George Gale 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.

Alexander Henderson Galloway, Jr. was born on September 15, 1870, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Galloway was a real estate developer and president of the Winston-Salem Board of Trade. During World War I, he served on the state's western … Read More

John Gannaway was born in Virginia in about 1781. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace for Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County in abut December 1850.

Richard Gantt was born in Maryland on August 2, 1767. A judge for the South Carolina Court of Appeals for much of his life, Gantt resided in Greenville, South Carolina but traveled throughout the state on his legal circuit. He died in Greenville… Read More

Alexander Gardner 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.

John Gardner Jr. (d. 1828) 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 Gardner (d. 1790) 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.

William Washington O'Connell Gardner was born on December 31, 1873, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was bookkeeper of the Avon and Ozark Mills and later for the town of Mount Holly, all in Gaston County, North Carolina. He died on… Read More

Danill Garet (or Daniel Garrett) 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.

John Wesley Garland was born in Yancey County, North Carolina on September 5, 1807. A resident of Yancey County, he served as the clerk of the local county court. He died in Unicoi County, Tennessee on August 5, 1887.

Hubert Andrew Garner was born on November 30, 1900, in Durham County, North Carolina. Following World War I, Garner joined the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit, with the rank of private. In July 1920, he deployed with his company… Read More

Thomas Garner 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.

Daniel Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In July 1777, while at his father's wheatfield, he was… Read More

Francis Garrett was born in Virginia in about 1792. He served as the clerk of the court in Morgan County, Kentucky between 1850 and 1860. He died sometime before 1870.

Jesse Garrett (d. 1797) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

John Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 after being approached by Daniel Leggett, he took… Read More

John Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he, along with his father and several other… Read More

John Garrett Jr. (b. aft. 1757) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777, likely after being recruited by his… Read More

Stephen Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he, along with several other Garretts (likely his family members) became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and promised to resist the state's military draft. When the conspiracy was… Read More

Thomas Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he swore an oath of secrecy before Daniel Leggett… Read More

Thomas Garrett Jr. was a resident of Chowan and possibly Tyrrell County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina despite it being required by law.

William Washington Garrett was born on June 26, 1868, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Garrett was proprietor of the Graham Hotel, Cafe, and Pool Room, a key scene in an attempted lynching in Graham, North Carolina, in July 1920. Garrett later… Read More

James Garrett Garrison was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on April 1, 1881. Garrison was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River Township (McDowell County). He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on October 1, 1967.

Joe Wilson Garrison was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on January 6, 1892. Garrison was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River Township in McDowell County. He died there on May 17, 1924.

William Garfield Garrison was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on August 8, 1884. Garrison lived and worked on his farm in Broad River Township for most of his life. He died in Black Mountain on November 14, 1942.

Charles Jackson Garriss was born in North Carolina on March 3, 1869. Garriss was a farmer in Northampton County, North Carolina, who served as mayor of Conway around 1913. He died on November 22, 1950.

John Wyckliffe Garvey was born in North Carolina on October 21, 1878. Garvey was for a time a bookkeeper in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, before relocating to Richmond, Virginia, where he worked as a druggist for the Powers-… Read More

Frederick Newton Garvin was born in South Carolina in about 1803. A farmer in Pickens District, South Carolina, he served as a local magistrate and later as a sheriff. He died in Pickens District in about 1874.

Bamber Gascoyne (1725-1791) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1763 to 1765. Surname might also be spelled as "Gascione."

Willie Monroe Gaskin was born on January 3, 1890, in Gallivants Ferry, South Carolina. Gaskin was the bookkeeper for the Smithfield Herald when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the… Read More

Alexander Gaston (c1736-20 August 1781) was a French Huguenot and a resident of Craven County. An outspoken patriot, he became a member of New Bern's Committee of Safety in 1776 and later became a judge of the New Bern District Court of Oyer… Read More

Horatio Gates (26 July 1727-10 April 1806) was a major general from Virginia who led Patriot forces during the Revolutionary War. After commanding at Fort Ticonderoga early in the war, Gates took over the Continental Army's Northern Department in… Read More

Charles C. Gatewood was born in Georgia in about 1804. He served as a judge for the County Commissioners' Court of Union County, Illinois in 1836. By 1850 he may have moved to Madison County, Missouri.

Dudley Gatewood was born in Essex County, Virginia in December 1747. In 1771 he moved to present-day Caswell County, North Carolina and later enlisted as a private in the Orange County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia in 1776. Later in 1780… Read More

George Grant Gatley was born on September 10, 1868, in Portland, Maine. Gatley was a career army officer who during World War I served as commander of the 55th Field Artillery Brigade and, later in the war, the 67th Field Artillery Brigade. He… Read More

Edward Gatlin 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

Samuel Mallett Gattis was born on 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… Read More

Stephen Gaylard was a justice for the Hyde County Court. In 1777, as a member of that court, he helped oversee the collection of loyalty oaths from the county's white male citizens. Later he became a captain in the Hyde County Regiment of the… Read More

Paul Howard Gearhart was born in Warren, Ohio, on January 28, 1889. Gearhart was a forestry expert who served as forest engineer for the Mount Mitchell Commission in the state's quest to conserve the mountain. He died in Buffalo, New York, on… Read More

Thomas Geffreys was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.

Alexander Gelatly served as the Register for Chowan County before refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, choosing to leave the state instead. In the summer of 1777 he carried a … Read More

John Henry Gentry was born on February 22, 1881, in Jefferson, North Carolina. Gentry was a farmer and merchant in the Lansing community of Ashe County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died on June 13, 1973.

Ida Johnson Gerrey (née Hicks) was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, on January 19, 1869. Gerrey was a homemaker in the Walnut Cove community of Stokes County. She died there on September 15, 1936.

James Buchanan Gerringer was born on July 18, 1856 in Alamance County, North Carolina. Gerringer was a prominent farmer, one-time magistrate, deputy sheriff, and an officer with U.S. Revenue. He was interrogated by solicitor Samuel M. Gattis… Read More

Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry (née Dresser) was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 17, 1873. Gerry was a prominent philanthropist who managed the Biltmore Estate (Buncombe County, North Carolina) following the sudden death of her… Read More