Names

He lived in Johnston County and signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs about the need for another justice in their section of the county.

Most likely Amos J. Byrd, born in Merry Oaks, North Carolina, on the Wake and Chatham county line in July 1844. He was a longtime resident of Chatham County before moving to Durham. In the 1920 census, his occupation is listed as carpenter.

Of Purvis, Robeson County, North Carolina. In July 1917, he was selected to replace Graham McKinnon--who had recently died--on the state's eastern district exemption board.

Aaron McDuffie Moore, born in Columbus County, North Carolina, on September 6, 1863. A prominent physician in the Hayti community of Durham, Moore was co-founder and medical director of North Carolina Mutual. Like his peers, Moore focused his efforts on the uplift of Durham's black citizens, founding Lincoln Hospital in 1901 and the Durham Colored Library twelve years later.

Born in 1890 in North Carolina. Rowland was a farmer in the Marble community of Cherokee, North Carolina, who served in the 322nd Infantry and the 105th Engineers in World War I. After serving overseas from May 1918 to April 1919, he was honorably discharged from the service.

Shephard was the Sheriff of Dobbs County in 1761.

Born August 25, 1883, in Wake County, North Carolina. Utley, nee Timberlake, married Philemon M. Utley in November 1917.

Born March 25, 1882, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Moser was a farmer, trader, and civil servant. He was working as Graham's jailer and chief of police when in July 1920 a mob attempted to break the jail and lynch three men accused of sexual assault. 

Born October 18, 1875, in the Gold Coast Colony (now Ghana). A Livingstone College and Columbia University graduate, Aggrey was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church best remembered for his work promoting education and racial cooperation in Africa. In December 1918, he was serving as the secretary of the Western North Carolina conference of the AME Zion Church. He was a longtime resident of Salisbury, at which place he is buried.

Born October 18, 1859, near Eagle Rock (Wake County), North Carolina. A physician by training, Anderson served as the superintendent of the state mental hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1913 to 1932.

Born December 1, 1883, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cox an attorney, state legislator, and jurist who embarked on a military career during World War I. In July 1917, Cox resigned from his superior court judgeship after serving only seven months to accept an appointment as colonel of the state's mobilizing artillery force, which unit was eventually designated as the 113th Field Artillery. With his men, Cox deployed to the war zone and served in active combat until the armistice. His notable leadership garnered him a Distinguished Service Medal. His military service continued up through World War II until his retirement in 1949, having attained the rank of major general.

Born 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 district exemption board.

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 died in 1798. Son of James McCulloch, the younger Alexander McCulloch was an auditor and councilor in North Carolina during the Seven Years War.  In 1760, he became a colonel in the Edgecombe County militia.  In that year, he also was a member of the Assembly.

He was born November 26, 1744 and died July 5, 1795. He spent most of his life in Orange County, North Carolina and served several political offices in the county. He was one of Orange County's delegates to the Provincial Congress in 1776 and later was a justice of the peace. He also served as sheriff and eventually elected to the U.S. Congress.

He sent a petition to Arthur Dobbs regarding several members of the NC militia.

Alexander Sterling Hunter, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on January 7, 1883. A graduate of Kittrell College and Meharry Medical College, Hunter was a dentist by profession, serving Durham's black residents for several decades.

Born March 21, 1862, in Asheboro, North Carolina. McAlister was an insurance executive in Greensboro who served as a member of the State Board of Public Welfare (1916-1944). During World War I, he served as the Federal Fuel Administrator for the state.

Alfred Gordon Davis, born in February 1861 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Davis was a Presbyterian minister in Washington, North Carolina.

Born May 14, 1867, in Catawba County, North Carolina. Whitener was a businessman in Hickory, North Carolina, who variously engaged in hospitality, real estate, and furniture sales.

Born September 11, 1888, in North Carolina. In 1920, Henderson provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. He was employed by the Graham Water Company as a bookkeeper and later served as postmaster, a post he held for twenty-three years.

Born circa 1871 in South Carolina. Wilson was a minister in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Nephew of Buck Parrish, of Durham, NC. In the summer of 1920, Parrish lived in Graham, North Carolina, and was suspected of taking part in an attempted lynching at the Alamance County jail. During the attempted assault on the jail, members of the Durham Machine Gun Company were forced to open fire to stop the attack. Two men were wounded and one man was killed. Parrish was noticeably wounded in the days following the assault. He maintained that the gun shot wound to his knee happened on a different night and that it was the result of his accidentally dropping a loaded .45 calibre pistol on the floor.

Richard P. Allison was born in Statesville, North Carolina, on June 16, 1870. He was a businessman, Spanish-American War veteran, and Federal Prohibition Agent for the Internal Revenue Service. He died in Newberry, South Carolina, on June 18, 1926.

Alonzo M. Breece, born in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on July 5, 1869. Breece moved to Pembroke in 1909 where he opened and operated a successful general merchandise store and became the director of a local bank.