Names

Aaron Frissell 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.

Robert Lee Abernethy was born on March 2, 1872, in Catawba County, North Carolina. Abernethy was a farmer in the town of Hickory, North Carolina. He died in Hickory on June 9, 1952.

Abraham Lott was a resident of colonial America who owned sloops called Hester and Industry in 1761.

Abraham Sheppard (died 1790) was a soldier and legislator who served as colonial-era sheriff of the now-defunct Dobbs County.

Abraham Smeott 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.

William Jackson Adams was born January 27, 1860, in Rockingham, North Carolina. Adams was a lawyer until his appointment to a judgeship of the Superior Court in 1908, a position he retained through elections until Gov. Cameron Morrison appointed him to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1921. He remained on the court as an associate justice, retaining his seat through elections, until his death on May 20, 1934. Adams, a Democrat, also had a short political career in the 1890s, representing Moore County in the House (elected 1892) and the Senate (elected 1894).

James Lewis Adkins was born on November 19, 1878, in South Carolina. Adkins was the assistant power house superintendent for the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina. In 1919, he provided testimony during an investigation into the alleged abuse of Tallassee employees by management. He died in Badin on December 6, 1938.

James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey was born on 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. Aggrey died in New York City on July 30, 1927.

Cicero Pilades Albright was born on January 16, 1855, in Graham, North Carolina. Albright served Alamance County as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners as well as a member of the board of education. In July 1920, he contacted the governor's office to request assistance in putting down a lynch mob. He died in Graham on January 23, 1942.

Jacob Oliver Alderman was born on May 7, 1862, in Sampson County, North Carolina. Alderman was a Baptist minister who served as the superintendent of Chowan County schools for twelve years. He died in Durham (Durham County) on November 5, 1953.

Alexander Johnston 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, and Shawnee tribes.

Alexander Lokert 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, and Shawnee tribes.

Alexander McCulloch (died 1798) was a politician, government official, militia officer, and enslaver. He served as auditor (1757-1759), a member of the colonial Assembly representing Halifax County (1760), and as a member of the North Carolina Council (1762-1775).

Alexander McMullon 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, and Shawnee tribes.

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.

He was born in 1723 and died in 1771. He served as Chaplain to Governor Arthur Dobbs. He also was a Society for the Propagation of the Gospel missionary to BathTown. There, he emphasized outreach to the American Indian and Black populations.

Henry Quincy Alexander was born on August 22, 1853, in Statesville, North Carolina. Alexander was a physician, farmer, and state legislator (elected in 1903 and 1905) who served as president of the North Carolina Farmers Union from 1908 to 1919. He died in Pineville (Mecklenburg County) on June 11, 1929.

Will Winton Alexander was born on July 15, 1884 in Morrisville, Missouri. Alexander was a Methodist minister who served on the Commission for Interracial Cooperation, as vice president of the Rosenwald Fund, administrator of the Farm Security Commission (appointed 1937), and Atlanta-based divisional director of the Interchurch World Movement of North America. He died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on January 13, 1956.

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.

Richard Gold Allsbrook was born on December 13, 1874, in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. An attorney by training, Allsbrook was senior partner of the Allsbrook & Phillips law office in Tarboro, North Carolina, and was later a law partner of congressman Claude Kitchin. He additionally served as mayor of Tarboro from 1904 to 1905 and as solicitor for the fourth (later second) judicial district of North Carolina from 1910 to 1923. He died in Greenville, North Carolina on February 3, 1925.

Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of New Bern

Established in 1886, the American Federation of Labor was a union organization that represented craftsmen, tradesmen, and industrial laborers. In 1955, it merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations and became known as the "AFL-CIO." 

During World War I, the American Red Cross mobilized relief efforts for soldiers and their families. Over in the war zone, Red Cross volunteers aided in the care and transport of sick and wounded soldiers and civilians, organized recreational programs at military bases and camps, and provided soldiers with snacks and entertainment items through their "canteen service."

Here in North Carolina, Red Cross chapters organized in most counties in the state. Volunteers raised money, produced bandages and surgical dressings, organized Christmas gift programs, and offered canteen services to soldiers traveling along the rails. During the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, they delivered meals to families affected by the virus and served more or less as ambulances, conveying the sickest patients from their homes to hospital facilities for care.

Allan Pepperell Ames was born on March 24, 1876, in Albany, New York. During World War I, Ames served as the publicity director for the League to Enforce Peace. He died in Pensacola, Florida, on July 28, 1961.

Albert Anderson was born on 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. He died in Raleigh on October 16, 1932.

Ray Anderson was born on November 24, 1895, in Tarboro, North Carolina. Anderson was a farmer in Tarboro 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 156th Depot Brigade and the 317th Field Artillery. He served overseas from August 1918 to June 1919 and was honorably discharged on June 19, 1919. Anderson died in Greenville (Pitt County) on May 1, 1984.

Andrew Forster 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, and Shawnee tribes.

Andrew Stone (1703 - 1773) was a British government official who served as undersecretary of state (1734-1751), a member of the Board of Trade (1749-1761), and secretary of Barbados (1742-1773), among other positions.

Robert McCants Andrews was born in Sumter, South Carolina, on April 1, 1891. Following his graduation from Howard University in 1915, Andrews went on to study law at Harvard, receiving his law degree in 1919. Shortly thereafter, Andrews took up a post as director of welfare work in Badin, North Carolina, working principally to better the conditions of the Black employees of the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina. His "radical" ideas on social and racial equality resulted in his being run out of town by white authorities, resulting in correspondence to the governor's office and to the superintendent of the power plant at Badin. Andrews went on to pass the North Carolina bar in 1921 and opened his own practice in Durham, where he became the principal lawyer for North Carolina Mutual. Known as an impressive litigator and skillful agitator in the pursuit of civil rights, Andrews' promising career was tragically cut short when in July 1932 he developed a medical condition known as peritonitis. He died in Durham on July 5, 1932.

William Trent Andrews was born March 1864 in Sumter, South Carolina. Andrews was a graduate of Fisk (1890) and Howard Law (1892) and had completed one year of instruction at West Point (1885) at a time when very few Black cadets were permitted to attend. After relocating to Baltimore about 1917, he began the Daily Herald, a daily Black newspaper. After two years, it was reduced to semi-weekly and then weekly publication, but Andrews managed to keep it in print until 1931. During a particularly harsh heat wave in Baltimore in late July and early August 1940, Andrews was found unconscious in his car. He died two days later in the hospital.

Provincial agent for North Carolina, a London merchant

Anthony Calvit 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.

Anthony Hutchins was a representative of Anson County in the colonial Assembly in 1760, 1762, and 1764-1765. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

Anthony Park 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, and Shawnee tribes.

Anthony Pollett (died 1754) served as clerk to the caster and later as deputy comptroller (appointed 1745) of the Royal Mint.

Frank Armfield Sr. was born in Monroe, North Carolina, on May 24, 1870. A lawyer by profession, Armfield served as a mayor of Monroe and as a one-term state senator representing the twentieth district during Gov. Cameron Morrison's administration. He died in Concord, North Carolina on July 24, 1962.

Charles Alfred Armstrong was born on December 25, 1858, in Australia. Armstrong was an attorney in Troy, North Carolina, who served as county attorney for Montgomery County, North Carolina. He died in Troy on December 30, 1945.

Arnold Edwards 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.

Arthor Larry 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.

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 March 28, 1765.

Arthur Forster 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, and Shawnee tribes.

Arthur McCluer 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, and Shawnee tribes.

William Mobile Ashby was born October 15, 1889, in Carter's Grove, Virginia. Ashby graduated from Yale University with a degree in divinity in 1916 and came to Durham shortly after for a teaching job at the National Training School (now NCCU). He remained at the school only a short time, registering for the draft in Durham in June 1917 before moving to Newark, New Jersey, to embark on a long career of social work and activism. Much of his life is detailed in his autobiography Tales Without Hate.

Crispus Attucks was a Black man, a freedom seeker who had escaped slavery to become a sailor and rope maker in Boston, Massachusetts. He was killed by British soldiers on March 5, 1770, in a confrontation that became known as the Boston Massacre. He is widely recognized as the first casualty of the American Revolution.

Augustus Keppel (1725-1786) was a distinguished British naval officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. During the Seven Years war, he was deployed to North America, France, and Cuba.

Daniel McNair Ausley was born on January 20, 1871 in Robeson County, North Carolina. Ausley was a prominent banker in Statesville, North Carolina. He also served as captain of the Statesville Home Guard, which unit was called out to Charlotte in August 1919 to assist in enforcing order during a labor uprising. Ausley died in Statesville on April 18, 1928.