Charles Alfred Armstrong was born on December 25, 1858, in Australia. Armstrong was an attorney in Troy, North Carolina, who served as county attorney for Montgomery County, North Carolina. He died in Troy on December 30, 1945.

John Armstrong was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina on June 15, 1874. A resident of Montgomery County, in 1918 he was arrested and sentenced to time on the Stanly County roadwork chain gang, where he witnessed his superintendent, Nevin C… Read More

William Armstrong was a resident of colonial Orange County. In an undated petition, Alexander Mebane requested Armstrong be commissioned a captain in the county militia.

Edward Arnell 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.

John Arnell 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.

Richard Arnell 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.

William Arnell 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 Arnold 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.

Thomas Arthur was born in Virginia in about 1730. He served as a captain in the Bedford County Regiment of the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. He died in Bedford County, Virginia on January 20, 1820.

Aaron Asbell (1755-1814) 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… Read More

James Asbell 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.

William Mobile Ashby was born October 15, 1889, in Carter's Grove, Virginia. Ashby graduated from Yale University with a degree in divinity in 1916 and came to Durham shortly after for a teaching job at the… Read More

John Ashe (1725-1781) was a legislator, militia officer, and outspoken Stamp Act critic. He was a staunch Patriot and fought against the British in the Revolutionary War.

Richard James Ashe was born in North Carolina in October 1821. Ashe was a farmer and Confederate veteran who moved with his family to California sometime after the Civil War but before 1869. He died in Kerns County, California, on August 13, 1899… Read More

Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) was a politician from Wilmington. A president of the state's Council of Safety in 1776, he helped draft North Carolina's first constitution. In 1777 he became the speaker of the North Carolina State Senate, in which role… Read More

Jeremiah Ashley (d. 1801) 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.… Read More

Mead Ashley (d. 1814) 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.

Thomas Ashley was a farmer and blacksmith who arrived in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1707. 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. Ashley… Read More

William Ashley (d. 1782) 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.

Aaron Askew (d. 1809) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a juror in the fall session of the … Read More

David Askew (d. 1815) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a juror in the fall session of the … Read More

John Askew (d. 1829) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

Edmond Atkin (1697-1761) was a British politician and trader who served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Department from 1756 until his resignation in 1761.

Edward Benjamin Atkinson was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on February 17, 1865. Atkinson was a realtor in Asheville. He died there on August 5, 1948.

Jacob Atkinson was a constable in Pitt County who was responsible for transporting Nathan Mayo… Read More

Roger Pleasants Atkinson was born in 1829. Atkinson was a Confederate veteran and a railroad administrator. Atkinson worked as a Superintendent of Convicts on the Western North Carolina Railroad managing incarcerated laborers. He died in Bladen… Read More

Wilton Atkinson was born in North Carolina in about 1794. A silversmith and jeweler, he also served as a justice of the peace for Washington County, Tennessee. He died in Washington County on March 24, 1868.

Attakullakulla (c1712-c1778), also known as Ada-gal'kala or "Little Carpenter" by colonists, was an influential Overhill… Read More

Crispus Attucks was a Black man, a freedom seeker who had escaped slavery to become a sailor and rope maker in Boston, Massachusetts. He was killed by British soldiers on March 5, 1770, in a confrontation that… Read More

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1719-1772) was the daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. She became the Princess of Wales upon her marriage to Frederick, Princes of Wales, in 1736.… Read More

Daniel McNair Ausley was born on January 20, 1871 in Robeson County, North Carolina. Ausley was a prominent banker in Statesville, North Carolina. He also served as captain of the Statesville Home Guard, which unit was called out to Charlotte in… Read More

Cornelius Austin was a resident of Currituck County, likely on or near Ocracoke Island. In late July 1777 he and his… Read More

Daniel Austin was a resident of Currituck County, likely on or near Ocracoke Island. In late July 1777 he and his… Read More

Harry Conner Austin was born in Indiana on February 22, 1866. After growing up in DeLand, Florida, Austin moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) by 1915, where he worked as a gardener and poultry farmer. He died in Black Mountain on May 9,… Read More

Rufus Eugene Austin was born in Union County, North Carolina on October 9, 1866. Austin was a lawyer in Albemarle (Stanly County) who served as a member of the board for the Caswell Training School (formerly the State School for the Feeble Minded… Read More

Samuel Francis Austin was born on September 20, 1869, in Johnston County, North Carolina. Austin was an attorney in Nashville, North Carolina, who served as the chairman of the Nash County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Nashville… Read More

Thomas Austin (d. 1805) was a resident of Currituck County, likely near Ocracoke Island. In late July of 1777 his two sons… Read More

William George Avant was born on August 16, 1868, in Wilmington, North Carolina. A graduate of Howard University and Payne Divinity School, Avant was a prominent and influential Black minister who resided in New Bern, North Carolina. In addition… Read More

Mary Tempie Avera (née Arrington) was born in 1848 in Halifax County, North Carolina. Avera was a longtime resident of Nash County, North Carolina. Her husband was Harlow Dibble Avera. She died in Rocky Mount on June 13, 1925.

Thomas Arrington Avera was born on February 20, 1890, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Avera was an attorney and cashier at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Rocky Mount when he applied for and received exemption from the military draft of World… Read More

David Averett Sr. (d. 1808) was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he served on a jury of inquest that determined that … Read More

William Averett was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he served on a jury of inquest that determined that … Read More

James Averitt was born around 1822. Averitt voluntarily enlisted with North Carolina's Confederate forces in May 1861. He served with Company F of the 2nd Regiment North Carolina State Troops (Infantry) until his death from disease at Goldsboro (… Read More

Alphonso Calhoun Avery was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on September 11, 1835. Avery was a Confederate officer, politician, judge, and leader of the Ku Klux Klan in western North Carolina. During his time as a North Carolina senator,… Read More

James Daniel Avery was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on July 2, 1861. Avery was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County, North Carolina. He died in McDowell County on August 10, 1950.

John Avery (5 March 1752-13 October 1836) was a resident of Perquimans and Chowan County. In 1778 he did not take the oath swearing his allegiance to North Carolina, but in 1781 he served in the Perquimans County Regiment of the North Carolina… Read More

Mary Patterson Avery (née Johnston) was born in Selma (Dallas County), Alabama on March 6, 1877. Avery was an active member of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. She died in Fulton County, Georgia on February 5, 1967.

Romulus T. "Rom" Avery was born in McDowell County, North Carolina on March 30, 1892. Avery was a prominent farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County. He died in Ashford (McDowell County) on March 21, 1930.

Waightstill Avery (10 March 1741-13 March 1821) was a resident of Mecklenburg County. He became the colony's attorney general for the crown in 1772 and later served in the North Carolina provincial congresses. After helping draft North Carolina's… Read More

William Avis (d. c1784) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a juror in the fall session of the … Read More