George Washington Brooks was born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina on March 16, 1821. A lawyer, he became a member of the state legislature and served as the state comptroller. He later served as a U.S. District Judge after… Read More

John Dale Brooks was born on November 6, 1900, in North Carolina. Early in life, Brooks was an employee of the Latta-Martin Pump Company in Hickory, North Carolina. He went on to establish and serve as co-owner of Brooks Hosiery. He died in… Read More

Julius H. Brooks was born in North Carolina in June 1853. Brooks was a carpenter who was active in labor unions and various Democratic clubs. He served as vice president of the Asheville White Supremacy Club in 1900. At the founding meeting in… Read More

William D. Brooks was born in Hyde County, North Carolina around 1856. Brooks worked as a steward at the state prison farm at Tillery in Halifax County around 1919 and 1920. He died in Wake County on September 13, 1922.

Willoughby Brooks (d. 1795) was a resident of Currituck County. In April 1778 he signed a bond for $100 promising that … Read More

Daniel Joel Brookshire was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on January 6, 1876. Brookshire was a contractor and brick mason in North Wilkesboro. He died there on May 22, 1956.

James Brothers was born around 1825 in North Carolina. Brothers was a farm laborer who resided in South Mills (Camden County), North Carolina, with his wife Emma Jane Brothers and their children. Brothers was charged with… Read More

Joseph Brothers was born around 1855 in North Carolina. Brothers worked as a laborer and resided in South Mills (Camden County), North Carolina. Brothers was charged with larceny on July 26, 1875, and sentenced to two years in… Read More

Andrew Broughton was born in South Carolina in about 1700. The son of South Carolina's colonial governor, Broughton started a legal suit in 1736 to recover Cyrus, an enslaved American Indian carpenter that had escaped from him and ended up in… Read More

Cecil C. Broughton was born on June 9, 1889, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Broughton was an attorney in Troy, North Carolina, who served as inspector of county exemption boards during World War I. He later served as mayor of Troy from 1921 to 1925… Read More

Brown Brothers Lumber Company was a logging enterprise headquartered in Pennsylvania that at one time owned half of Mount Mitchell.

Arthur Brown (d. 1783) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he signed on to a bond of security promising that… Read More

Bartley Brown 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

Benjamin Brown (d. 1805) 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. Later… Read More

Benjamin Brown (d. 1806) 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… Read More

Billie Lewis Brown was born June 7, 1893, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Brown was a farmer and later painter who moved from the Hadley Township of Chatham County to Burlington in Alamance County sometime in the 1920s. He died on August 17,… Read More

Calvin Scott Brown was born on March 23, 1859, in Salisbury, North Carolina. A graduate of Shaw University, Brown was an educator and minister. During World War I, he promoted Liberty Bonds in support of the American war effort. For fifty-two… Read More

Clarence Wilkie Brown was born on August 25, 1880 in Black Mountain (Buncombe County). Brown originally owned a livery stable in Black Mountain with his brother Bert. Changing with the times, he opened a car dealership, C.W. Brown Motor Co., in… Read More

Clyde Morris Brown was born on May 27, 1893 in Alamance County, North Carolina. Brown was a mill worker in both Burlington and Raleigh. He died in Lumberton, North Carolina on October 27, 1959.

Originally from New Jersey, Daniel Brown served as a clerk in the U.S Pension Office from at least 1834 to 1847. No further records about this individual have been located.

Daniel Brown was born in Wythe County, Virginia on April 4, 1803. He served as a justice of the peace for Wythe County. He died there on September 6, 1856.

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Edward Brown was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

Elizabeth Bright Brown was born in about 1725. She married George Brown in 1746 and the two resided in Bladen County, North Carolina, where they owned a plantation. She died in Bladen County by 1760.

Francis Brown 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.

Frederick William Brown was born on February 17, 1872, in New Canaan, Connecticut. Brown was an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad who helped lead a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation in food, clothing, and housing in… Read More

George Brown was a justice of the peace in colonial Bladen County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

George Brown was born in Scotland in about 1720. A plantation owner in Bladen County, North Carolina, he married Elizabeth Bright in 1746 and they had several children. In 1777 he testified in a court case involving Jim, an enslaved man found… Read More

George Brown was born in about 1785. A resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, he served as a justice of the peace. He died in Wilson County in December 1856.

Henry Seawell Brown was born in Ashford (McDowell County), North Carolina, on May 10, 1875. Brown was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County. He died there on October 22, 1949.

Homer John Brown was born on January 8, 1866 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Brown served as a commissioner of conciliation for the U.S. Department of Labor. His job was to deescalate labor tensions and disputes throughout the nation. This work… Read More

John Brown was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

John Brown 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

John Brown was a resident of Bute County, North Carolina, where he owned enslaved people. In 1768 he served on a local freeholders court which considered the cases of Ned and Daniel, two enslaved men charged with murder. Jones died in Warren… Read More

John Brown was born in Virginia in about 1710. A military officer, Brown first served as a captain in the Bertie County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1754-1759. When Hertford County was formed, Brown became a justice of the peace… Read More

John Belton Brown was born in Newberry, South Carolina, on April 23, 1872. Brown was an episcopal minister who was called to service in Ayden, Washington, Aurora, Haddocks Cross Roads, Belhaven, and Roper (all… Read More

John Bright Brown was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1786. The son of a Revolutionary War colonel, he worked as a lawyer and justice of the peace for Bladen County. In 1839 he helped his mother apply for a widow's pension. He died in… Read More

John E. Brown was born on October 28, 1881, near Sparta, North Carolina. Brown was a longtime resident of Boone who served as postmaster of Boone (1913-1917 and 1919-1923), state senator (1925-1929), and as an attorney for the Federal Alcohol… Read More

Joseph Aaron Brown was born in Germany on May 31, 1853. Brown immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was fourteen years old. The family settled in Philadelphia upon their arrival, but as a young man, Brown relocated to Long… Read More

Joseph Gill Brown was born on November 5, 1854, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brown was a prominent businessman and banker who served in a variety of leadership roles, including as chairman of the board of directors for the state hospital system.… Read More

Julia Lee Brown (née Wiseman) was born in Mitchell County, North Carolina on November 18, 1865. Brown was a homemaker and mother whose home was profoundly damaged by the 1916 flood. In the aftermath, she appealed to Governor Locke Craig for… Read More

Lucy Bradley Brown was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family in August 21, 1756. As a child she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, where she married Colonel Thomas Brown in January 1780. A year after their marriage, Col. Brown… Read More

Michael Brown was born in Ruschberg Germany in 1732 and immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1738. A wheelwright by trade, Brown arrived in Rowan County, North Carolina by 1758 and served as a local constable in 1766. In 1777 Brown… Read More

Presley Elmer Brown was born in Wilkes County on March 2, 1879. He served as sheriff of Wilkes County from 1906 to 1914. In 1916, he ran as the Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District. He served in the North… Read More

Robert Brown was born on January 5, 1893, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Brown was a prisoner in Buncombe County, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He listed Marshall, North Carolina, as his residence at… Read More

Roy Melton Brown was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on December 11, 1878. Brown was a teacher in Boone and later a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He served as head of the Public Welfare and Social Work… Read More

Samuel Lee Brown was born in North Cove (McDowell County), North Carolina, on June 15, 1853. Brown was a farmer in the North Cove community. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on April 3, 1938.

Sidney Glenn Brown, or S. Glenn Brown, was born June 27, 1883, in North Carolina. Glenn was a trained lawyer who served as a judge on the Greensboro Municipal Court. During World War I, he volunteered for service and received officer's training… Read More