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In Memoriam

Book of Remembrance - C

Randolph Cheek      Harmon Cox

Solomon Cox            Thomas Cox

Peter Craven             Thomas Craven, Sr.

Book of Remembrance - A

Randolph Cheek

Regulator

Randolph Cheek was a Regulator from Orange County. He was born between 1730 and 1735, in either Virginia or North Carolina. He signed Regulator Petition No. 9 in 1768. He died on February 1, 1816 in Chatham County, NC. He was the son of Richard Cheek who died in Beaufort County NC in 1745.

Sponsor

Donald Somers

Harmon Cox

Regulator

Harmon Cox was a Regulator from a part of Orange County which later became Randolph County. He signed the minutes of a Regulator Meeting in May 1768 and a letter after a meeting at his brother's mill. Harmon was a signer of Regulator Petition No. 9 in May 1768 and the Regulator Address to Governor Tryon in July/August 1768. After the Battle of Alamance, the Orange County militia detachment under Edmund Fanning was ordered to his home to retrieve supplies for the militia. It is persumed that Harmon Cox was sentenced to death on June 15, 1771 but was recommended to be pardoned.

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Roger W Stout

Martha Jan Embree

Solomon Cox

Regulator

Solomon Cox was a Regulator from Orange County which later became Randolph County. In 1766 he was disowned by the Cane Creek Quaker Meeting for attending the wedding of Herman and Amy Husband and for his deep involvement in the Sandy Creek Association. He was one of the signers of the Regulator Petition No. 9 in May 1768.

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Richard Cox

Thomas Cox

Regulator

Thomas Cox was a Regulator from a part of Orange County that later became Randolph County. He was born in 17335 in New Castle County, Delaware. He was the son of William and Catherine Kinky Cox. the family moved to Orange County in 1753. They were among the first Quaker Settlers in the area. Thomas married Sarah Davis and they had 7 children. Thomas inherited Cox's Mill from his father in 1767. On May 30, 1768, a committee of men including Thomas andhis brothers William and Harmon met at Cox's Mill to draft a document to the Governor about the injustices being done to the people of the area. Thomas signed Regulator Petition No. 9 in May 1768. He went on to provide provisions during the American Revolution. Thomas left North Carolina with his wife in 1807 for Clinton County, Ohio where he died in 1809. He is buried in Hightop Cemetery in Highland County Ohio.

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Cathy M. Thomas

Peter Craven

Regulator

Peter Craven was a Regulator from a part of Orange County which later became Randolph County. He is believed to have been a potter. He signed Regulator Petition No. 9 in May of 1768 and a letter from the Regulator to Governor Tryon in August 1768. He is considered one of the leaders in the action taken in 1768 when a horse was taken from a Regulator for failure to pay taxes. He was denied pardon by Tryon in a Proclamation forhis participation in this incident. He was on the Crown Prosecution list of March 11, 1771.

Sponsor

Larry Thomas Brown

Thomas Craven, Sr.

Regulator

Thomas Craven, Sr. was a Regulator from a part of Orange County which later became Randolph County. He lived from 1742 to 1817. According to his will, his wife's name was Francis. He signed Regulator Petition No. 9 in May 1768. He is buried at Concord Cemetery in Coleridge, North Carolina.

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Faye Carter

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