James Dickey was an early resident of colonial Orange County where he had served as a militia captain. He seems to have left the county within ten years after the county's founding.

Robert Ray Dickey was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania on July 26, 1886. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) around 1913 to work for Perley and Crockett Lumber, the company responsible for logging on Mount Mitchell. He then worked as a… Read More

Samuel Dickinson (1743-1802) was a doctor, a member of the committee of safety, and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 & 1778 he signed two oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any… Read More

Joseph Dickson (1743-1804) was a local officeholder who served as a member of the Duplin County Court Martial Committee in 1777, in which role he sought to identify and apprehend area loyalists.

Josias Dickson was a lieutenant colonel of a militia regiment in Orange County, North Carolina, in the 1750s.

William Dikinson was a resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the Catawba, Cherokee,… Read More

Clarence Dillard was born in Talladega County, Alabama, about 1862. (Other sources say his birthplace was Winsboro, South Carolina.) A graduate of both Howard and Lincoln universities, Dillard was a… Read More

Richard Dillard was born on December 5, 1857, in Nansemond County, Virginia. Dillard was a physician in Edenton, North Carolina. He died in Edenton on May 14, 1928.

Merritt Dilliard was born in North Carolina around 1778. Dilliard worked variously as a ranger, stage coach line operator, and farmer. For a time in the 1830s, he served as an "overseer" at the state quarry, an operation that contributed the… Read More

Richard Dillion 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.

Edwin Courtland Dinwiddie was born on September 29, 1867, in Springfield, Ohio. Dinwiddie was a minister who served as legislative superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. His work was influential in the fight for securing the passage of the… Read More

Robert Dinwiddie (1692 - 1770) was a Scotland-born British bureaucrat who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Soon after his appointment as lieutenant governor, Dinwiddie placed a fee on every legal… Read More

Reginald Justice Disosway was born in New Bern (Craven County), North Carolina, on April 22, 1858. Disosway was a real estate rent collector in New Bern. He died there on September 14, 1922.

Ditto was a young African American woman enslaved by William Brimage. Brimage hired Ditto out to… Read More

Charles Robert Dixon was born December 20, 1892, in Gaston County, North Carolina. He was a mill laborer and later house painter. He died on May 2, 1978, in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County).

Dres Dixon 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.

Michael Dixon was an early resident of colonial Orange County where he served as a militia captain.

Tilman Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina on June 26, 1750. He served as a captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line, later attaining the rank of major and led men at several battles including the Battle of… Read More

Zeno Hadley Dixon was born in Alamance County, North Carolina, on February 29, 1864. Dixon was a lifelong educator who served schools in Yadkinville, Elkin, Jonesville, Siler City, and Greensboro. In the aftermath of a devastating July 1916 flood… Read More

Elizabeth Delia Dixon-Carroll was born in Shelby (Cleveland County), North Carolina on February 4, 1872. Dixon-Carroll was a physician and educator who advocated for Progressive Era public health reforms. She was a member of the North Carolina… Read More

John Doak was born in Virginia in about 1764 . A resident of Wythe County, Virginia, he signed a sworn affidavit in support of Margaret Kinder's widow's pension application. He died sometime after December 1845.

Charles Albert Dobbins was born in North Carolina on January 18, 1880. Dobbins was an accountant in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County). In the aftermath of the July 1916 flood, he served as a member of the Winston-Salem Relief Committee. Dobbins died… Read More

Guy Hamilton Dobbins was born in New York City on June 14, 1871. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) sometime between 1905 and 1910, where he worked as the cashier for Commonwealth Bank and served a term as the town's mayor. He died in… Read More

Justina Dobbs Nash (née Davis) (1745-1771) was married to two governors of North Carolina, Arthur Dobbs (m… Read More

Arthur Dobbs was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on April 2, 1689. A longtime bureaucrat in the British government, Dobbs held numerous posts from survey-general of Ireland to royal governor of North Carolina (1754-65). He died in North Carolina on… Read More

Conway Richard Dobbs (1727-1811) was the eldest son of Arthur Dobbs and helped manage his father's private affairs. He resided at the family estate in Ireland and was an executor for his father's estate after his death.

Ireland-born Edward Brice Dobbs (1729-1803) was the son of royal governor of North Carolina Arthur Dobbs and a British army officer. During the Seven Years War, he served as a captain in the North Carolina militia and commanded two companies in… Read More

William Dobbs was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Hester in 1761.

Joseph Dobson Sr. was born in England in about 1720. Trained in Britain as a physician, he immigrated to Virginia in 1753 before eventually settling in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. There he operated a plantation and also trained… Read More

Robert Doleson 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. 

Hugh Donovin was a resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the Catawba, Cherokee, Seneca… Read More

Hugh Manson Dorsey was born on July 10, 1871, in Fayetteville, Georgia. Dorsey was governor of Georgia from 1917 to 1921. He died in Atlanta on June 11, 1948.

William Virgil Dorsey was born in Bushnell (Swain County), North Carolina, on July 26, 1890. Dorsey was an agent for the Southern Railway in Sylva (Jackson County) who served as an officer in the North Carolina National Guard through both world… Read More

Blanford Barnard Dougherty was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on October 21, 1870. Dougherty was a lifelong educator who led efforts to organize the Appalachian Training School (now Appalachian State University). He served as president… Read More

John Dougherty was born in Washington County, Ohio on May 6, 1806. A resident Union County, Illinois, he was a lawyer and politician. Aside from working as a pension agent for Union County residents such as Rosana Murray, he also represented the… Read More

Walter Lee Dougherty was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) on March 21, 1880. Dougherty worked as the secretary-treasurer and general manager for Black Mountain Lumber Co. He died on March 26, 1917 following a routine operation.

Robert Lee Doughton born on November 7, 1863, in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. Doughton was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, representing the Eighth Congressional District of North Carolina from 1911 to 1953. He died in… Read More

Rufus Alexander Doughton was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, on January 10, 1857. Doughton was a lawyer and politician who served as a longtime member of the legislature (first elected in 1887), as lieutenant governor (1893-1897), and… Read More

Archie Colton Douglas was born on January 25, 1887, in Harnett County, North Carolina. Douglas was a farmer in Pineview, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Sanford (Lee County) on May 16, 1958… Read More

John Douthit (1709-1784) 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.

James Ferguson Dowdell was born in Georgia on November 26, 1818. A lawyer, he represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853-1859. He later served as a Confederate colonel during the Civil War. He died in Auburn, Alabama on… Read More

William Downing was born in Virginina in about 1680 and emigrated to North Carolina by 1715, settling in Chowan Precinct. In 1724 he became as associate justice of the North Carolina General Court, serving until 1727. He also represented Chowan… Read More

Charles Montague Doyle was born in Pennsylvania on January 5, 1879. Doyle was a hardware store proprietor in Brevard, North Carolina, before relocating to Texas in 1920. He died in Fort Worth on December 26, 1961.

Catherine Caroline Drane (née Parker) was born in 1817 in Halifax County, North Carolina. She was born into a prominent family and was in several high social circles. She married John L. Hargrave in 1837, and after his death married Robert Brent… Read More

Robert Brent Drane was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland on January 9, 1797 [1800]. In his youth, Drane attended and graduated from Harvard College (1825) and was ordained an Episcopal minister (1827). In 1836, he moved to Wilmington, North… Read More

Thomas Clyde Driggers was born October 10, 1892, in Clio, South Carolina. Driggers was a farmer in Cumberland County, North Carolina, when he was drafted into military service in World War I. He was assigned to the 119th Infantry until discharged… Read More

Thomas Driver 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.