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His home was used as the first courthouse in Pitt County (1761-1774). He was also elected as Chairman of the Pitt County Committee of Public Safety in 1774.

He was a Member of the Council of Virginia 1752-67.

Born February 14, 1907, in Madison County, North Carolina. Cook, nee Gentry, was a student at the state school for the blind in her teen years. She married William Kelse Cook (born June 12, 1881) on January 24, 1927.

He was born April 20, 1723 and died April 28, 1781. He was elected to represent Wilmington in the General Assembly and was a Revolutionary War statesman. He led several groups of protestors and resistors against British Parliament actions, like the Stamp Act, leading up to Independence.

Born June 9, 1885, in North Carolina. Couch was a physician who served on the Yadkin County Exemption Board during World War I.

Born August 21, 1861, in Watauga County, North Carolina. Councill was a blacksmith in Boone, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Watauga County Exemption Board during World War I.

Born December 24, 1867, in North Carolina. Cowan was an attorney and former legislator who served as the chairman of the Jackson County Exemption Board during World War I.

Born September 18, 1886, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Cox was a farmer in Ayden when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in May 1918 and served with the 324th Infantry and the 55th Depot Brigade. He was honorably discharged in November 1918 on a surgeon's certificate of disability.

Born December 5, 1886, in Dalton, North Carolina. Culler was a laborer for the Southern Railway Company when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917.

Born February 8, 1855, in Onslow County, North Carolina. Thompson was a physician, educator, and politician. In April 1918, he was appointed to the Medical Optional Selective Draft Commission.

Commissioner in Greensboro NC

Born March 14, 1893, in McDowell County, North Carolina. Dalton was a laborer at Clinchfield Cotton Mill Company in Marion, 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 with unassigned infantry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, until honorably discharged in October 1919.

Also spelled Earle, he was the Anglican clergyman and missionary at St. Paul's Church in Edenton, North Carolina. He was also a leading fisherman and innovator in the shad and herring industry.  He passed away in 1790.

Born January 15, 1859, at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. Hill was a long-time educator and administrator for what is now North Carolina State University. During World War I, he served as the chairman of the North Carolina Council of Defense.

Daniel Lenox Gore, born in Columbus County, North Carolina, on January 7, 1847. Gore was a prominent citizen of Wilmington, North Carolina, where he owned and operated a successful wholesale grocery business. In addition to his grocery business, Gore served as president or vice president of several regional banking and manufacturing firms.

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

A British subordinate of Lord Loudoun, he served at the Battle of Fort William Henry.  Webb was later promoted to major-general and lieutenant general.  

Born May 24, 1859, in Level Creek (Randolph County), North Carolina. Stanton was a medical doctor and mayor of High Point from 1918 to 1921.

Born May 15, 1877, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The son of Chief Justice Walter Clark, David Clark was a former cotton mill proprietor-turned-journalist who started his own journal, The Southern Textile Bulletin, in March 1911. Over the course of his career, Clark continued to grow his company such that by the time of his death in November 1955, he was lauded as a "nationally known publisher of semi-technical journals and leader in textile industry and Rotary International affairs.

Born February 17, 1886, in Monroe, North Carolina. Houston was an educator and author who is perhaps best remembered for his work as a cabinet official during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. He first served as the secretary of agriculture (1913 to 1920) and later as secretary of the treasury (1920 to 1921).

Alexander Mebane petitioned Arthur Dobbs for him to replace Robert Harper as a captain in the Orange County militia.

Born March 28, 1891, in Lumberton, North Carolina. During World War I, Fuller served as a commissioned officer in the headquarters company of the 136th Heavy Field Artillery and later as a captain in the Adjutant Generals' Department. While stationed at Camp Jackson in South Carolina in early 1918, Fuller was charged with the underwriting and promotional campaign of the war risk insurance program. He saw overseas service from July 1918 to March 1919 and was honorably discharged on January 14, 1920.

Born August 8, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Whichard was the editor of the Greenville Daily Reflector from 1885 until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster.