Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770) was a successful merchant-turned-politician who served as Royal Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.

John Alexander Wesson was born on March 25, 1875, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and deputy sheriff of Cleveland County before moving to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he died on April 23, 1943.

George West was an American Indian man who was a servant to Henry Norman in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. It is unclear whether West was indentured to Norman or enslaved, but whatever the nature of his servitude, West ran away sometime in… Read More

Hezekiah West was born in Frederick County, Maryland on November 7, 1763. At the time of the American Revolution he resided in Camden District, South Carolina and he enlisted as a ranger in the South Carolina Militia. He served an additional two… Read More

James West (1703-1772) was a British politician who served as joint secretary to the Treasury 1746 to 1756 and 1757 to 1762.

John West was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

Robert West was a militia officer in colonial Bertie County. He is at times confused with his father, Robert West (1677-1743), who was a politician and militia officer in Chowan County.

Robert West was born in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in 1677. In 1713 West became a land appraiser for Chowan and later served in the North Carolina Colonial Assembly from 1715 to 1728 and on the North Carolina Council from 1724 to 1730. In… Read More

Thomas West (d. 1757) was a prominent landowner who resided in Bertie County. The father-in-law of… Read More

Thomas West was born in North Carolina in about 1685. He served as the treasurer of Chowan Precinct in 1718 and again from 1720 to 1721. He died in Chowan Precinct in about 1722.

William West was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. Later in 1780 he… Read More

William Arthur West was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1881. West was a businessman in Marshall (Madison County) who served as an agent for the Southern Railway, clerk of the superior court, and clerk for the U.S. Marshall's… Read More

Joseph Westmore was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he produced a certificate from Craven County indicating that he had signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies… Read More

William McNeely Westmoreland was born in Statesville (Iredell County), North Carolina, on December 23, 1876. Westmoreland was an influential businessman in Statesville where he owned and operated a grocery business. He served in both the Spanish… Read More

William Weston (1721-1796) 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.

Robert Leon Wetherington was born on November 7, 1895, in Tuscarora, North Carolina. Wetherington was a farmer in Jasper when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently drafted into the service and served with the… Read More

William Wethers was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.

William Whaley (1736-1819) was a resident of Duplin County. In July 1777 he submitted information to the Duplin County Court Martial Committee about… Read More

Jesse Rankin Wharton was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on September 2, 1833. Wharton attended the University of North Carolina (class of 1855), served the Confederacy during the Civil War, and later served as superintendent of education… Read More

Lacy Donnell Wharton was born on July 9, 1869, in Guilford County, North Carolina. Wharton was a physician in Smithfield, North Carolina, who served as a member of the Johnston County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Smithfield on… Read More

According to Margaret Strozier's affidavit, John Whatman was a Protestant minister in Rowan County, North Carolina who performed the marriage ceremony between Margaret and her husband Peter Strozier in October 1758. Any other record of their… Read More

John Wheatley was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he submitted a sworn deposition testifying about his involvement in and knowledge of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.

Mary Ridley Jones was born in North Carolina around 1778, according to her death notice. She was the daughter of Francis Jones and Frances Yancey and granddaughter of Francis Jones and Mary Elizabeth "Betsey" Ridley. Around February 1825, she… Read More

Harry West Whedbee was born in Hertford, North Carolina, on September 22, 1872. Whedbee began his law career as an attorney in Greenville, North Carolina, and later attained a judgeship on the North Carolina… Read More

Joseph Whedbee (d. c1792) was a silversmith in Edenton. 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.

Captain John H. Wheeler was born in North Carolina around 1828. A resident of Caswell County, he served under George W. Kirk in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, and during the Kirk-Holden War, Kirk recruited his former comrade into the state… Read More

Frank William Wheless was born on April 6, 1872, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Wheless was a merchant in Louisburg, North Carolina. He died in Louisburg on November 5, 1947.

David Jordan Whichard was born on August 8, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Whichard was the editor of the Greenville Daily Reflector from 1885 until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster. He died in Greenville on July 25, 1922.… Read More

T. W. Whins was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle, threatening both beef and leather… Read More

Alexander White, an African American man, was born in Tennessee in about 1830. Resident of Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois prior to 1863. Died after 1900.

Charles Wesley White was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on April19, 1845. During the Civil War, White served as a private in the 1st Battalion of the North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River… Read More

Edmund Thomas White was born in Granville County on May 25, 1858. White originally practiced medicine but by the 1890s worked full time in the banking and tobacco industries in Oxford. He cofounded Granville National Bank in 1894 and served as… Read More

Ernest Eugene White was born in Burlington (Almance County) on March 14, 1884. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) around 1914, where he worked as a car mechanic and chauffeur. He later worked as an insurance agent and funeral director… Read More

George L. White was born in Craven County on July 10, 1871. White was an A.M.E. Zion minister who served as pastor in Greenville (Pitt County), Elizabeth City (Pasquotank County), and New Bern (Craven County), among other communities. He died in… Read More

Henry White was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located outside… Read More

Hillary White was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

James White (d. 1792) 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.

Resident in or around Camden County, North Carolina in the 1850s

John White 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.

John White (d. 1792) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

John White was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. In 1690 he witnessed a deposition signed by William Bundy concerning Alexander, an indentured American Indian man. No further records about this individual's fate have been located… Read More

John Harrison White was born in North Carolina on September 24, 1879. White was a lifelong resident of Broad River Township in McDowell County, North Carolina, where he owned a farm. He also served as a private in the Spanish-American War. He… Read More

John White Jr. was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1722 he served on a jury that heard the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. Any further information about this… Read More

John W. White was born in North Carolina on May 31, 1804. A resident of Warren County, North Carolina, he served as the deputy clerk for the local county court and by 1850 he assumed the role of clerk of the court, a role he held through 1860. He… Read More

Jorden White 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.