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James Edward Finley was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on August 6, 1850. After living in Watauga County for a time, Finley moved to North Wilkesboro when the town was chartered in 1891. That same year Finley founded the Bank of North… Read More

James Robert Finley was born in Wilkes County on May 29, 1864. Finley served as North Wilkesboro’s first postmaster following the town’s founding in 1891. In 1901, he founded Forest Furniture Company, which at the time of his death was one of the… Read More

Thomas Brown Finley was born in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on November 6, 1862. Finley was an attorney and superior court judge in Wilkes County. He died in North Wilkesboro on April 3, 1942.

Thomas Finney 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.

Jefferson Fisher was born in Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 18, 1829. After arriving in Raleigh North Carolina about 1850, he established a saddlery. By 1860, either through his business or his marriage Julia Clarke, the daughter of Raleigh's… Read More

William Bruce Fisher was born in Jackson County, North Carolina, on June 12, 1875. Fisher was a merchant, railway agent, and civic leader in Andrews (Cherokee County), North Carolina. He died in Andrews on May 28, 1950.

Zebulon Cornelius Fisher was born in Madison County, North Carolina in 1867. Fisher was a motorman with the Asheville street car service. During a labor dispute in May 1913, he served as president of the street car men's union. Fisher died in… Read More

Served with Henry Ould in Navy during Civil War

William Fitzherbert (1712-1772) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1765 to 1772.

Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757), 2nd Duke of Grafton, was a British nobleman, politician, and army officer who served as a member of the Privy Council (appointed 1715), lord justice of Ireland (appointed 1715),  lord lieutenant of Ireland (1720-1724… Read More

Edmond Fleetwood (d. 1819) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

James Fleetwood 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.

James Fleming was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1715 he testified that he witnessed fellow colonist Christopher Dudley march against a group of nearby American Indians. Fleming died sometime before March 30, 1721.

Robert R. Fleming was born on March 15, 1843, in Pactolus, North Carolina. Fleming was a longtime resident of Pactolus where he was a merchant, farmer, and lumberman. During World War I, he was recommended to serve on the Pitt County Exemption… Read More

Thomas Fleming was a goldsmith who worked on the silverware presented to Governor William Tryon in 1765.

Arthur Lloyd Fletcher was born on July 7, 1881, in Ashe County, North Carolina. During World War I, Fletcher served in a variety of capacities. In 1917, Gov. Thomas W. Bickett appointed him as disbursing officer for the federal funds used to fund… Read More

Marshall Hall Fletcher was born on December 20, 1858, in Henderson County, North Carolina. Fletcher was a physician and surgeon who served on the Committee of American Physicians and guided the state's mobilization of medical resources during… Read More

Ralph Fletcher was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1674. A Quaker, he also served as a justice of the Perquimans court and in 1690 he witnessed an American Indian man named Alexander's indenture to Juliana Laker. He died in… Read More

Robert Edward Flora was born on April 20, 1863, in North Carolina. Flora served as sheriff of Currituck County, North Carolina, for 28 years. He died in Shawboro (Currituck County) on October 4, 1951.

Matthew Florid 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 Franklin Flowers was born on January 13, 1884, in Spencer Mountain, North Carolina. Flowers was an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died there on July 5, 1964.

Robert Lee Flowers was born on November 6, 1870, at York Collegiate Institute in Alexander County, North Carolina. A lifelong educator, Flowers is best remembered for his work transitioning Trinity College (later Duke University) to its new… Read More

John Floyd 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.

Jurney Alexander Floyd was born on June 14, 1893, in North Carolina. Floyd was a farmer in Fairmont, 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… Read More

William Floyd (d. 1781) 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.

Samuel Fludyer (c. 1704-1768) was a London-based cloth merchant and member of British Parliament (1754-1768). 

Jefferson Davis Foard was born on December 25, 1861, in Union County, North Carolina. Foard was a building contractor in Charlotte. He died in Charlotte on March 1, 1948.

Luther Christian Fogleman was born on July 23, 1868, in Randolph County, North Carolina. In 1920, Fogleman provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. He was, at that time, an employee of the Graham… Read More

John Fonveille (died circa 1773) was a resident of colonial New Bern. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

David Dick Foote was born on October 26, 1879, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Foote was forced to give up Vicksburg as his home in 1918 when he was, in his words, "exiled" from the town by a KKK-like group known as… Read More

John Forbes (1707-1759) was a Scottish doctor-turned-soldier and veteran of the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Scottish Campaign (1745-1746). During the French and Indian War, Forbes was promoted to Brigadier General in the… Read More

Andrew G. Ford was born in about 1776. A resident of Smith County, Tennessee, he made a sworn affidavit in support of Lydia Ray's widows pension application stating that he knew her for many years and believed her husband to have been a soldier… Read More

William Ford (1744-1837) 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. In… Read More

Fideller Demetrius Forester was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on August 30, 1870. Forester was a merchant and banker in North Wilkesboro, where he owned a dry goods store under the name F.D. Forester & Co. and served as… Read More

Newmy Sebon Forester was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on January 26, 1881. Forester was the owner of the Pepsi bottling plant in North Wilkesboro and the president of the Wilkesboro Candy Company.  He also served on the board of… Read More

Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee on July 13, 1821. Forrest served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War. After the war, Forrest became the first leader of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group which… Read More

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,… Read More

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,… Read More

Henry 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… Read More

Charles McCoy Fortune, born January 21, 1872, was a farmer lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). Outside of farming, he also worked at the Ball Lumber Factory in town. He died in Asheville on April 16, 1955.

Francis Foster was born in Virginia and arrived in colonial North Carolina by 1689. A resident of Perquimans Precinct, Foster served as a justice at the precinct court in 1700 and again from 1702 to 1703. For most of his career however, he served… Read More

Thomas Flournoy Foster was born in Greensboro, Georgia on November 23, 1790. A lawyer, he represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1829-1835. He died in Columbus, Georgia on September 14, 1848.

Walter Scott Foster was born in Wake County, North Carolina, on June 27, 1872. Foster was a minister in the A. M. E. Zion Church who was ordained at just sixteen years of age. His work took him to various… Read More

William Hayes Foster was born in Wilkes County on April 11, 1879. In 1914 he was elected register of deeds for Wilkes County. He later served as the county superintendent of roads and as secretary for the North Carolina Republican executive… Read More

Daniel Gould Fowle was born in Washington (Beaufort County), North Carolina, on March 3, 1831. Fowle was an attorney and Confederate veteran who served as legislator (elected 1862 and 1864), superior court judge (appointed 1865), and governor of… Read More

Marion Butler Fowler was born on June 9, 1896, in Orange County, North Carolina. Fowler enlisted in the National Army for service during World War I, on May 15, 1918 and was later commissioned a 2nd lieutenant… Read More