July

7/4/1776  -  North Carolina becomes a state.
7/17/1781  -  Battle of Chatham Court House - Col Fanning Tory attack
7/4/1881  -  Chatham County magistrates met and accepted the new courthouse. The cornerstone was laid September 1, 1881.
7/1/1885  -  First Chatham County Board of Education elected in Pittsborough.
7/1/1950  -  Ground broken for the new Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Pittsboro.