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ELIZABETH KECKLY ca. 1820-1907
Hillsborough, NC
Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855.
Francis Nash
Hillsborough, NC
Patriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777.
Hart's Mill
Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause.
Hughes Academy
Operated, 1845 to 1884.
James Hogg 1729-1804
Hillsborough, NC
Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774.
Journey Of Reconciliation
Chapel Hill, NC
In 1947 the Congress of Racial Equality & local citizens, black & white, protested bus segregation.
North Carolina Society Of The Cincinnati
Hillsborough, NC
Formed Oct. 23, 1783, in Hillsborough, by officers of the Continental Line.
Old Eno Church And Cemetery
Presbyterian. Served by Hugh McAden, 1755-65.
Thomas Burke
Hillsborough, NC
Governor of N.C., was captured in Hillsboro by David Fanning and his Tories, Sept. 12, 1781, and taken to Charleston, S.C.
Thomas Burke
Governor, 1781-82. Member of Revolutionary, Provincial, & Continental Congresses.
Thomas Ruffin 1787-1870
Hillsborough, NC
Jurist and agriculturist.
University Of N.c. At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
First state university to open its doors, 1795.
William A. Graham
Hillsborough, NC
Governor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852.
William Hooper 1742-1790
Hillsborough, NC
One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.