Person
Mial Scurlock
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Years
- 1787
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Mial Scurlock, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
North Carolina authorizes land for Pittsborough
1787Role: Landowner whose land held the courthouse and was barred for the town site
- Legislature authorizes land for the county seat
In 1787 the North Carolina General Assembly barred a town on Mial Scurlock's land, where the courthouse stood, and authorized purchasing land for the county seat.
- Pittsborough named county seat
In 1787 Pittsboro was officially named the county seat of Chatham County, named for William Pitt the Younger, son of the Earl of Chatham.
- Legislature authorizes land for the county seat
Sources
- Pittsboro, North Carolina Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-27