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From: "Larry Noah" <>
Subject: [NCORANGE] Alamance Co & STOCKARD & MEBANE
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:57:13 -0500

Before the formation of Alamance Co, in 1849 the
entire area was the western portion of Orange Co. If you
had ancestors in western Orange Co before 1849 then you
should look for them in Alamance Co after that time. If you
had ancestors in Alamance Co then you should look at Orange
Co for dates before 1849.

Col. John STOCKARD and Giles MEBANE were responsible
for the divison of the "western area" of Orange Co.
Stockard and Mebane anticipated a hard battle to pass the
division. The actual vote was 1,257 for division, 1,011
against the division. One possible help for Stockard and
Mebane was the proposed name of the county seat in the
companion legislation. The name decided on was "Graham".
This was seen as a political move to honor the then Governor
on N.C., William A GRAHAM. Gov. Graham was also one of
Hillsborough's most respected citizens. Hillsborough was
the county seat of Orange Co and had much vocal opposition
to the division. Giles MEBANE is credited with naming the
county Alamance after the battle of 1771.

Some years later a Ggrandaughter of Col. John
STOCKARD made (and wrote) history in Alamance Co. Sallie
Walker STOCKARD became the first female graduate of the
University of North Carolina in 1898. She also became the
first female to receive a master's degree from that
university. Her thesis for that degree was the first
published history of Alamance Co. This thesis not only
contained the history of the county but the history of some
of the families. It is credited with being the first
published genealogy of the ALBRIGHT family.


Larry Noah -
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