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Collection Overview
| Size | 60 items |
| Abstract | James Hogg was a Scottish emigrant to Orange County, N.C., circa 1774. The collection consists primarily of legal documents, 1772-1773, of James Hogg in Scotland, connected with his efforts to identify and procure conviction of the persons who burned his home; papers, 1773-1774, relating to his efforts to emigrate to North Carolina, his negotiations for a ship to carry his family and other emigrants, the wreck of the ship off the Shetland Islands, the emigrants' controversy with Hogg, and his controversy in Scottish courts with the ship owners; and scattered papers, 1778-1824, of Hogg and his family after their settlement in Orange County, N.C., where Hogg became a prominent resident of Hillsborough. Undated papers include genealogical material. |
| Creator | Hogg, James, 1729-1805. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1944-1970
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2006
Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2021
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Biographical Information
James Hogg came to North Carolina from Scotland about the year 1774, and settled near Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C. He quickly became prominent in the community and during the Revolutionary War he sided with the Revolutionary party. His brother, Robert, a merchant of Wilmington, N.C., who had been in the colony for some time before James arrived, was a Loyalist during the Revolution and left North Carolina.
James Hogg had two sons, Walter and Gavin, whose surnames were changed to their mother's name of Alves. They moved to Kentucky. Hogg's daughter Elizabeth married John Huske of Wilmington, N.C.; his daughter Robina married William Norwood of Hillsborough, N.C.; and his daughter Helen first married William Hooper, the son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and then Joseph Caldwell, president of the University of North Carolina from 1804 to 1835.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of legal documents, 1772-1773, of James Hogg (1729-1805) in Scotland, connected with his efforts to identify and procure conviction of the persons who burned his home; papers, 1773-1774, relating to his efforts to emigrate to North Carolina, his negotiations for a ship to carry his family and other emigrants, the wreck of the ship off the Shetland Islands, the emigrants' controversy with Hogg, and his controversy in Scottish courts with the ship owners; and scattered papers, 1778-1824, of Hogg and his family after they settled in Orange County, N.C., where Hogg became a prominent resident of Hillsborough, N.C. Undated papers include genealogical material.
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Papers, 1772-1824 and undated.
| Folder 1 |
Original finding aid |
| Folder 2 |
1772-1773 |
| Folder 3 |
1773-1774 |
| Folder 4 |
1778-1803 |
| Folder 5 |
1804-1824 and undated |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-341/1 |
Oversize papers, circa 1772-1824 |
| Reel M-341/1 |
Microfilm copy of collection, 1772-1824 and undated |
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