Robert Wilson Gorrell was born on October 30, 1871 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Gorrell was a tobacconist who served as mayor of Winston-Salem from 1917 to 1921, a period encompassing World War I. He died on July 25, 1931 in Winston-Salem.… Read More

James Arthur "Aught" Gouge was born on May 11, 1888, in Little Rock Creek (Mitchell County), North Carolina. Gouge was a farmer in Glen Ayre, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently… Read More

Frank Gough was born on October 11, 1864, in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Gough moved to Robeson County around age eighteen, becoming one of Lumberton's most promising and prominent businessmen. He served as state senator representing Robeson… Read More

During Arthur Dobbs' tenure as colonial governor of North Carolina, the British government… Read More

Ethel Gowans was born around 1885 in New York. She worked as a field demonstration agent for the U. S. Department of Education. During World War I, Gowans visited various parts of the state to teach North Carolinians how to best build home and… Read More

William Earle Grady was born on September 9, 1871, in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a physician who served on the Polk County Draft Board during World War I. Grady died on December 9, 1941, in Tryon, North Carolina.

Charles "Charlie" Graham was born in North Carolina in 1833. In 1854 he graduated from the University of North Carolina. He and other members of his class were in the same social circles as Margaret Eliza Cotten. He died in Pearces Mill Township… Read More

Dennis Wilson Graham was born in Proctorville, North Carolina, on June 14, 1896. At the time he registered for the draft—on June 5, 1918—he was playing semi-pro with the Havana Red Sox. He entered the Student… Read More

Edward Kidder Graham was born in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on October 11, 1876. Graham was an educator who served as president of the University of North Carolina from 1914 until his death from influenza during the influenza… Read More

Joseph Graham was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1759. A resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he became a captain in that county's regiment of the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution. He helped… Read More

William Alexander Graham was born in Lincoln County on September 5, 1804. The son of a prominent plantation owner, Graham was a iron entrepreneur and lawyer. He later became a successful politician and served as North Carolina's governor from… Read More

William Alexander Graham, Jr. was born on December 26, 1839, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. A Confederate veteran, Graham was a prominent farmer and state legislator (elected in 1874, 1878, and 1905) who served as the state's commissioner of… Read More

William Archibald Graham was born on August 27, 1882, in Inez, North Carolina. Graham served as a major in the 120th Infantry during World War I and saw combat in the Ypres-Lys campaign. Following the war, he served as superintendent of the New… Read More

Caleb Grainger, Sr., was a planter, militia officer, and politician in colonial Wilmington. He served as representative of Wilmington in the Assembly in 1746 and sheriff of New Hanover County in 1749. In 1754, he was a lieutenant in a regiment of… Read More

Josiah Granbury was a resident of Chowan County. In 1777 and 1778 he signed a series of oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's… Read More

Thomas Granbury was a resident of Chowan County who served as a Captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment in the Continental Army until 1777 when he was court martialed. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North… Read More

William James Grandin was born Tidioute, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1871. Grandin was a businessman who served as the president of the Watauga and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company and as president of the Grandin Lumber Company. He died in… Read More

John Grange was a resident of colonial Bladen County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

Eliza North Grant (née Mitchell) was born in Chapel Hill (Orange County), North Carolina, on May 26, 1833. Grant ran the Statesville Female College with her sister Margaret Eliot Mitchell from 1875 until her death in Statesville (Iredell County)… Read More

James Grant (1722-1806) was a Scotland-born British army officer who commanded troops in engagements against the Cherokee during the Cherokee War of 1760-1761.

James Grant 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.

Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. Grant had an accomplished military career, serving in the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War, where he rose to the rank of three-star General. Grant was the the… Read More

Reuben Graves was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 23, 1760. A resident of Halifax County, Virginia at the time of the American Revolution he lived near Rachel Rogers at the time of her marriage to Frederick Debow. Graves served as a… Read More

Robert K. Graves was a resident of Morgan County, Kentucky who witnessed Thomas Yarborough's pension application in 1852.

Thomas Graves (died circa 1766) was an Episcopal churchwarden and militia captain who served as a representative of Craven County in the colonial-era Assembly from 1760 to 1762.

William Sidney Graves was born on March 27, 1865, in Mount Calm, Texas. Graves was a career army officer who served as an assistant to the acting chief of staff of the army in early 1918 before being handed command of the 8th Infantry Division… Read More

George Gray (d. 1785) 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 Alexander Gray, Jr. was born on August 21, 1889, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Gray was treasurer and later vice president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company before joining the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1919 where he was… Read More

Jim Gray was a Black day laborer who lived along the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of the possessions of Gray, his wife, and their two… Read More

John Gray was an Orange County sheriff (1754-1756), militia officer, and member of the colonial Assembly (1754 & 1755-1760). During the Regulator Movement, he raised troops to help protect Hillsborough from attack.

John Gray was born in Scotland in about 1690. He emigrated to North Carolina by 1721, settling in Bertie Precinct. There he served as a deputy surveyor. He died in Bertie Precinct in about October 1750.

Off Gray was a Black day laborer who lived along the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of the possessions of Gray, his wife, and their three… Read More

Stevens Gray (1756-1796) was a clerk for the Bertie County Court. 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 Gray (1731-1801) was a politician who represented Bertie County in the North Carolina… Read More

William Gray was a resident of North Carolina who served as a deputy surveyor for the colony. He died sometime before April 1748.

On September 5, 1917, Austin Green, an African American man, shot and seriously wounded a teenager named Jessie Roth on a busy street in Henderson, North Carolina. Authorities never did ascertain a motive for the attack and surmised that Green… Read More

Farnifold Green was a resident of Craven County. In 1777 he served as the jury foreman in the case of the State of North Carolina vs.… Read More

Herbert Thomas Green was born on July 9, 1900 in Durham, North Carolina. Green was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit. In July 1920, he deployed with his company to Alamance County on orders from the governor to… Read More

Isaac Edwards Green was born August 15, 1852, in Warrenton, North Carolina. Green was a physician in Weldon who served on the Halifax County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Weldon on April 20, 1919.

James Green was a prominent citizen in colonial New Bern who advocated for the establishment of a free school in 1764.

Jeremy Green was a resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the Catawba, Cherokee, Seneca… Read More

John Green (d. 1779) was a resident of Chowan County. He signed a bond promising that Thomas… Read More

Joseph Gaston Green was born on May 11, 1866, in Nash County, North Carolina. Green was a textile worker and later merchant for Massey Bro. Store in Wake County, North Carolina. He died in Raleigh on June 22, 1935.

Lewis Green was a resident of Granville County who served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Granville County in about 1840.

Lula Turnage Green (née Wheeler) was born on May 14, 1868, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She died in Wilson (Wilson County) on November 12, 1951.

Peter Green 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 Edward Lee Green was born in Lillington (Harnett County) on November 16, 1862. Green moved to Raleigh sometime in the 1890s, where he owned an interior decorating business for over fifty years. Green was elected vice president of the… Read More

William Green was a militia officer and resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the… Read More