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Oscar Franklin Frady was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on June 10, 1887. Frady was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain. He died in his home there on January 28, 1953.

Junk Frank was an employee of the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina. During a 1919 investigation into alleged abuses at the plant, he was named as one of 10 or 12 employees who were forced to work overtime without pay as punishment… Read More

Burrel Simpson Franklin was born on July 3, 1853 in Wake County, North Carolina. From 1910 up through 1918, Franklin served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. He died in Raleigh on August 30, 1942.

John Frazel 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.

Charles Rivers Frazer was born in Auburn, Alabama, on August 3, 1879. Frazer was a graduate of Shaw University and the University of Chicago and in 1910 became Shaw's first Black dean, a position he held until… Read More

Jacob Frazer was a captain in the Camden County Regiment of the South Carolina Militia from 1779 to 1781. Any further information about his eventual fate has not been located.

Marie Ellen Frazier (née Brown) was born on May 6, 1896, in Hertford County, North Carolina. Frazier was a school teacher in the… Read More

Robert Joe Frederick was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, on August 2, 1886. In various census records, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died in Clinton, North Carolina, on December 25, 1948.… Read More

Charles Freeman 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.

Demsey Freeman (d. c1788) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More

James Freeman was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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

John Freeman (d. 1793) 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 Freeman was a planter in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1733 he witnessed a lease in which James Bennett and other Chowanoake men let land to colonist Thomas Taylor. He died sometime after 1737.

King Freeman (c1740-1793) was a constable for 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.… Read More

Richard Freeman was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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

Solomon Freeman (d. 1788) was a constable in Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

William Freeman (d. 1781)  was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More

William Freeman was a planter in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1733 he witnessed a lease in which James Bennett and other Chowanoake men let land to colonist Thomas Taylor. He died in Chowan Precinct in 1737.

William Freeman Sr. was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More

Archibald Freere [last name unclear] 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… Read More

Francis Henry French was born on September 27, 1857, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. French was a West Point graduate and career army officer. During World War I, he served as commander of Camp Jackson (May 19, 1918 to August 31, 1918) and then Camp… Read More

More Friard [name unclear] 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.

Paul Frick was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on July 9, 1816. A resident of Union County, Illinois, he served as a local clerk of the court and also worked as a cooper and machinist. He died in Union County on September 3, 1897.

Francis Henry Fries was born on February 1, 1855, in Salem, North Carolina. Fries was the president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company from 1911 until his death in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) on June 5, 1931.

Henry Elias Fries was born in Salem (Forsyth County), North Carolina, on September 22, 1857. Fries was a railroad industrialist who served one term as a legislator (1887) and three terms as mayor of Salem. He died in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County… Read More

Aaron Frissell 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.

Lillian Frye (née Rowe) was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on May 5, 1873. Frye was only the second woman in the state of North Carolina to be admitted to the bar (1911). In addition to practicing law with the firm Frye, Gantt and Frye, she… Read More

Shadrack Fulcher was a Lieutenant in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. In July 1777 Lt. Fulcher and a group of men under his command went from Craven County to Ocracoke Island in pursuit of… Read More

Daniel Fulford was a resident of Currituck County. In 1777 he associated with known loyalist agitator, … Read More

David Henry Fuller was born on March 28, 1891, in Lumberton, North Carolina. During World War I, Fuller served as a commissioned officer in the headquarters company of the 136th Heavy Field Artillery and later… Read More

Elijah Fuller was born in Franklin County, North Carolina in 1810. The operator of a mercantile business in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he also acted as a pension agent and would pursue claims on behalf of Revolutionary War veterans and widows… Read More

Jones Fuller was born in Granville County, North Carolina in about 1735. A veteran of the French and Indian War, he served as a captain in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He may have needed to resign his commission… Read More

Thomas Blount Fuller was born on July 28, 1857, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Fuller was president and treasurer of the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company as well as president of the Durham Building & Investment Company in Durham, North… Read More

Thomas Fullington (d. 1785) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More

Lee Winston Fulton was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, on November 4, 1852. Fulton was a farmer and lifelong resident of Forsyth County. He died at his home outside Clemmons on December 20, 1922.

R. J. Furlong was born in Illinois in 1871. He was working as a rail road clerk in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) when he died from tuberculosis on November 9, 1916. No other information about him (including his full name) is known.

Thomas Gage (1718-1787) was a British military officer who served as Commander in Chief of the forces in North America from 1763-1775.

John Gains 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.

Julia Gaither was born on January 10th, 1829. Gaither is mentioned in a letter from James W. Wilson to Zebulon B. Vance. Gaither died in Burke County, North Carolina, on February 22nd, 1878.

Christopher Gale 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.

George Gale 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.

Alexander Henderson Galloway, Jr. was born on September 15, 1870, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Galloway was a real estate developer and president of the Winston-Salem Board of Trade. During World War I, he served on the state's western … Read More

John Gannaway was born in Virginia in about 1781. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace for Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County in abut December 1850.

Richard Gantt was born in Maryland on August 2, 1767. A judge for the South Carolina Court of Appeals for much of his life, Gantt resided in Greenville, South Carolina but traveled throughout the state on his legal circuit. He died in Greenville… Read More