William Cray (1726-1778) was soldier, planter and politician from Onslow County. First a member of the… Read More
Elizabeth Creecy married Joseph Creecy sometime prior to 1766. The Creecys were wealthy plantation owners in Chowan County, North Carolina and Joseph had a close relationship with… Read More
John Creecy was a resident of Perquimans County, North Carolina. In 1783 Creecy signed a petition in support of James, a local African American man who was trying to maintain his freedom. Crecy died in sometime after 1784.
Joseph Creecy (d. 1785) 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
Lemuel Creecy (1756-1816) 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
Mary Creecy was born in Chowan County in about 1760. In 1774 she and her mother signed a nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves, making her one of the youngest women to do so. Later in 1780 she married… Read More
Mary Charlton was born in North Carolina in about 1730. She married Richard Haughton and they had one child together prior to his death in about October 1748. Widowed, Mary married planter Levi Creecy in Chowan County in October 1750. The couple… Read More
Levi Cressey was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. In 1718 he served a warrant to Macrora Scarborough and Thomas Miller, who had been accused to harboring an enslaved woman named Rose. Cressey may have also spent time in Princess… Read More
Elizabeth Crickett was a signer of a 1774 nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. Although no definitive evidence has been located, Elizabeth Crickett was likely related to Mary Littledale and Sarah… Read More
Nicholas Crisp arrived in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1692. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted… Read More
Murray P. Critcher was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on June 24, 1869. Critcher was a merchant and longtime proprietor of a hotel called the Critcher House (or Critcher Hotel) in Boone. He died in Boone on March 16, 1935.
Dean Stanley Crocker was born on September 5, 1894, in Seaboard, North Carolina. Crocker was a farmer in Northampton County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Seaboard on October 3, 1931.
Joseph George L. Crocker was born on June 29, 1850, near Seaboard, North Carolina. Crocker was a merchant in the Seaboard community of Northampton County who served as county treasurer (16 years), chairman of the Board of County Commissioners,… Read More
William Herbert Crockett was born in Jersey Shore (Lycoming County), Pennsylvania on August 26, 1864. Crockett was co-proprietor of the logging firm Perley & Crockett, which operated in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. He… Read More
Henry Crofton was a resident of Beaufort Precinct, North Carolina. In 1731 he became a local justice of the peace and in that role, he received many sworn depositions and testimonies. Crofton died in Beaufort in about October 1756.
Clement Crooke was a resident of Tyrrell County who served as the Clerk of the Washington County Court in 1777. In 1777 he served as security on a bond for… Read More
Alexander Croom was an African American boy born around 1864. While it is unknown where exactly he was born, he did reside in Kinston, Lenior County. In July of 1870, when Alexander was only six years old, he was murdered by Benjamin Lassiter.… Read More
John Addie Croom was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, on December 1, 1870. Croom was a Biddle University graduate and a railroad mail clerk, professor, and real estate agent by profession. During World War… Read More
Edward Ray Crouch was born on September 14, 1903, in Hickory, North Carolina. Suffering from epilepsy, Crouch spent several weeks at the state insane asylum in Raleigh for care before being taken back home by… Read More
Henderson Crouch was born around 1854 in Virginia. Crouch worked as a laborer and resided in Catawba County, North Carolina. Crouch was charged with larceny on September 9, 1874, and sentenced to three years in the North… Read More
John Kelley Crouch was born on August 23, 1873, in Burke County, North Carolina. Crouch operated a wholesale dry goods business in Hickory, North Carolina, but was later engaged in real estate development. He… Read More
Edmund Burwell Crow was born in Raleigh (Wake County), North Carolina on August 18, 1874. Crow was a banker and businessman who served as a member of a committee charged with overseeing relief funds for Western North Carolina survivors of the… Read More
James W. "Isham" Crow was born around 1855 in North Carolina. Crow was a teacher who resided in Wayne County, North Carolina. Crow was charged with forgery in Pender County, North Carolina, on December 21, 1877, and sentenced to… Read More
Nannie Robertson (née Burwell) Crow was born in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina on August 31, 1836, the daughter of a prominent reverend. As a teenager she attended St. Mary's school in Raleigh alongside… Read More
Enoch Herbert Crowder was born on April 11, 1859 in Edinburg, Missouri. A career army officer and attorney, Crowder is best remembered for his service as Provost Marshal General for the Woodrow Wilson administration during World War I. In this… Read More
Teleman Cruger was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Jove in 1762.
Edward Hull Crump was born on October 2, 1874, in Marshall County, Mississippi. A Democrat, Crump was mayor of Memphis (1910 to 1915) and later trustee for Shelby County, Tennessee. In 1931, he was elected to the United States Congress. Crump… Read More
George Crutch (d. 1807) 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.… Read More
Murray Crymble was a London merchant. In 1736, he and another merchant, James Huey, petitioned… Read More
Francis Nicholas Cuddihy was born in New York on May 13, 1880. Cuddihy was a railroad car repairman for the Southern Railway at Spencer Shops in Rowan County, North Carolina. He additionally served as secretary… Read More
Robert Lee Culler was born on 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. He died in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) on July 26,… Read More
Henry Culpeper (d. 1781) was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he made a deposition stating that… Read More
William Cumming (1724-1797) was a lawyer and politician from Chowan County. In 1777 and 1778 he signed two oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten… Read More
George Mark Cummings was born in Kinston (Lenoir County), North Carolina on April 13, 1879. Cummings was a shoe salesman in Kinston. He died in Kinston on September 10, 1939.
Otelia Maria Cuningham (née Carrington) was born in Charlotte Court House, Virginia on November 25, 1868. Cuningham served as president of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage League from 1914 to 1917. She married John Somerville Cuningham (1861-… Read More
John Cunningham (d. 1799) 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
Teresa Roberts was born in North Carolina in about 1754. A resident of Chowan County, in 1772 she married ship captain John Cunningham, who based his business out of Edenton. In 1774 she signed a nonimportation agreement that later became known… Read More
Thomas Cunningham was a resident of New Hanover County, North Carolina by 1741. An owner of enslaved people, in 1755 he sat on a local freeholders court when it heard a case involving Tom, an enslaved man charged with theft. Maultsby died in New… Read More
John Henry Currie was born on August 23, 1842, in Moore County, North Carolina. Currie was a Confederate veteran and legislator who represented Cumberland County for three terms. He died in Cumberland County on January 10, 1920.
Robert Edgar Currier was born in Milford, Massachusetts on August 11, 1884. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) around 1914, where he worked for Perley and Crockett Lumber Co. and as an insurance agent. Currier also served as chief of… Read More
Sidney E. Curry, born in North Carolina around 1847, was a farmer in Broad River Township, McDowell County.
William E. Curry was born in McDowell County, North Carolina in 1844. Curry was a farmer in the Broad River Township of McDowell County. He died in Broad River on December 24, 1925.
Joshua C. Curtis was born in North Carolina on February 27, 1849. Curtis was a prominent farmer and Democratic politician in Buncombe County who served as a member of the board of county commissioners, as legislator (1899-1903), and on the county… Read More
Mary Curtis was born in about 1757. During the time of the American Revolution, she resided in Orange County, North Carolina. After the war, she moved to Jackson County, Tennessee, where she made a sworn affidavit in support of Lydia Ray's widow'… Read More
Mical Curtis 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.
Hancock Custis was a resident of Beaufort County, North Carolina. An owner of enslaved people, in 1770 Custis served on a local freeholders court when it heard a case involving the murder of Henry Ormond by several of his enslaved people. Any… Read More