Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1752 Treaties, States and Territories Established in 1752, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Orange County, North Carolina, Konbaung Dynasty, New Serbia, Mercedes Partido, Marienwerder, Treaty of Aranjuez. Excerpt: Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2008, the population was 126,532 up 9% from 2001. Its county seat is Hillsborough. It is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina System and the oldest state-supported university in the United States. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County. It was named for the infant William V of Orange, whose mother Anne, daughter of King George II of Great Britain, was then regent of the Dutch Republic. In 1771, Orange County was greatly reduced in area. The western part of it was combined with the eastern part of Rowan County to form Guilford County. Another part was combined with parts of Cumberland County and Johnston County to form Wake County. The southern part of what remained became Chatham County. In 1777, the northern half of what was left of Orange County became Caswell County. In 1849, the western third of the still shrinking county became Alamance County. Finally, in 1881 the eastern half of the county's remaining territory was combined with part of Wake County to form Durham County. Some of the first settlers of the county were English Quakers, who settled along the Haw and Eno Rivers. Arguably, the earliest settlers in the county were the Andrews family, which would later marry into the Lloyd family. The Orange County county seat of Hillsborough was founded in 1754, and was first owned, surveyed, and mapped by William Churt... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93265