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Chatham County, originally part of Orange County, was established through a bill introduced by the Colonial Assembly on December 5, 1770. The act to form Chatham County was effective April 1, 1771. The extreme difficulty and expense of travel to conduct business for southern inhabitants of Orange was documented in the act as the reason behind the need for the new county formation.
The county was named in honor of William Pitt, the elder, first Earl of Chatham who was a defender of American rights in the British Parliament. Pittsboro, formerly named Pittsborough, was the first town to develop and was named the county seat in 1787. Pittsboro was named after William Pitt, the younger, who at age 24 was the youngest man to hold the office of prime minister of Great Britain...
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Chatham, a county in the central part of North Carolina, has an area of about 700 square miles. It is traversed by the Haw and Deep rivers, which...Read MORE... - 1895 - Chatham county
Chatham, a county in the central part of North Carolina, has an area of about 784 square miles. It is drained by the Deep and Haw Rivers, which unite ...Read MORE... 
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Chatham county was formed in 1771 from Orange County.
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1854 - Chatham county
Chatham, a county in the central part of North Carolina, has an area of about 700 square miles. It is traversed by the Haw and Deep rivers, which... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chatham county
Chatham, a county in the central part of North Carolina, has an area of about 784 square miles. It is drained by the Deep and Haw Rivers, which unite ... Read MORE...
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