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William Gabie was a resident of New Hanover, North Carolina. In 1770 he served on a coroner's jury which investigated the death of Quame. He died in New Hanover County in about 1774.

Thomas Gage (1718-1787) was a British military officer who served as Commander in Chief of the forces in North America from 1763-1775.

John Gains 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.

Julia Gaither was born on January 10, 1829. Gaither is mentioned in a letter from James W. Wilson to Zebulon B. Vance. Gaither died in Burke County, North Carolina on February 22, 1878.

Christopher Gale 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.

Christopher Gale was born in England in about 1679. He emigrated to North Carolina by 1701, where he initially established himself as a trader. His mercantile career was short-lived and he quickly attained a career in politics, serving as a… Read More

Edmund Gale was born in England and arrived in North Carolina by 1715. Originally a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, Gale benefitted from his brother Christopher's position as the colony's chief justice to attain a seat in the North Carolina… Read More

George Gale 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.

Alexander Henderson Galloway, Jr. was born on 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… Read More

John Gannaway was born in Virginia in about 1781. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace for Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County in abut December 1850.

Richard Gantt was born in Maryland on August 2, 1767. A judge for the South Carolina Court of Appeals for much of his life, Gantt resided in Greenville, South Carolina but traveled throughout the state on his legal circuit. He died in Greenville… Read More

Alexander Gardner 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.

John Gardner was a resident of Bath County, North Carolina. In March 1723 while he was visiting colonist Richard Nixson's house, Gardner witnessed Christopher Dudley assault Sighacka Blount, a Tuscarora man. Gardner made a deposition on behalf of… Read More

John Gardner Jr. (d. 1828) 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

William Gardner (d. 1790) 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

William Washington O'Connell Gardner was born on December 31, 1873, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was bookkeeper of the Avon and Ozark Mills and later for the town of Mount Holly, all in Gaston County, North Carolina. He died on… Read More

Danill Garet (or Daniel Garrett) was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County.

John Wesley Garland was born in Yancey County, North Carolina on September 5, 1807. A resident of Yancey County, he served as the clerk of the local county court. He died in Unicoi County, Tennessee on August 5, 1887.

Hubert Andrew Garner was born on November 30, 1900, in Durham County, North Carolina. Following World War I, Garner joined the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit, with the rank of private. In July 1920, he deployed with his company… Read More

Thomas Garner 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.

Daniel Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In July 1777, while at his father's wheatfield, he was… Read More

Francis Garrett was born in Virginia in about 1792. He served as the clerk of the court in Morgan County, Kentucky between 1850 and 1860. He died sometime before 1870.

Jesse Garrett (d. 1797) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

John Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 after being approached by Daniel Leggett, he took… Read More

John Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he, along with his father and several other… Read More

John Garrett Jr. (b. aft. 1757) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777, likely after being recruited by his… Read More

Stephen Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he, along with several other Garretts (likely his family members) became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and promised to resist the state's military draft. When the conspiracy was… Read More

Thomas Garrett was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1694. In 1706 he wrote a letter to Thomas Pollock about the Meherrin. He died in Chowan sometime after 1720.

Thomas Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he swore an oath of secrecy before Daniel Leggett… Read More

Thomas Garrett Jr. was a resident of Chowan and possibly Tyrrell County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina despite it being required by law.

Thomas Garrett Jr. was a resident of Chowan County. In 1734 he purchased a plot of land from the Chowanoke Nation. He died later that year.

William Washington Garrett was born on June 26, 1868, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Garrett was proprietor of the Graham Hotel, Cafe, and Pool Room, a key scene in an attempted lynching in Graham, North Carolina, in July 1920. Garrett later… Read More

Thomas Garrish enlisted in the North Carolina militia and was wounded and disabled during the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771. He later petitioned the North Carolina Colonial Assembly and was successful in receiving a pension in November… Read More

James Garrett Garrison was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on April 1, 1881. Garrison was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River Township (McDowell County). He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on October 1, 1967.

Joe Wilson Garrison was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on January 6, 1892. Garrison was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River Township in McDowell County. He died there on May 17, 1924.

William Garfield Garrison was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on August 8, 1884. Garrison lived and worked on his farm in Broad River Township for most of his life. He died in Black Mountain on November 14, 1942.

Charles Jackson Garriss was born in North Carolina on March 3, 1869. Garriss was a farmer in Northampton County, North Carolina, who served as mayor of Conway around 1913. He died on November 22, 1950.

John Wyckliffe Garvey was born in North Carolina on October 21, 1878. Garvey was for a time a bookkeeper in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, before relocating to Richmond, Virginia, where he worked as a druggist for the Powers-… Read More

Frederick Newton Garvin was born in South Carolina in about 1803. A farmer in Pickens District, South Carolina, he served as a local magistrate and later as a sheriff. He died in Pickens District in about 1874.

Bamber Gascoyne (1725-1791) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1763 to 1765. Surname might also be spelled as "Gascione."

Willie Monroe Gaskin was born on January 3, 1890, in Gallivants Ferry, South Carolina. Gaskin was the bookkeeper for the Smithfield Herald when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the… Read More

Alexander Gaston was a French Huguenot who was born in Ireland in about 1735. He settled in Cravan County, North Carolina in 1764, where he worked as a medical doctor. During the War of Regulation Gaston provided medical services to the local… Read More

Charles Gaston was born around 1851 in North Carolina. Gaston worked as a laborer and resided in Guilford County, North Carolina. Gaston was charged with larceny on March 1, 1875, and sentenced to five years in the North… Read More

Horatio Gates (26 July 1727-10 April 1806) was a major general from Virginia who led Patriot forces during the Revolutionary War. After commanding at Fort Ticonderoga early in the war, Gates took over the Continental Army's Northern Department in… Read More

Charles C. Gatewood was born in Georgia in about 1804. He served as a judge for the County Commissioners' Court of Union County, Illinois in 1836. By 1850 he may have moved to Madison County, Missouri.

Dudley Gatewood was born in Essex County, Virginia in December 1747. In 1771 he moved to present-day Caswell County, North Carolina and later enlisted as a private in the Orange County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia in 1776. Later in 1780… Read More

George Grant Gatley was born on September 10, 1868, in Portland, Maine. Gatley was a career army officer who during World War I served as commander of the 55th Field Artillery Brigade and, later in the war, the 67th Field Artillery Brigade. He… Read More

Edward Gatlin was a colonist residing in Pamlico near present-day Bath, North Carolina in 1703. There he and several other men signed a petition to the governor requesting that the colonial government intercede and prevent the nearby Tuscarora… Read More