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Albert Jesse Bowley was born on November 24, 1875, in California. Bowley was a career military officer who held command of Camp Bragg (later Fort Bragg) from 1921 to 1928. He died in Northumberland County, Virginia, on May 23, 1945.

Job Boyce (d. 1779) 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.

Joseph Boyce (d. 1817) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially being unable to due to illness, he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might… Read More

Daniel Boyd served as a clerk in the U.S Pension Office in 1833. No further records about this individual have been located.

James Edmond Boyd was born on in Alamance, North Carolina on February 14, 1845. A lawyer and former Confederate soldier, Col. George B. Bergen arrested him in July 1870 on charges of being a member in the Ku Klux Klan. He was transferred to… Read More

Lucy Bailey Boyd was born in Virginia in about 1775. Later a resident of Bath County, Kentucky, in 1839 she made a sworn affidavit in support of her sister Mary Yarborough's widow's pension application. She died sometime after 1850.

Nancy Bailey Boyd was born in Virginia in about 1770. Later a resident of Kentucky, she married William Boyd and resided in Bath County. She gave several affidavits in support of her sister Mary's widow's pension application. She died, likely in… Read More

Thomas Boyd was an attorney in Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1697. He held several colonial offices in North Carolina throughout his career, including provost marshal in 1706, general court judge in 1708, and member of the North Carolina… Read More

William Boyd (d. 1780) was a justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 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 Boyd was born in about 1754. A resident of Virginia, he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He later moved to Fleming and Bath County, Kentucky where he worked as a shoemaker and made a sworn affidavit in… Read More

William Churchill Gibson Boyd was born in Petersburg, Virginia, on April 28, 1866. After moving to Craven County, Boyd continued his work as an insurance agent. In 1914, he signed a petition expressing his support for the appointment of W.… Read More

William Rufus Boyd, Jr. was born on January 7, 1885, in Fairfield, Texas. Boyd, a banker and attorney, served as the national campaign manager for the League to Enforce Peace during World War I. He died in Teague, Texas on November 6, 1959.

Archibald Henderson Boyden was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, on January 29, 1847. A Confederate veteran, Boyden took up a new cause in the immediate post-war years: the advancement of the initiatives and… Read More

Jacob Boyes (d. 1779) 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.

Francis Boykin was born in about 1751. A resident of northwestern South Carolina, he served as a captain in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line from 1775 to 1780. He died in 1821.

General Edward Braddock (1695-1755) was the commander-in-chief of the thirteen American colonies for the British Army during the French and Indian War. Braddock is best remembered his failure to oust the French from the Ohio River Valley. He was… Read More

Thomas Bradford was born in about 1757. He served as a lieutenant in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from about 1778 to 1781. He died in Clarke County, Alabama on March 15, 1830.

William Hazel Bradford was born on July 26, 1896, in Fort Mills, South Carolina. Bradford was an electrical engineer for the Tallassee Power Company in Badin, North Carolina. In 1919, he provided testimony during an investigation into the alleged… Read More

Caleb Davis Bradham was born on May 27, 1867, in Chinquapin, North Carolina. Bradham was a businessman who is best remembered for creating Pepsi Cola. During World War I, he served on the state's eastern district exemption board. Bradham died in… Read More

John I. Bradham was born in South Carolina around 1883. In 1910, he was working as a liveryman in Black Mountain (Buncombe County). He likely only lived in Black Mountain for a brief period, as the 1910 census lists him as a boarder and he does… Read More

Abel Bradley was a resident of Currituck County. In February 1777 Josiah Phillips and his… Read More

Elizabeth Sharpless Bradley was born in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania on June 25, 1734 to a Quaker family. In 1755 she married Richard Bradley, an English Quaker at the Chester County Meeting House in Pennsylvania. In 1758 she and her husband and… Read More

Fred Moore Bradley was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on June 18, 1884. Bradley was a bank cashier who advocated for the construction of good roads as the secretary of the Old Fort Township Highway Commission. He died in Asheville on… Read More

Joseph P. Bradley was born in Berne, New York, on March 14, 1813. Bradley was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a member of the Republican Party and favored a conservative interpretation of the constitution.… Read More

Richard Bradley was born in about 1734 in England. In 1752 he emigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania and was a Quaker. He married Elizabeth Sharpless in 1755 at a Quaker Meeting House and they moved to North Carolina with their daughter Lucy… Read More

Clem William Bradshaw was born on July 23, 1894, in Swepsonville, North Carolina. Bradshaw served two stints in the army during World War I but health troubles each time necessitated his discharge by surgeon's certificate of disability. In 1920,… Read More

Stephen Cambreleng Bragaw was born on February 22, 1868, in Washington, North Carolina. In Washington, Bragaw served as mayor (1897-1898), as City Attorney (1900 to 1906), as County Superintendent of Schools in 1902-1903, and as a state senator… Read More

Thomas Bragg was born in Warrenton on November 9, 1810. A democratic politician, he served as North Carolina's governor as later as a U.S. Senator before resigning at the outbreak of the Civil War. He then served as the Attorney General of the… Read More

Frederick Bowman "Frank" Braid was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 23, 1876. Braid, an electrician, lived in multiple cities and states over his career. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) from Canton (Haywood County) in 1913… Read More

Robert Marvin Brame was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, on May 14, 1876. Brame was a prominent pharmacist in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, who owned and operated the Brame Drug Company from 1904 until his death on… Read More

Christopher Brandon 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,… Read More

George Brandon 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,… Read More

James Brandon 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

Joe Brannan was born May 31, 1880. He was a farmer in Wendell, North Carolina. Following World War I, tobacco prices plummeted, leaving Brannan feeling despondent. He committed suicide in the days preceding September 20, 1920, leaving a wife and… Read More

Samson Brasel 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.

John David Braswell was born on May 27, 1873 (listed also as 1876), in Mitchell County, North Carolina. Braswell held several public offices, including sheriff, auditor, and register of deeds for Avery County and state senator representing Avery… Read More

Edward McKnight Brawley was born on March 18, 1851, in Charleston, South Carolina. Brawley began his education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. but later transferred to Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, becoming Bucknell's first… Read More

Abram Oliver Bray was born in Elkin (Surry County), North Carolina, on January 8, 1882. Bray likely came from a wealthy family, as by his early thirties he owned several mills in Wilkes, Yadkin, and Surry Counties. He died in Greenville, South… Read More

Alonzo M. Breece was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on July 5, 1869. Breece moved to Pembroke in 1909 where he opened and operated a successful general merchandise store and became the director of a… Read More

Sidney Breese was born in Whitesboro, New York on July 15, 1800. A lawyer in Illinois, he served as a district attorney and judge for several different courts in Illinois over his long legal career. He represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate as a… Read More

William Edmond Breese, Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 20, 1873. Breese was a prominent and influential lawyer in Brevard who served as mayor of that place and as a state legislator (1907). He died in Brevard on March 30,… Read More

John Brett settled in colonial North Carolina by 1704. That year he and several other colonists submitted a petition against the Machapunga, near present-day Bath. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

John Brevard (1716-1790) was a representative of Rowan County in the colonial Assembly from 1754 to 1760. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

William Carey Brewer was born in February 1853 in Wake County, North Carolina. Brewer was a longtime public servant, serving as chairman of the Wake County Board of Education and as a member of the Wake County Board of Commissioners (first… Read More

Lott Brewster (d. 1803) was a resident of Chowan County who served as a major in the 7th North Carolina Regiment as part of the Continental Army from 1776-1777 and later as a Lt. Col. in the 3rd North Carolina. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing… Read More

Francis Brice was a legislator, merchant, and ship chandler who served as a commissioner for the port at Wilmington. From 1754 to 1760, he represented Duplin County in the colonial Assembly. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and… Read More

William Brice was a butcher who resided first in Albemarle County and later near the Pamlico River in Bath County, North Carolina. In 1703 he and several other men signed a petition to the governor requesting that the colonial government… Read More

Thomas Brickell 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

William A. Bridgers was born in North Carolina around 1854. Bridgers operated a hack-driving business in Washington, N.C., where he lived for several decades. He died at that place on October 9, 1919.

William Thomas Bridgers was born in Northampton County, North Carolina, on June 6, 1871. Bridgers was a mechanic and merchant in the town of Conway who served as justice of the peace around 1913. He died in Roanoke Rapids (Halifax County) on… Read More

John Briggs 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