from “Orange County, 1752 – 1952,” edited by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager
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 (appointed 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
1916-1920 = C. G. Rosemond
1920 = 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
