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Robert Rucker Davis was born on November 3, 1890, in McDowell County, North Carolina. Davis was a farmer in the Crooked Creek Township of McDowell when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the… Read More

Robert William Davis was born on July 18, 1875, in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Davis was an attorney in Southport, North Carolina. He died there on June 9, 1939.

Thomas F. Davis was born in New Hanover County, North Carolina on September 5, 1778. He served as the clerk of the New Hanover County Court. He died in New Hanover County on December 29, 1846.

William Davis (d. 1791) 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 Davis was a commanding officer of militia in colonial Bladen County.

Robert Davison was a resident of Tyrrell County. A justice of the peace, he received several depositions from members of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy testifying about their knowledge of the plot.

Nicholas Daw was a boat captain born in about 1660. After settling in North Carolina, he had several disagreements with the American Indians that lived in the area, including the Machapunga, or Bear River Indians. He became one of the first town… Read More

Jonathan Dawley (d. 1786) was a resident of Princess Anne, Virginia. In February 1777 he witnessed Francis… Read More

Francis Dawson was a resident of Craven County. In 1777 he helped process the indictment against Nathan Mayo… Read More

James Buchanan Dawson was born in North Carolina on August 27, 1856. Dawson was a travelling salesman in Kinston (Lenoir County) who served as a trustee for the Caswell Training School (formerly the State School for the Feeble Minded). He died in… Read More

John Dawson (circa 1690-circa 1761) was a colonial official and assemblyman who served as a member of the North Carolina Council from 1752 until his death. In the colonial Assembly, he represented Bertie and Northampton counties. For Northampton… Read More

Richard Dawson (d. 1796) 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.

Robert Day 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.

Ruvigny De Cosne (1715-1775) was a British army officer who served as secretary of the British embassy in Paris from 1751 until the breaking out of war with France in 1755.

Louis-Charles Le Vassor de La Touche (1709-1781) was the French Governor of Martinique from 1761 to 1762. During the Seven Years War, he surrendered the island to Robert Monckton.

James De Lancey (1703-1760) served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1753 to 1755 and again from 1758 to 1760.

Armand John De Rosset was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 17, 1767. A medical doctor, he served as a surgeon in the North Carolina Militia during the War of 1812. He maintained a medical practice in Wilmington, and was a notable… Read More

William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein (1717-1781), 4th Earl of Rochford, was a British politician, diplomat, and nobleman who was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1755. He later served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department (… Read More

Calvin Jeremiah Deal was born on December 22, 1854, in Enochville (Rowan County), North Carolina. Deal was president of the Corriher Mills Company, secretary of the Linn Cotton Mills, and the mayor of Landis, North Carolina, until his death on… Read More

Samuel Laurie Deane was born on June 15, 1874, in Barbados. He worked for textile mills for the entirety of his career, serving as superintendent of the Bibb Manufacturing Company (Porterdale, Georgia), the Ranlo Manufacturing Company (Gaston… Read More

Ella Lee Randolph Deans (née Wright) was born on June 14, 1893, in North Carolina. Deans married Leon Alexander Randolph in August 1917. She later married Kenneth Ives Deans in November 1931. She died in Greensboro (Guilford County) on February… Read More

Andrew Deardorff was born in Ohio on September 12, 1813. A resident of Union County, Illinois, he served as the clerk of the county court. He died in Piatt County, Illinois on December 13, 1885.

Jacob Samuel Deaton was born on October 10, 1895, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Deaton was a resident of Rockingham when he enlisted in the North Carolina National Guard in April 1917. As a member of Company A, 105th Engineers, he deserted… Read More

Edmund Deberry was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina on August 14, 1787. After representing Montgomery County in the North Carolina State Senate for two decades, he then served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1829-1831, from… Read More

Benjamin Debow was born in North Carolina sometime after 1747. The younger brother of Frederick Debow, a captain in the Caswell County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia, he joined his brother's light horse unit, likely in 1780 or 1781.… Read More

Bird Debow was born in Tennessee in about 1800. The son of a Revolutionary War veteran, he lived in Wilson County, Tennessee as a farmer. He died in Wilson County in about September 1873.

Frederick Debow was born in New Jersey in about 1746. As a young man he moved with his family to Orange County, North Carolina. He married Rachel Rogers in Caswell County, North Carolina in March 1771 and the couple eventually had at least seven… Read More

Hannah Thompson Debow was born in New Jersey in about 1725. She married Solomon Debow and they moved to Orange County, North Carolina sometime before 1755. The couple had at least nine children. After her husband's death in 1767, she remained a… Read More

Hugh Debow was born in Smith County, Tennessee in August 1826. In 18551 he served as a witness for his father and uncles' pension claim. He resided in Wilson County, Tennessee as a farmer. He died in Collin County, Texas on February 14, 1901.

John Allen Debow was born in Caswell County, North Carolina in July 1786. The son of a Revolutionary War soldier, he was a farmer in Smith County, Tennessee. He died in Wilson County, Tennessee in about January 1864.

Rachel Rogers Debow was born in North Carolina on March 15, 1759. As a young girl she lived at her parents' orchard near the North Carolina-Virginia border in present-day Person County, North Carolina. She married Frederick Debow in Caswell… Read More

Solomon Debow was born in New Jersey in about 1714. A farmer, he moved to North Carolina sometime before 1755. He died in Orange County, North Carolina in October 1767.

Solomon Debow II was born in North Carolina, likely in Caswell County, in about 1789. The son of a Revolutionary War Veteran, he served as a private in the Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812. He later resided as a farmer in Smith County,… Read More

James Wesley Deese was born on May 23, 1896, in Stanly County, North Carolina. Deese was a farmer in Albemarle, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He seems to have been in the service for only three days… Read More

Dennis Dulany 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.

Alexander Turner Delap was born on August 4, 1861, in Midway (Davidson County), North Carolina. Delap served as sheriff of Davidson County from 1906 to 1912 and 1916 to 1918. He died in Lexington (Davidson County) on July 1, 1921.

Hennery Delon was a captain in a regiment of Pasquotank County militia in December 1754.

Charles Dement 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.

Richard "Dick" Dement was born in Virginia in about 1830. He was an African American doctor and resident of Perry County, Illinois. The affidavit of Lib Thompson in support of his own pension indicates Dement was a well known member of the… Read More

William Richardson Dempster was born in Ireland on January 12, 1808 and moved to the United States in 1835, where he made a career as a ballad singer. He traveled throughout the country, stopping several times in Raleigh, North Carolina to sing… Read More

Ollen Lee Denning was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, in April 1862. Denning was a physician in Dunn (Harnett County). He died in Dunn on December 3, 1927.

William Denny (1709 - 1765) was a British army officer who served as deputy governor of colonial Pennsylvania from 1756 to 1759.

Margaret Matilda Denson (née Cowan), known by her middle name "Matilda" was born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on January 26, 1836. As a young woman, she was involved in the social scene around Wilmington. She eventually married John… Read More

Thomas Dereham was a colonist residing in Pamlico near present-day Bath, North Carolina in 1703. There he and several other men signed a petition to the governor requesting that the colonial government intercede and prevent the nearby Tuscarora… Read More

Lewis DeRosset (c.1724-1786) was an influential political figure in the Wilmington area during the mid-1700s. DeRosset served in the General Assembly as a town representative of Wilmington (1751-1752) and as a member of the royal council (1754-… Read More

Augustine Deschamps (d. 1820) was a French Acadian who resided in Chowan and later Orange 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… Read More

John Deschamps was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in Chowan County after the war ended.

William Augustus Devin was born on July 12, 1871, in Granville County, North Carolina. Devin was a superior court judge and later associate justice (1935-1951) and chief justice (1951-1954) of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He died in Oxford,… Read More

Charles Dewey was born in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina on December 10, 1851. Dewey was a prominent businessman and banker in Goldsboro who served as a trustee of the Caswell Training School (formerly the North Carolina School for the… Read More