| 1868
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| 4 July | W.W. Holden inaugurated as NC governor
despite objections of Governor Worth.
[Harris, Holden 244.]
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| Late July | NC legislature passes act incorporating counties and
townships. Holden is authorized to appoint
municipal officials at this time, with elections
to be held later. [Ashe, History of NC, Vol. 2, 1077.]
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| July- Aug. | Holden appoints municipal officers, including Wyatt
Outlaw (town commissioner in Graham).
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| September | Jacob A. Long claims formation of White Brotherhood
with six members in Alamance County. [Jacob A.
Long Confession]
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| | Formation of Constitutional Union Guard in Alamance.
[Trial 1966-1992.]
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| December | Caswell Holt whipped. Holt swears out warrant
against some of his attackers, but accused
are not convicted. [SR 341-349.]
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| 1869
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| January | William R. Albright elected mayor of Graham and appointed
magistrate. [SR 78.]
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| February | Allen Paisley, a black minister, leads a group of blacks
impersonating KK in attacks on freedmen. Paisley
and several others are arrested, tried, and
imprisoned. [Trial 537-563.]
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| | Armed town police in Graham authorized by Mayor
Albright, with members to be selected by town
commission. Members include Aleck Ruffin, Henry
Band and James Underwood. Total of 4 blacks and 1 white
(Underwood). [Trial 1895-96, 1919, 1922.]
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| Feb/ March | KK demonstration in Graham aimed at breaking up town
police. Shots are fired. KK later claims that Henry
Holt and Wyatt Outlaw fired upon them. [Trial
2237-38, 2246.]
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| March | Calls for retaliation against KK voiced at Union League
meeting in wake of Graham raid. Mayor Albright and
Outlaw oppose retaliation. [Trial 1916-1918.]
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| | Holden sends militia troops, possibly local troops, to
Alamance under command of Captain Bosher. [Trial 1893-
1900, 1919-1921.]
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| | Escalation of KK violence, including attacks on Joe
Harvey and Squire Alston.
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| April | WB plan to execute Caswell Holt for bringing Klansmen
to court halted by Jacob Long. [Trial 2240; Third
Message 146.]
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| 12 April | NC legislature passes act making wearing disguises a
felony. [Greensboro Patriot, 6 June 1869.]
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| mid April | Daniel Worth’s schoolhouse burned by White Brotherhood.
[Third Message 181-184; SR 304; Trial 572-574.]
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| June | WB leaders begin transferring membership to CUG.
Number of CUG klans in Alamance rises to five.
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| July | Wash and Nelson Morrow (sons of Jeff Morrow) burn barns
of William Jones, Jesse Morrow (white), and Franklin
Miner near Orange- Alamance line. Wash and Nelson are
arrested, later taken from jail by WB and harassed. WB
shoots Wash, who dies of his wounds. Nelson is found
not guilty. [Albion W. Tourgee Papers. R9, item 1541,
R10 item 1576?; Patriot 4 November 1869.]
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| 5 August | Township elections of JP’s and clerks in Graham. Outlaw
probably elected to town commission at this time.
[Patriot 27 May 1869.]
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| October | Jeff and Dan (brother-in-law) Morrow hanged by WB for
their supposed role in July barn burnings.
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| Oct- Dec. | KK violence escalates again after a lull.
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| 26 November | Alonzo Corliss beaten by WB and ordered to leave
Alamance. [SR 341-49.]
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| 2 December | Holden sends troops to protect Corliss, who has had several
of his attackers arrested. None are indicted, and
Corliss leaves the area soon afterward. [Third Message
34-36.]
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| 16 December | Senator Shoffner of Alamance introduces bill for stronger
militia. [Patriot 6 June 1872; Trelease 203.]
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| Late December | Caswell Holt visited by WB a second time. Holt is shot 7
times and taken to Graham to recuperate, where he remains
until April 1870. [SR 341-49; Trial 1311-1328,
1369-71.]
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| 1870
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| January | Town meeting to protest Shoffner bill held. [Trial
992-995.]
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| 1st Monday | Election of Graham town commissioners. [Trial 302.]
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| 6 January | CUG plan to kill Shoffner halted by Dr. John A. Moore.
[Third Message 165-66, 178, 236; SR 25-26.]
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| 26 February | Wyatt Outlaw executed by WB in Graham. [Trial 1192-95,
1363-69; SR 31-32, 159, 259-260, 311; Jacob A. Long
confession; Patriot 3 March 1870, 11 March 1870;
Third Message 87-90, 212-214, 223-225; Tourgee Papers
R10, item 1551, 1568.]
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| 7 March | Governor Holden declares Alamance in a state of
insurrection and sends federal troops. [Third Message.]
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| | William Puryear murdered by WB for having knowledge of
Outlaw’s killers. [Trial 519-524, 1307-1311.]
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| May | State Senator John W. Stephens murdered by WB in
Caswell County. [Third Message.]
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| Late May- Aug. | Holden declares Caswell County in a state of
insurrection and sends troops to Caswell and Alamance
under Kirk’s command. [Third Message 17.]
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