| Orange County Public Officials | |
| Excerpted from "Orange County, 1752 - 1952" Edited by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager |
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Sheriffs Of Orange County |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Member of Provincial Council |
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| 1775 | John Kinchen |
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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 |
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| 1874-1875 | John D. Cameron |
| 1903-1905 | S. M. Gattis |
| 1929-1931 | A. H. Graham |
Speaker of Senate |
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| 1836-1837 | Hugh Waddell |
Other State Officials | |
Auditor of Public Accounts | |
| 1862-1864 | Samuel F. Phillips |
Solicitor General | |
| 1827-1828 | John Scott |
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