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July 3, 1841 Hawfields citizens hold a muster and Independence Day dinner at Samuel N. Tate's store Citizens of the Hawfields met at Samuel N. Tate's store on July 3 for a drill muster under Col. Thomas Jones and a celebration of Independence Day, with Jones as president of the day and Col. William Shaw as vice president. They dined and drank thirteen toasts, among them one to the university. Hillsborough Recorder, July 15, 1841, p. 3
June 29, 1844 Meeting at Tate's store asks for a division vote and names the proposed county West Orange People gathered at Samuel N. Tate's store resolved to vote for no legislative candidate who would not pledge to carry a central division of Orange, asked the sheriff to open polls at the August election for or against a central division, and proposed that the new western county be called West Orange. A committee reported that the sheriff agreed. Hillsborough Recorder, July 4, 1844, p. 3

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