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The only cavalry company from Orange County organized at Hillsborough in September 1861 and was subsequently assigned to the 2nd Regiment N.C. Cavalry (19th Regiment N.C. Troops) as Company K. Apparently, the company’s original uniform coat was the…

Isaiah Presley Markham (born 1833) lived with his wife and three young children in the portion of Orange County, North Carolina, that became Durham County in 1881. He was a prosperous farmer with personal property valued at $5,000, which included two…