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.