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African American doctor in Durham NC in 1919

He signed a petition with other men from Johnston County to Arthur Dobbs requesting the governor appoint new captains for the company in Johnston County.

He signed an undated letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, possibly around 1763.

He was born in 1730 and died in 1781. He was a member of the royal council and was part of the representation of Merchants, Traders, and Planters in North Carolina.

He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms.

He was an owner of the vessel Sloop York.

Born March 8, 1863, in Orange County, North Carolina. An attorney by training, Gattis served as clerk of the Orange County Superior Court (1889 to 1894), state legislator (sessions of 1899, 1901, and 1903), and solicitor (1909 to 1923). 

Born February 12, 1901, in Durham County, North Carolina. Mangum 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 protect three African American men from a lynch mob. 

Born April 15, 1881, near Fairfield, Nebraska. McKelvie was governor of Nebraska from 1919 to 1923.

He was a member of the Board of Trade in correspondence with Arthur Dobbs.

He was part of the representation of Merchants, Traders, and Planters in North Carolina (1755).

He was part of the representation of Merchants, Traders, and Planters in North Carolina.

A captain in the British navy during the Seven Years War, Samuel Wallis commanded all warships off of Canadian coast.

Born January 31, 1888, in Maribel, North Carolina. Swan was a clerk in the Stonewall community of Pamlico County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. Swan was subsequently inducted into the service in October 1917 and attached to the 322nd Infantry. He deployed overseas from July 1918 to May 1919 and received an honorable discharge on May 31, 1919.

Born October 20, 1861 in Halifax County, North Carolina. Shaw was a textile businessman connected with the Weldon Cotton Manufacturing Co. and the Shaw Cotton Mills, both in Weldon, North Carolina. During World War I, he served as chairman of the Halifax County Exemption Board.

Born July 23, 1872, in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Hall was an attorney in Winston-Salem who served as the chairman of the Forsyth County Exemption Board during World War I.

Born July 10, 1889, in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Black was a mechanic and cabinet maker at the Hickory Cabinet Manufacturing Company in Hickory, North Carolina.

Born November 24, 1873, in Oxford, North Carolina. During World War I, Minor held the rank of colonel and was commander of the 120th Infantry Regiment. For his meritorious display of leadership during his regiment's successful assault on the Hindenburg Line, Minor was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal. Later in life he was the vice-president and treasurer of the Dibrell Brothers Tobacco Company in Danville, Virginia.

Knowles was a British naval officer, who became a member of Parliament and later Governor of Jamaica.

Born March 28, 1870, in Appomattox, Virginia. Smith was a shoe salesman for Craddock Shoe Company in Fayetteville, North Carolina, who served as the chairman of the Cumberland County Committee on Employment during World War I.