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Thomas Carman was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina who likely lived near Bennett's Creek. In 1734 he witnessed a land sale from several members of the Chowanoke Nation to James Hinton. Any further information about this individual… Read More

Oscar Daniel Carpenter was born on August 24, 1852, in South Carolina. Carpenter was the founder and proprietor of the Hardin Manufacturing Company, a textile mill in the vicinity of Gastonia. He died in Worth, North Carolina on June 24, 1921.… Read More

Worth Claudius Carpenter was born on June 4, 1891, in Worth (Gaston County), North Carolina. Carpenter was employed by his father Oscar D. Carpenter when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into… Read More

James Carr (d. 1783) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

James Ozborn Carr was born on September 6, 1869, near Kenansville, North Carolina. Carr was an attorney who served as U. S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina from 1916 to 1918. He died in Wilmington on March 7, 1949.

Julian Shakespeare Carr was born on October 13, 1845, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Carr was a prominent businessman and philanthropist and an influential figure in the white supremacy movement in North Carolina. He died in Durham on April 29,… Read More

Patrick "Paddy" Carr was a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia who served as a captain in the local militia regiment during the Revolution. He and other Patriot refugees from Georgia volunteered for service in North Carolina. He developed a… Read More

Ransom Lee Carr was born in Duplin County, North Carolina, on September 3, 1878. Carr was a physician who served as a member of the legislature representing Duplin County (sessions 1911, 1913, 1923, 1924, & 1935) and as county food… Read More

James Edwin Carrigan was born on February 3, 1865, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Carrigan was a traveling salesman who resided in Greensboro, Durham, and Burlington. In July 1920, he was accused of having been the leader of a lynch mob… Read More

Tazewell Morton Carrington was born on February 21, 1857, in Richmond, Virginia. Carrington was president of the Carrington Tobacco Co. in Richmond and served as chairman of the Tobacco Association of the United States. He died in Richmond on… Read More

Ernest Royall Carroll was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on October 6, 1877. Carroll was a printer, advertiser, and publisher in Raleigh, North Carolina. He died in Raleigh, from influenza during the 1918-1919 pandemic, on November 15,… Read More

James Carruth (1744-1775) was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County.

Joseph Carruthers served as sheriff of Craven County, North Carolina, from 1755 to 1756 and from 1758 to 1760.

Jodie Randolph Carson was born on September 26, 1900, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Carson enlisted in Company A of the North Carolina National Guard Engineers (later redesignated as the Company A of the 105th Engineers) on July 13, 1917. He… Read More

Benjamin Carter was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. Later in 1782… Read More

Cleone Elizabeth Carter (née Smith) was born in Olive Branch (Union County), North Carolina on November 1, 1871. Carter was a wife, mother, and homemaker in Lanesboro (Anson County) who contracted tuberculosis that required hospitalization in the… Read More

Daniel Carter was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on October 28, 1788. A resident of Yancey County, North Carolina, he served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Madison County, North Carolina on August 26, 1849.

Daniel Jennings Carter was born in Yancey County, North Carolina, on December 10, 1883. Carter was a printer and publisher in Wilkes County. He died in North Wilkesboro on November 30, 1945.

David Miller Carter was born in Hyde County, North Carolina, on January 12, 1830. He was an attorney, Confederate officer, and North Carolina legislator. Carter served in the General Assembly of North Carolina during the 1862-63 session as a… Read More

Frank Winfred Carter was born on October 2, 1890, in Maxton, North Carolina. Carter was secretary and treasurer for the J. W. Carter Co. in Maxton when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Maxton (Robeson County) on… Read More

Henry Alexander Carter was born in Elkin, North Carolina on July 22, 1886. Carter was a farmer and renter who resided along the Yadkin River in Marsh Township (Surry County) with his wife and children in 1916. That July, a devastating flood… Read More

Henry Francis Carter was born on April 13, 1889, in Maxton, North Carolina. Carter was vice president of the J. W. Carter Co. in Maxton when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Laurinburg (Scotland County) on August… Read More

James Carter was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

James Carter was a founder of Salisbury, where he served as a local politician and surveyor. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

James Edward Carter was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on October 2, 1878. Carter was a station operator for Seaboard Air Lines Railroad who served as mayor and town clerk for Polkton (Anson County) where he was a longtime resident.… Read More

John Carter was a resident of Martin County. Several men later claimed that John Carter was an early member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and that he, motivated by a fear that the new state government would promote Catholicism and reject… Read More

John Wesley Carter, Jr., was born on May 1, 1892, in Robeson County, North Carolina. Carter was a cashier at the Bank of Robeson when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Maxton (Robeson County) on March 17, 1957.… Read More

John Wesley Carter, Sr., was born on July 24, 1859, in Lumberton, North Carolina. Carter was president of the J. W. Carter Co. in Maxton, North Carolina. He died in Maxton (Robeson County) on March 14, 1919.

Oliver Carter was born in Garland (Sampson County), North Carolina on January 16, 1876. Carter was an engineer at Lingo City Metal Works near Wilmington. He died in Harnett (New Hanover County) on September 27, 1934.

Thomas Carter was a resident of Bertie County. In 1779 he signed a petition to the North Carolina… Read More

Thomas D. Carter was born in North Carolina in 1834. Carter was a majority stockholder on the Western North Carolina Railroad during the 1870s. He was a long-time resident of Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina. 

William Franklin Carter was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, on July 31, 1856. Carter was a prominent attorney in Mount Airy (Surry County) who served three terms as mayor of Mount Airy, chairman of the county school board, and as… Read More

John Carteret (1690-1763), 2nd Earl of Granville, was a British nobleman who served as Lord President of the Council (1751-1763), Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1742-1744), Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1721-… Read More

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Gordon Atkinson Carver was born on March 8, 1886, in Marion, Maryland. Carver was an attorney in Concord, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Cabarrus County Exemption Board. He died in Concord on December 11, 1918, during the influenza… Read More

Theophilus Case was born in Kentucky in about 1816. A wagon maker in Bath County, Kentucky, he also served as a justice of the peace for the county in 1853. He died before 1860 in Bath County.

Samuel Casey was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

Lewis Cass was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on October 9, 1782. A lawyer, Cass served as a colonel during the War of 1812 and later served as the territorial governor of Michigan from 1813-1831. After serving as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War… Read More

John Castellow (d. 1816) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

Richard Caswell (1729-1789) was a militia officer, member of the colonial assembly, and the first person elected governor of North Carolina following the Declaration of Independence and served several terms (1776-1780 and 1785-1787). In the… Read More

William Caswell (1754-1785) was a captain in the 5th North Carolina Regiment in the Continental Army and was Governor… Read More

The ancestral lands of the Catawba Indians before European contact encompassed the region along the Catawba River Valley, stretching across the North Carolina border into South Carolina. By the 1750s, the Catawba Nation had been significantly… Read More

Samuel Lee Cathey was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on October 26, 1888. Cathey was a Presbyterian minister, serving various communities in North Carolina during the course of his several decades long career. He died in Statesville… Read More

George Catron was born in Wythe County, Virginia in June 16, 1814. A farmer, he signed onto a bond for George Kinder for the administration of Kinder's mother's estate. He died in Wythe County on December 27, 1875.

Grover Cleveland Caudill was born in Wilkes County on November 25, 1889. He worked as a farmer and at his family’s feed store in North Wilkesboro. He died in Wilkes County on January 17, 1957. 

James Elihu Caudill was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on November 16, 1883. Caudill worked as an accountant and bookkeeper for W.C. Meadows Mill Company in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). Around 1927, he established Key City Furniture… Read More

Ruben Elbert Caudill was born in Ashe County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1869. Caudill lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) from around 1900 to 1922, where he worked as a salesman, an inspector at a lumber yard, and a manager of a creamery… Read More

John Cavendish (1732-1796) was a British nobleman and politician who served as lord of the Treasury (1765-1766) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1782-1783).

William Cavendish (1720-1764), 4th Duke of Devonshire, was a British politician and nobleman who served as First Lord of the Treasury (effectively Prime Minister) from 1756 to 1757.