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Natural feature in Orange County

New Hope Creek

A creek rising in Orange County and flowing southeast through Duke Forest into Durham County and Jordan Lake, in the Cape Fear basin.

Source: NCpedia, North Carolina Gazetteer

25 works about New Hope Creek are indexed here. 2 held at OCPL →

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StorylineInternal improvements and the 1833 Hillsborough railroad convention, 1828–18371828–1837 · 16 events · From 1828 Orange County leaders pressed for river navigation and, above all, a central railroad through the state. That year James Mebane brought a flour boat down the Haw from Murphey's Mills, and a meeting with Joseph Caldwell giving the address urged a central railroad. The 1833 convention at Hillsborough chose Thomas Ruffin president, called for a Roanoke and Yadkin Rail Road and adopted Willie P. Mangum's report that the state should pay two-fifths of any work for which private citizens secured three-fifths. By August 1834 every Orange candidate for the Assembly had declared for the central railroad, and in 1837 Cadwallader Jones of Hillsborough was named to the Board of Internal Improvement. StorylineHighways through Orange County, 1911–19241911–1924 · 17 events · Hillsboro fought to be on the Central Highway, and between 1911 and 1924 hard roads were built across Orange County. In 1911 Hillsboro, joined by delegations from Durham and Mebane, pressed its claim, and the trustees chose the route by way of Hillsboro and Mebane. In 1919 the commissioners let the national highway across the county. The 1921 Highway Act, championed by Harriet Morehead Berry of Hillsborough, paid for a state network whose Central Highway ran through the town. The state bridged the Eno at Hillsboro in 1922, and the Durham-Hillsboro highway opened in 1924, after paving had sent traffic through Chapel Hill and onto a private detour whose owner charged drivers. StorylineFiber Industries and New Hope Creek, 19691969 · 4 events · In the summer of 1969 Fiber Industries asked Orange County to rezone 450 acres near New Hope Creek for a $100 million plant. Chapel Hill's aldermen called the site unfortunate, and UNC and Duke scientists warned of pollution, but the county planning board recommended the rezoning. The company withdrew its request in August, and commissioners chairman Carl Smith blamed its opponents, among them Mayor Howard Lee.

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  1. Land grants on New Hope Creek are recorded in Bladen County Bladen County records show grants on New Hope Creek, in what became eastern Orange, as early as 1745, seven years before Orange County existed.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 14
  2. Mark Morgan is granted land in the New Hope Creek section Morgan secured land in the New Hope Creek section of eastern Orange. By 1755 he held more enslaved people than anyone else in the county. People: Mark MorganSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 15
  3. Hawfields families move to New Hope Creek over doubts about their Granville titles When word spread through the Hawfields that the land titles got through Earl Granville's agents were not genuine, William Craige, Gilbert Strayhorn and other families left and took up land on the waters of New Hope. Family tradition held that the settlers named the stream for the 'new hopes' they found there. People: Gilbert Strayhorn Also named: William CraigeSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 10
  4. William Craig and Richard Caswell take up land in the New Hope area William Craig took Granville grants on New Hope Creek on September 6, 1754 (475 acres on Batts Creek) and March 13, 1755 (280 acres on Richland Fork), in the section of eastern Orange where Scotch-Irish families were settling. Richard Caswell held 640 acres at the forks of New Hope Creek by June 1756, when he sold them to William Blackwood. People: Richard Caswell Also named: William Craig, William BlackwoodSearch the index · Wandering through the NC Piedmont: Recovered Colonial Deeds of Orange (abstracts of the Register of Orange, State Archives of North Carolina) · Also: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952
  5. James Craig buys back the Richland Fork tract on New Hope Creek William Craige's Richland Fork tract, surveyed in December 1754 and deeded in September 1755, was sold to John Reaney in June 1756 and bought back from him by Craige's son James in June 1758. It was still in the family in 1891. Also named: James Craig, William Craige, John ReaneySearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 15
  6. The court grants leave for three mills on New Hope Creek in one term At May Term 1793 the court gave leave to build mills on New Hope Creek to George Johnston on his own land; to John and James Mitchell on theirs; and to Mann Patterson, George Johnston and Page Patterson, whose petition was for a grist and saw mill. Also named: George Johnston, John Mitchell, James Mitchell, Mann Patterson, Page PattersonSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1793
  7. The court pays Bry Gregory for a bridge on New Hope Creek The court allowed Bry Gregory 24 pounds and 19 shillings for building a bridge on New Hope Creek under an order made at the November Term 1792, to be paid by the county treasurer. Also named: Bry GregorySearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: November Term 1793
  8. The court orders a bridge over New Hope Creek on the road from the University to Raleigh The court ordered a bridge built over New Hope Creek on the road from the University to Raleigh. It named Robert Campbell, John Taylor Jr., Pleasant Henderson, John Bragg and Christopher Barbee, or any three, to contract for it and to take a 500-pound bond from the builder to keep the bridge in repair for seven years from its acceptance. People: Pleasant Henderson, Christopher Barbee Also named: Robert Campbell, John Taylor Jr., John BraggSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: February Term 1802
  9. The court takes a fourteen-year repair bond for the New Hope bridge at Captain Collier's On the report of the commissioners for the bridge over New Hope Creek at Captain Collier's, on the road from the University to Raleigh, the court directed them to take bond of William Merritt, the undertaker, to keep the bridge in repair for fourteen years at the price he had proposed. Also named: William MerrittSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1802
  10. The court lets Jack and Sam, enslaved by William Cain, carry guns to hunt On William Cain's motion the county court allowed two men he held in slavery, Jack at his plantation on New Hope Creek and Sam at his plantation on Little River, to carry a gun each and hunt in his woods. Cain, with Duncan Cameron as his security, gave a bond of £100 for their behavior. People: Duncan Cameron Also named: William Cain, Jack, SamMark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: August Term 1802
  11. The court pays William Merritt for the New Hope Creek bridge on the Raleigh road The court allowed William Merritt 60 pounds for building a bridge over New Hope Creek where the road from the University to Raleigh crossed it, to be paid by the county trustee. Also named: William MerrittSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: February Term 1803
  12. The court lets Mann Patterson build a public mill on New Hope Creek The court gave Mann Patterson leave to build a mill on New Hope Creek on his own land and declared that the mill, when built, would be a public mill. Also named: Mann PattersonSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: November Term 1812
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  1. The court gives Francis Jones leave to build a mill on New Hope Creek at Parks's old fish trap On petition, the court gave Francis Jones leave to build a mill on New Hope Creek at the place known as Parks old fish trap. Also named: Francis JonesSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: November Term 1815
  2. The court names commissioners to repair or rebuild the Ben's Creek and New Hope bridges The court appointed William Barbee, Abram Craig, Sampson Moore, Charles Trice and Ezekiel Trice commissioners to repair or rebuild the bridges across Ben's Creek and New Hope Creek on the road from Chapel Hill to Raleigh, and to report to the next term. People: William Barbee Also named: Abram Craig, Sampson Moore, Charles Trice, Ezekiel Trice · Also mentions: Ben's CreekSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: February Term 1816
  3. The court pays Charles Partin for bridges over Ben's Creek and New Hope Creek The court ordered the county trustee to pay Charles Partin 169 and a half dollars for building bridges across Ben's Creek and New Hope Creek. Also named: Charles Partin · Also mentions: Ben's CreekSearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: November Term 1817
  4. A Chapel Hill meeting sets out to make New Hope Creek navigable A meeting at Chapel Hill, with James Mebane in the chair, adopted Joseph Caldwell's resolutions to clear New Hope Creek for boats from Patterson's mill to the Haw, named committees to rally the people along the creek and to have it surveyed mile by mile, and raised a subscription toward the survey. People: James Mebane, Joseph Caldwell, Thomas D. WattsSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, October 21, 1829, p. 3
  5. A great freshet sweeps away bridges and mill dams on New Hope and Morgan's creeks A tremendous rain south of Hillsborough carried away all the bridges on New Hope and Morgan's creeks, most of the mill dams and some of the mills, and badly damaged soil and fences. The Recorder called it the greatest freshet known in forty years.Search the index · Hillsborough Recorder, May 7, 1840, p. 3
  6. The Elm Grove school district builds a log schoolhouse south of Hillsborough The first Elm Grove schoolhouse was built of logs with a rock chimney and large fireplace about five and a half miles south of Hillsborough and a few hundred yards east of the Hillsborough and Chapel Hill road, under a contract said to be for $80. John Latta taught the first school there. Also named: John Latta · Also mentions: Elm GroveSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 2
  7. A storm and flood east of Chapel Hill wash away William Barbee's saw-mill A storm of wind, rain and hail struck the part of the county east of Chapel Hill along the New Hope waters, tearing up orchards and sweeping away fences and topsoil. William Barbee's saw-mill, called one of the largest in the county, was washed away and the dam of Mrs. Patterson's mill was carried off, with the streams four feet above the great April freshet of some years before. People: William BarbeeSearch the index · North Carolina Democrat (Hillsborough), May 16, 1849, p. 2
  8. Wheeler's Confederate cavalry fought Union pursuers at New Hope Creek east of Chapel Hill Retreating cavalry under Joseph Wheeler destroyed the bridge over the rain-swollen New Hope and the other bridges on the road toward Chapel Hill, then attacked Union cavalry trying to cross on fallen trees and driftwood at the Atkins plantation, about eight miles from the village. Cornelia Phillips Spencer, writing from Chapel Hill, called it the last skirmish and perhaps the last blood of the war and recorded that several men were killed on both sides. People: Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Smith D. Atkins Also named: Joseph WheelerDocumenting the American South: Cornelia Phillips Spencer, The Last Ninety Days of the War in North-Carolina (1866), chapter XII
  9. Fire destroys the old Patterson family house near New Hope Creek The family mansion of Maj. W. N. Patterson near New Hope Creek burned from a defective chimney; the fire had smouldered in the roof and nothing but some bedding was saved. Two brothers named Carroll owned the house at the time. People: William N. PattersonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, November 29, 1879, p. 3
  10. The State University Railroad reaches New Hope Creek Track on the State University Railroad was completed to New Hope, with cars due to cross the New Hope bridge that week. The sills, roadbed repairs, culverts, cattle guards and trestles were finished to within two and a half miles of Chapel Hill, and more than fifty hands were at work. Also mentions: State University RailroadSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 26, 1881, p. 2
  11. Whitfield and Brown begin rebuilding B. D. Patterson's mill on New Hope Creek Messrs. Whitfield and Brown, who had leased B. D. Patterson's mill property on New Hope Creek some years before, began rebuilding it under the builder W. Clark as a complete grist and saw mill on the site of the old mill. Also named: B. D. Patterson, W. ClarkSearch the index · Hillsboro Recorder, October 6, 1887, p. 3
  12. County commissioners order new bridges over New Hope Creek, Cane Creek and Little River The Orange County commissioners ordered new bridges built over New Hope Creek at Robson Station, over Cane Creek near Oaks, and over Little River at Anderson Toler's. At the same meeting they settled with the county treasurer and revised the jury list.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 6, 1901, p. 3
  13. A summer drought dries up springs and streams and ruins crops in southern Orange A long drought dried up springs, wells and streams in southern Orange County, and the Elm Grove correspondent reported that New Hope Creek had stopped running in several places. Chapel Hill's Baptist and Episcopal churches held services to pray for rain on September 7, paving of the new concrete road through Chapel Hill stopped for want of water, and the first heavy rain in over three months fell on October 3, by which time crops had been largely ruined. Also mentions: Elm GroveSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), September 8, 1921, p. 1 · Also: The News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 3
  14. County commissioners order a new New Hope Creek bridge on the Blackwood-Durham road After a day inspecting roads and bridges in the Blackwood section in August 1923, county commissioners Ward, Wilson and Webb arranged to repair the bridge at the Blackwood station and to build a new bridge over New Hope Creek on the road from Blackwood to Durham, with Arch A. Lynch as contractor. People: Ralph H. Ward Also named: Arch A. LynchSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 16, 1923, p. 5
  15. A cloudburst flood carries off Purefoy's and King's mills and county bridges around Chapel Hill A Sunday morning cloudburst sent Morgan and New Hope creeks out of their banks; Thorndike Saville of the Geological Survey measured 5 1/4 inches of rain and called it the heaviest ever recorded there in 24 hours. The flood swept away Purefoy's mill and the iron bridge below it, King's Mill, the Flat bridge on the old Pittsboro road and other county bridges, and drowned the pumps of the University water works, so that town and campus ran out of water for several hours on August 5. Also named: Thorndike SavilleSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 7, 1924, p. 1
  16. The bridge over New Hope Creek near Elm Grove reopens The Elm Grove correspondent reported the bridge across New Hope Creek ready for use on a Monday night and congratulated the highway officials on their work. Also mentions: Elm GroveSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 14, 1924, p. 1
  17. An owner of Durham's Erwin Cotton Mill builds a log retreat above New Hope Creek In the 1930s a log house was built on a steep ridge over New Hope Creek, reportedly as a getaway for Mr. Erwin of the Erwin Cotton Mill in Durham. Older log outbuildings, among them a tobacco barn, mark an earlier house site.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: Kelly Lally and Ruth Little, Chapel Hill Township Survey Final Report (1992), p. 53
  18. Orange County commissioners hold the public hearing on rezoning land for Fiber Industries The county commissioners heard the public on rezoning a 450-acre tract near New Hope Creek, about three miles from Chapel Hill, for a $100 million Fiber Industries plant. Chairman Carl Smith turned down a petition to put the hearing off to October; civic groups spoke for the jobs and tax base, and UNC and Duke scientists who had visited Fiber's other North Carolina plants warned of pollution in the creek and Duke Forest, according to a Daily Tar Heel column. People: Carl Smith (Chapel Hill businessman and county commissioner) Also mentions: Duke ForestSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, July 24, 1969, p. 7
  19. Fiber Industries withdraws its New Hope Creek rezoning request; commissioners chairman Carl Smith blames opponents The county commissioners learned two hours before their Monday meeting that Fiber Industries had withdrawn its request to rezone 450 acres near New Hope Creek for a plant, after opposition from UNC, Duke and Mayor Howard Lee. At a public hearing in Hillsborough that day, county commissioners chairman Carl Smith blamed 'unintelligent intellectuals' and a town political 'machine', and said Lee, the town's Black mayor, was not serving Black residents by opposing the plant. People: Carl Smith (Chapel Hill businessman and county commissioner), Howard N. LeeSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: Fiber Industries withdraws request, August 7, 1969, p. 1
  20. Appeals court sends the New Hope Dam case back and halts reservoir clearing The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded Conservation Council v. Froehlke to the federal court for the Middle District of North Carolina and barred any cutting or clearing in the New Hope reservoir area until the case was decided, setting aside Judge Eugene Gordon's ruling that the court could look only at whether the Corps of Engineers had filed its environmental impact statement. The plaintiffs, including the Conservation Council of North Carolina and ECOS, Inc., called it their first break since going to court in August 1971. Also named: Eugene GordonThe Daily Tar Heel, February 9, 1973, p. 1

Maps of New Hope Creek

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. Map of Orange County UNC · a county map
  2. Map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  3. A map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  4. Soil map, North Carolina, Orange County sheet Duke · a county map
  5. School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a county map
  6. Map of Orange County, N.C. : 1939 UNC · a county map
  7. USGS topographic map, Durham South quadrangle (1:62,500) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  8. An atlas for Orange County, North Carolina UNC · a county map
  9. USGS topographic map, Durham South quadrangle (1:62,500) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  10. USGS topographic map, Southwest Durham quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  11. New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan Durham
  12. Leigh Farm Master Plan Durham
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  1. USGS topographic map, Southwest Durham quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)

Indexed works

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Johnston and Robson Mill History, New Hope Creek (Orange Co., N.C.)

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

Stewart E. Dunaway's history of the two mills George Johnston built on New Hope Creek in Orange County, the first in 1793 and the second in 1820, the earlier of which he sold to the Englishman William Robson. Self-published in 2010, 256 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles. Topics include gristmills in Orange County and the Blackwood, Johnston, Robinson and Robson families, so the volume serves both mill history and genealogy.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.) -- History.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 664.72 DUNAWAY UNC Duke Durham NC Cardinal

History of Patterson Mill, New Hope Creek, Orange County, NC

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

Stewart E. Dunaway's 2010 study of Patterson Mill, a gristmill site on New Hope Creek where Orange County meets Chatham County. The book pairs a short genealogy of the Patterson family with a close survey of what remains of the mill on land now inside Duke Forest, supported by maps, facsimile documents and illustrations across 176 pages. Self-published in a second issue dated October 10, 2010.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: New Hope Creek (N.C.) -- History.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 664.72 DUNAWAY NC Cardinal UNC

New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan

1991 · New Hope Corridor Advisory Committee

Master plan for preserving open space along the New Hope Creek corridor, which runs through Orange, Durham and Chatham counties, prepared for the New Hope Corridor Advisory Committee in April 1991 with Coulter Associates of Durham as landscape architects and land planners. Topics include ecological corridors and open-space planning for Chapel Hill, Durham and both counties, with maps of Orange and Durham counties.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Durham record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.).

Durham UNC

Migration and metabolism in a stream ecosystem

Hall, Charles A. S. · 1970 · Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina

Charles A. S. Hall's 1970 report on fish migration and metabolism in New Hope Creek, issued by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina. Topics include the migration and reproduction of fishes in the creek, which lies on the Orange and Chatham county line, along with stream ecology more broadly. The volume runs to 375 leaves with illustrations.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.).

UNC Library of Congress

The History of Patterson Mill, New Hope Creek, Orange County, North Carolina

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

Stewart E. Dunaway's 2010 history of Patterson Mill, a gristmill on New Hope Creek in Orange County. The study concerns milling, county genealogy and the creek, which continues into Chatham County.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Durham record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.) -- History.

Durham

The role of disturbance frequency and substrate heterogeneity in lotic macroinvertebrate communities

Gray, Clark L. · 1999

How often a streambed is disturbed, and how varied its substrate, are the two factors Clark L. Gray weighed in this 1999 study of lotic macroinvertebrate communities in New Hope Creek. The creek runs along the Orange and Chatham county line. Forty-seven pages with six unnumbered leaves, illustrations and a bibliography.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.).

UNC
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The effects of predation on stream macroinvertebrate recolonization following disturbance

Lewis, Stephanie H. · 1996

Stephanie H. Lewis asked in 1996 what predation does to the way stream macroinvertebrates return after a disturbance, working at New Hope Creek on the Orange and Chatham county line. Twenty-eight pages with seventeen unnumbered leaves, illustrated throughout.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.).

UNC

The impact of megalopteran predators (Corydalus cornutus) on stream macrobenthic community structure

Falter, Meg · 1996

The hellgrammite, larva of the dobsonfly Corydalus cornutus, is the predator at the center of Meg Falter's 1996 study of stream macrobenthic community structure in New Hope Creek. Topics include benthos and freshwater ecology in Orange County together with predation and the insect's food. One hundred forty-seven leaves with illustrations and maps, ending in a long bibliography.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: New Hope Creek (Orange County-Chatham County, N.C.).

UNC

Recently indexed: Leigh Farm Master Plan (1992) · Directional colonization by stream insects (1985) · The sediment specific response of macroinvertebrates in a woodland stream to a disturbance (1986) · Use of pigment absorbance ratios and community metabolism as indices of maturity in New Hope Creek (1970) · The beautiful water (1947)

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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.

  • Foundational · NC 664.72 DUNAWAY History of Patterson Mill, New Hope Creek, Orange County, NC Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

    Stewart E. Dunaway's 2010 study of Patterson Mill, a gristmill site on New Hope Creek where Orange County meets Chatham County. The book pairs a short genealogy of the Patterson family with a close survey of what remains of the mill on land now inside Duke Forest, supported by maps, facsimile documents and illustrations across 176 pages. Self-published in a second issue dated October 10, 2010.

  • Foundational · NC 664.72 DUNAWAY Johnston and Robson Mill History, New Hope Creek (Orange Co., N.C.) Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2010

    Stewart E. Dunaway's history of the two mills George Johnston built on New Hope Creek in Orange County, the first in 1793 and the second in 1820, the earlier of which he sold to the Englishman William Robson. Self-published in 2010, 256 pages with illustrations, maps and facsimiles. Topics include gristmills in Orange County and the Blackwood, Johnston, Robinson and Robson families, so the volume serves both mill history and genealogy.

Deeds

Deeds in the county’s deed books, from Mark Chilton’s published abstracts, that name New Hope Creek in describing the land. Results also include longer place names, such as roads or meeting houses named for New Hope Creek. Each name opens a search for those deeds.

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