{"id":489,"date":"2011-12-26T20:21:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T01:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2011-12-31T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T17:28:11","slug":"public-officials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/public-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

from “Orange County, 1752 – 1952,”\u00a0edited by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sheriffs of Orange County<\/span>
\n1752-1754 = Alexander Mebane
\n1754-1756 = John Gray
\n1757 = Lawrence Thompson
\n1758-1760 = Josiah Dixon
\n1760-1762 = William Reed
\n1763 = Thomas Hart
\n1765 = William Nunn
\n1768 = Thomas Hart
\n1768 = Tyree Harris
\n1769 = John Lea
\n1770 = John Butler
\n1772 = Thomas Donaldson
\n1777-1780 = Alexander Mebane, Jr.
\n1780 = John Hawkins
\n1782-1784 = James Mebane
\n1784-1786 = James Freeland
\n1787 = John Nichols
\n1789-1790 = William McCauley
\n1791-1793 = John Sloss
\n1793 = John Willis
\n1794-1796 = Joseph Hodge
\n1796-1799 = Andrew Murdock (appointed by Governor)
\n1799-1809 = Samuel Turrentine
\n1809-1810 = David Ray
\n1810-1818 = Josiah Turner
\n1818 = Edward Harris
\n1820-1822 = Thomas Clancy
\n1823-1832 = Thomas D. Watts
\n1833-1852 = James C. Turrentine
\n1852-1862 = Richard M. Jones
\n1862-1864 = Hugh B. Guthrie
\n1867 = E. H. Ray
\n1868-1870 = John Turner
\n1870-1880 = Thomas H. Hughes
\n1880-1904 = John Knox Hughes
\n1904-1910 = S. W. Andrews
\n1910-1916 = R. D. Bain
\n1916-1920 = C. G. Rosemond
\n1920 = Thomas G. Sparrow
\n1920-1928 = L. Bunn Lloyd
\n1928-1935 = W. T. Sloan
\n1935-present (1952) = S. T. Latta, Jr.<\/p>\n

Members of the Colonial Legislature<\/span>,\u00a0County Members<\/span>
\n1754 = Josiah Dickson, Mark Morgan
\n1754-1760 = William Churton, John Gray
\n1760 = Tyree Harris, John Gray
\n1761 = William Churton, Thomas Loyd [Lloyd]
\n1762 = William Churton, Thomas Lloyd
\n1762 = Thomas Lloyd, Edmund Fanning
\n1764-1765 = Thomas Lloyd, Francis Nash
\n1766-1768 = Edmund Fanning, Thomas Lloyd
\n1769 = Hermon Husband, John Pryor
\n1770-1771 = Hermond Husband, John Pryor, Ralph McNair, Francis Nash
\n1773 = John Gray, Ralph McNair
\n1773-1774 = Ralph McNair, Thomas Hart
\n1775 = Ralph McNair, Thomas Hart<\/p>\n

Borough Members from Hillsboro<\/span>
\n1770-1771 = Edmund Fanning
\n1773 = Francis Nash
\n1773-1774 = Francis Nash
\n1775 = Francis Nash<\/p>\n

Delegates to Provincial Congresses, County Members<\/span>
\n1774 = Thomas Hart
\n1775 = Thomas Hart, Thomas Burke, John Kinchen, Francis Nash
\n1775 = Thomas Burke, John Kinchen, Thomas Hart, John Atkinson, John Williams
\nApril, 1776 = Thomas Burke, Nathaniel Rochester, Alexander Mebane, John Butler, John McCabe<\/p>\n

The following seats were declared vacant because of disorders at the polls<\/span>:
\nJames Saunders, William Moore, John McCabe, John Atkinson, John Paine<\/p>\n

Borough Members from Hillsboro<\/span>
\n1774
\n1775 = William Armstrong, Nathaniel Rochester
\nApril, 1776 = William Johnston
\n1776 = William Johnston<\/p>\n

Member of Provincial Council<\/span>
\n1775 = John Kinchen<\/p>\n

Councilors of State, Elected by the General Assembly of NC<\/span>
\n1781 = John Butler
\n1787 = John Kinchen
\n1788 = John Kinchen
\n1793 = John Umstead
\n1807 = James Mebane
\n1808-1820 = John Umstead
\n1851 = J. U. Kirkland<\/p>\n

Officials of the General Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Speaker of House of Commons<\/span>
\n1814 = Frederick Nash
\n1815 = John Craige
\n1816 = Thomas Ruffin
\n1821-1822 = James Mebane
\n1838-1841 = William A. Graham
\n1865-1866 = Samuel F. Phillips<\/p>\n

Speaker of the House of Representatives<\/span>
\n1874-1875 = John D. Cameron
\n1903-1905 = S. M. Gattis
\n1929-1931 = A. H. Graham<\/p>\n

Speaker of Senate<\/span>
\n1836-1837 = Hugh Waddell<\/p>\n

Other State Officials<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auditor of Public Accounts<\/span>
\n1862-1864 = Samuel F. Phillips<\/p>\n

Solicitor General<\/span>
\n1827-1828 = John Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from “Orange County, 1752 – 1952,”\u00a0edited 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 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}