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James Jordan was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

James Romulus "Rom" Jordan was born in Wake County, North Carolina on October 22, 1875. Jordan was jailer at the Wake County Jail from 1912 to 1924. He died in Raleigh on March 27, 1945.

Jonathan Jordan (1754-1825) 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.… Read More

Joseph Jordan (d. 1800) 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 Jordan was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

Joseph Jordan was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, Jordan joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More

Joseph Jordan Jr. (d. 1800) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

Josiah Jordan 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.

Peter Jordan was born around 1854 in South Carolina. He was a longtime resident of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, where he was a mail carrier.

Thomas Jordan was born in Granville County, North Carolina in about 1761. He served as a private in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from about 1780 to 1781. He later made a sworn affidavit attesting that one of his… Read More

William Jordan was a resident of Martin and possibly Chowan Counties. In 1777 Richard Fagan recruited… Read More

William Jordan Jr. (d. 1790) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1779 he signed a petition to the North… Read More

Peter Couchet Jouvencel (died 1786) served as agent for the Province of North Carolina from 1761 to 1765. His middle name might also be spelled "Cuchet."

Benjamin Joy 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.

Reid Phillip Joyce was born on June 13, 1871, in Westfield, North Carolina. Joyce was deputy sheriff in Stokes County. While attempting to break up a fight on April 18, 1920, he was shot and killed. The shooter was alleged to be a Black man named… Read More

Andrew Joyner, Sr., was born August 15, 1856, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Joyner was for a good portion of his life a newspaperman and had worked with the Associated Press, New York Times, Atlanta Constitution, Raleigh… Read More

James Yadkin Joyner was born on August 7, 1862, at Yadkin College in Davidson County, North Carolina. Joyner was a farmer and educator who served as state Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1902 to 1919. He died in Kinston, North Carolina… Read More

Littleton Joyner was born in North Carolina on April 4, 1782. A resident of Haywood County, Tennessee, he was the longtime clerk of the local county court. He died in Haywood County in December 1852.

Moses Joyner 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.

Solomon Joyner was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.

William Henry Joyner was born on September 16, 1867, in Enfield, North Carolina. Joyner served as a mayor of Garysburg (Northampton County) for nineteen years, as legislator elected in 1916 and 1932, and as a member of the state prison board and… Read More

William Thomas Joyner was born April 11, 1891, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Joyner was a lawyer by training. During World War I, he attended the officers' training course at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, was commissioned a captain, and served with… Read More

Edith I. Judd (née Royster) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on August 25, 1874. Judd was an educator who served as assistant superintendent of public instruction for Wake County schools (1910–1915), a professor of history at Peace Institute… Read More

Alfred Blythe Justice was born in Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina on May 28, 1866. Justice was an educator and attorney in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) who served as a trustee of the Caswell Training School (formerly the North… Read More

Michael Hoke Justice was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina on February 13, 1844. Hoke was a Confederate veteran, attorney, and state legislator (1897, 1899, and 1901 sessions) who served as superior court judge for the eighteenth judicial… Read More