Names

Born October 26, 1856, in North Carolina. Shelton was a member of the State Prison Board during the administration of Gov. Thomas W. Bickett and later served as a state senator.

Benjamin Harrison Hogans, born on June 15, 1865, in Orange County, North Carolina. Hogans was a kind of renaissance man. He began professionally as a teacher in Goldsboro but later segued into the mercantile business and trucking. In 1902, he became an employee of the United States Postal Service, which position he held many years.

Born July 7, 1870, in Oxford, North Carolina. Hays was a physician who served on the Committee of American Physicians and guided the state's mobilization of medical resources during World War I. He was drawn into active service with the Medical Corps in May 1918 and served principally at the general hospital at Oteen outside of Asheville, North Carolina, until his honorable discharge in August 1919.

He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763.

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

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.

Born April 2, 1891, in York County, South Carolina. Wylie was a textile worker for the Marion Manufacturing Company in Marion, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He served with Company K of the 321st Infantry and was deployed overseas with this unit from July 1918 to June 1919. He was honorably discharged on June 28, 1919.

Born March 27, 1867, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Kilgore served as state chemist (1899-1919), director of the state agricultural experiment state (1901-1907 & 1912-1925), director of the state agricultural extension service (1914-1925), and dean of agriculture for North Carolina State University (1923-1925), among many various other positions.

He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763.

Born May 25, 1895, in Wentworth, North Carolina. Bennett was a clerk for the City Grocery Co. in Madison, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in July 1918 and served various medical detachments until honorably discharged in November 1919. He was deployed overseas from September 1918 to October 1919.

Born August 23, 1893, in North Carolina. Under the name Berter Rice, she gave testimony via affidavit during an investigation into alleged abuse of laborers by the management of the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina. At that time, she was a cook in the home of Louis Nachman.

Born in Granville County, North Carolina, on January 17, 1865. Royster, a lawyer by training and profession, was a long-time member of the North Carolina National Guard, joining the service in 1886. Working his way up the ranks, he was twice appointed Adjutant General. His first stint lasted from June 1916 to August 1917 under the governorships of Locke Craig and Thomas Bickett. Upon the resignation of Lawrence W. Young, Bickett turned again to Royster to fill the position, and he served this second assignment as Adjutant General from September 1918 to June 1920.

Born February 28, 1869, in Monroe, North Carolina. Bickett served as a state legislator (1907-1909), attorney general (1909-1916), and governor of the state of North Carolina (1917-1921).

Born April 2, 1883, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Bielaski was a career civil servant with the Department of Justice. He served as chief of the Bureau of Investigation--the predecessor agency of the modern day FBI--from April 1912 to February 1919.

Born May 4, 1887, in Graham, North Carolina. In 1920, Trollinger provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Graham. At the time, Trollinger was the night-time police officer for the town.

Bronson was a lieutenant at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, in October 1918

In 1920, employed by Golden Belt Manufacturing Company in Durham, NC. 

Born September 22, 1894, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Bunton was a farmer in Liberty, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. His mother was Sibbie Jane Bunton (1856-1935).

Born January 29, 1895, in Glen Ayre, North Carolina. Burleson was a farmer in Glen Ayre when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in May 1918 and assigned to the 156th Depot Brigade. He was honorably discharged on February 15, 1919.

Commissioner in Wake County in Nov 1918

Rev. in the AME Zion Church