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