| Orange County, NC Public Officials |
| Excerpted from "Orange County, 1752 - 1952" Edited by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager |
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| SHERIFFS OF ORANGE COUNTY 1752-1754, Alexander Mebane 1754-1756, John Gray 1757, Lawrence Thompson 1758-1760, Josiah Dixon 1760-1762, William Reed 1763, Thomas Hart 1765, William Nunn 1768, Thomas Hart 1768, Tyree Harris 1769, John Lea 1770, John Butler 1772, Thomas Donaldson 1777-1780, Alexander Mebane, Jr. 1780, John Hawkins 1782-1784, James Mebane 1784-1786, James Freeland 1787, John Nichols 1789-1790, William McCauley 1791-1793, John Sloss 1793, John Willis 1794-1796, Joseph Hodge 1796-1799, Andrew Murdock (Apt. by Governor) 1799-1809, Samuel Turrentine 1809-1810, David Ray 1810-1818, Josiah Turner 1818, Edward Harris 1820-1822, Thomas Clancy 1823-1832, Thomas D. Watts 1833-1852, James C. Turrentine 1852-1862, Richard M. Jones 1862-1864, Hugh B. Guthrie 1867, E. H. Ray 1868-1870, John Turner 1870-1880, Thomas H. Hughes 1880-1904, John Knox Hughes 1904-1910, S. W. Andrews 1910-1916, R. D. Bain 1916-1820, C. G. Rosemond 1820, Thomas G. Sparrow 1920-1928, L. Bunn Lloyd 1928-1935, W. T. Sloan 1935-present (1952), S. T. Latta, Jr. |
| Members of the Colonial Legislature County Members 1754..............Josiah Dickson, Mark Morgan 1754-1760..............William Churton, John Gray 1760..............Tyree Harris, John Gray 1761..............William Churton, Thomas Loyd [Lloyd] 1762..............William Churton, Thomas Lloyd 1762..............Thomas Lloyd, Edmund Fanning 1764-1765..............Thomas Lloyd, Francis Nash 1766-1768..............Edmund Fanning, Thomas Lloyd 1769..............Hermon Husband, John Pryor 1770-1771..............Hermond Husband, John Pryor, Ralph McNair, Francis Nash 1773..............John Gray, Ralph McNair 1773-1774..............Ralph McNair, Thomas Hart 1775..............Ralph McNair, Thomas Hart Borough Members from Hillsboro 1770-1771..............Edmund Fanning 1773..............Francis Nash 1773-1774..............Francis Nash 1775..............Francis Nash Delegates to Provincial Congresses County Members 1774..............Thomas Hart 1775..............Thomas Hart, Thomas Burke, John Kinchen, Francis Nash 1775..............Thomas Burke, John Kinchen, Thomas Hart, John Atkinson, John Williams April, 1776..............Thomas Burke, Nathaniel Rochester, Alexander Mebane, John Butler, John McCabe The following seats were declared vacant because of disorders at the polls: James Saunders, William Moore, John McCabe, John Atkinson, John Paine Borough Members from Hillsboro 1774.............. 1775..............William Armstrong, Nathaniel Rochester April, 1776..............William Johnston 1776..............William Johnston Member of Provincial Council 1775..............John Kinchen Councilors of State, Elected by the General Assembly of NC 1781..............John Butler 1787..............John Kinchen 1788..............John Kinchen 1793..............John Umstead 1807..............James Mebane 1808-1820..............John Umstead 1851..............J. U. Kirkland Officials of the General Assembly Speaker of House of Commons 1814..............Frederick Nash 1815..............John Craige 1816..............Thomas Ruffin 1821-1822..............James Mebane 1838-1841..............William A. Graham 1865-1866..............Samuel F. Phillips Speaker of the House of Representatives 1874-1875..............John D. Cameron 1903-1905..............S. M. Gattis 1929-1931..............A. H. Graham Speaker of Senate 1836-1837..............Hugh Waddell Other State Officials Auditor of Public Accounts 1862-1864..............Samuel F. Phillips Solicitor General 1827-1828..............John Scott |