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William Barber 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.

James Barbour was born in Orange County, Virginia on June 10, 1775. A Democratic-Republican, he was the Governor of Virginia from 1812 to 1814 and represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate from 1815 to 1825. He then served as the Secretary of War… Read More

Luther Howerton Barbour was born on September 7, 1892, in Durham, North Carolina. During World War I, Barbour served overseas with the 113th Field Artillery, seeing combat at Beaumont, Toul, St. Mihiel, and… Read More

Isaac Barbree was a resident of Tyrrell and later Martin Counties. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. When the plot was discovered and… Read More

John Barclay 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 Barfield was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

John William Barineau was born on October 23, 1882 in Decatur, Georgia. Barineau was a farmer who served with the North Carolina National Guard. As first lieutenant in the Lincoln Home Guard Company, he was called out to Charlotte in August 1919… Read More

John Quinton Barker was born in Wake County, North Carolina, on May 15, 1866. Barker was engaged in the lumber and tanning business in Andrews (Cherokee County) until his relocation to Florida. He died in Gainsville on March 10, 1926.

Thomas Barker (1713 - 1789) was a prominent Edenton lawyer and Bertie County legislator who served as public treasurer of the northern district of North Carolina from 1748 to 1764. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of… Read More

London-based merchants involved in the payment of British troops overseas during the Seven Years War.

James Barkes 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.

Edward Brevard Barkley was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on November 29, 1868. Barkley was an insurance agent who served as mayor and postmaster of North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). He died in North Wilkesboro on August 5, 1934.

William Barnard (1697-1768) was an Anglican minister who served as the Bishop of Derry from 1747 to 1768.

Arabella Clark Barnes (née Cotten) was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, in 1839 to a wealthy planter family. When she was six years old, her father passed away in Florida, where he also owned land. Growing up in Raleigh, she was highly involved… Read More

Charles Finley Barnes was born in Marion (McDowell County), North Carolina, on September 19, 1891. In 1917, he was working as a railroad agent in his Sevier, North Carolina. He died in Marion on October 17, 1961.

Henry Barnes (d. 1813) 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.

Tallie Stacy Barnes was born in Alexander County, North Carolina, on September 24, 1893. Barnes worked as a drug store clerk in North Wilkesboro until he was drafted into military service for World War I. He was medically discharged in February… Read More

Hugh Barnett was born in Person County, North Carolina in about 1760. He served as an ensign and later lieutenant in the Caswell County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He died in Person County, North Carolina in about June 1796.

William Barnett was born on June 23, 1840, in England. Barnett served as the postmaster at Pineview, North Carolina, until his death on August 23, 1921.

James Festus Barrett was born on January 15, 1882, in Madison County, North Carolina. Barrett was a newspaper editor and labor organizer, serving for many years as the president of the state's chapter of the American Federation of Labor and later… Read More

Warren Jasper Barrett was born around 1830 in Georgia. Barrett was a merchant, farmer, and enslaver who served the Confederacy during the Civil War. He later served as a postmaster in Lenoir County. Barrett died in Texas on June 25, 1896.

Daniel Moreau Barringer was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina on July 30, 1806. A lawyer, he quickly entered the political profession, serving in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1829-1835 and again from 1840-1843 before… Read More

John Alston Barringer was born on August 30, 1851, in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Barringer was a lifelong attorney who operated his own practice in Greensboro, North Carolina. He additionally had a modest political career, serving as a… Read More

Moses Barrington, an African American man, was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina in about 1837. He served in Company I of the 36th Regiment United States Colored Infantry from 1863 to 1866. He was a resident of Norfolk County, Virginia by… Read More

David Barron (d. 1778) was a major in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. In July 1777 Governor… Read More

Reason Barrow was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee who served as a a justice of the peace in 1837 and later was appointed as a postmaster in 1842.

William Barrow was a resident of Bath County, North Carolina. In 17071 the governor of North Carolina empowered Barrow, along with several other Bath county residents, to find and arrest three Machapunga men who had allegedly threatened a… Read More

John Bartie 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.

James Henry Bartlett, born in November 1867, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). He died at his home on April 23, 1942.

Elizabeth Jackson Bartley was born in Anson County, North Carolina on July 25, 1771. A resident of Anson County, in 1839 she made a sworn affidavit in support of her sister Huldah Hill's widow's pension application. She died sometime after 1839… Read More

John Barton was born in about 1731. A resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he helped establish and found Wilkes County, and likely served as a justice of the peace there. In 1779 he performed the marriage ceremony between Anna Allen and… Read More

William Barton was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina in about 1774. A resident of Pickens District, South Carolina, he served as a local magistrate. He died in Pickens County in about May 1863.

John Bartram (1699-1777) was an American-born colonial botanist known for his influential collecting and study of the flora and fauna of North America.

William Bartram 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. He seems to have been the uncle of naturalist William Bartram… Read More

James Barzey was a ship captain who resided at times in New Bern. In 1777 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina and he, like many other loyalists, had to leave the state. He captained a ship called The… Read More

Joseph Basel [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

Thomas Bashford was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County. He ran a tavern in Salisbury.

Andrew Marshall Basinger was born July 8, 1870, in Rowan County, North Carolina. Basinger was president of the Cotton States Wagon Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, and later worked as the state representative for the C. D. Frank Co., a… Read More

Cader Bass (d. 1791) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

Jacob Bass (d. 1810) 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.

Lucius Virginius Bassett was born on March 2, 1861, in Tarboro, North Carolina. Bassett was an attorney who served as state senator from Edgecombe and Halifax Counties from 1909 to 1913. During World War I, he served as chairman of the Edgecombe… Read More

Richard Batchlear was born in Virginia in about 1674. A resident of colonial North Carolina by 1697, in 1704 he and several other colonists submitted a petition against the Machapunga, near present-day Bath. Geneaological records suggest this… Read More

James Bate (d. 1787) 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 in… Read More

John Bateman (d. 1802) 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.

Nehemiah Bateman (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.

William Bateman (d. 1780) 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.

Kemp Plummer Battle was born in Louisburg (Franklin County), North Carolina, on December 19, 1831. Battle was an attorney, professor, and public servant who served as a trustee for (1862-1868 & 1874-1919) and president of (1876-1891) the… Read More

Richard Henry Battle was born in Louisburg (Franklin County), North Carolina, on December 3, 1835. Battle was an attorney, public servant, and Confederate veteran who served as a trustee for the University of North Carolina (1879-1912), as… Read More

Samuel Westray Battle was born in Nash County, North Carolina, on August 4, 1854. Battle was a physician in the United States Navy (1875-1884), director of the Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital in Biltmore (Buncombe County), and Surgeon General… Read More