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Jonathan Lewis Lowder was born in North Carolina on December 10, 1847. Lowder was a farmer and lifelong resident of Clemmons (Forsyth County). He died there on January 23, 1923.

Captain Lowe was an officer in the Orange County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia in 1780 and 1781. In 1781 Lowe and his troops were responsible for guarding the town of Hillsborough. Any further information about this individual has not… Read More

Abbott Lawrence Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 13, 1856. Lowell was an attorney and educator who served as president of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933. He died in Boston on January 6, 1943.

Samuel Lowemen was a captain in a regiment of Pasquotank County militia in December 1754.

Arthor Lowry 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.

William Lowther was a resident of Edenton. Together with other residents, he wrote a petition to Arthur Dobbs requesting that the colony reduce its duties on exporting wine and other alcohol from North Carolina.

Henry Loyd 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.

Thomas Loyd (circa 1710-1792) was a militia officer, planter, coroner, sheriff, and politician. He served as a member of the colonial Assembly representing Orange County from 1761 to 1768. During the Revolution, he remained a Loyalist. His last… Read More

James A. Lucas was born circa 1874 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Lucas was a porter for the Walter Credle & Co., a grocer in Washington, North Carolina. He died there on November 9, 1943.Read More

John Paul Lucas was born on January 25, 1885, in Wilson County, North Carolina. A longtime Charlotte resident, Lucas began his career in the newspaper profession, working for both the Charlotte Observer and the Winston-Salem Journal… Read More

William Lucas served as the Chief Auditor for North Carolina beginning in 1759 and ending prior to December 1761.

Thomas Ludford was a captain in a regiment of militia in Tyrrell County in 1754.

Jacob Lott Ludlow was born in Spring Lake, New Jersey on December 20, 1862. Ludlow was a civil engineer who relocated to Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) in 1886. He held a variety of positions over the course of his lengthy career, including… Read More

Philip Ludwell was born in England in about 1638. After serving on the Virginia Council at various times throughout the 1670's and 1680's, Ludwell became the colonial governor of North Carolina in 1689. However, John Gibbs, another politician in… Read More

Thomas Lumpkin was born in Virginia in about 1808. A former clerk in the U.S. Pension Office for seven years, in 1849 he opened his own private legal firm and served as an attorney for many people that were pursuing pensions and other legal… Read More

Thomas Lumpkin was born in about 1768. A resident of Fairfield District, South Carolina, he served as a local justice of the peace. He died there sometime before June 1844.

William Reynolds Lunk was born on October 3, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1906 to 1920, he served as the secretary of the YMCA Interstate Committee for West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. During World War… Read More

Eugene St. Clair Lupton was born on August 6, 1880, in Pamlico County, North Carolina. During World War I, Lupton garnered much media attention in 1918 when the Federal government indicted him for failing to arrest deserters while sheriff of… Read More

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

Ralph Duane Lusk was born January 18, 1888, in Union, New York. Lusk was a lumber merchant in Lexington, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was exempted from service on industrial grounds. Lusk died in… Read More

Absalom Luten 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. Later in 1782 he… Read More

Constant Luten was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1722 he served on a jury that heard the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. He died in Chowan sometime before February… Read More

Frederick Luten (c1750-1816) was a resident of Bertie and Chowan Counties. 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… Read More

James Luten (d.1779) 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.

Thomas Luten was a resident of Chowan Precinct, Albemarle County. After serving as a justice of the Chowan Precinct Court from 1694 to 1695, in 1698 he was appointed provost marshal. In 1701, likely due to his position as provost marshal, he was… Read More

George Luther was born in Maryland on September 3, 1784. A resident of Chatham County, he served as a justice of the peace. He died in Moore County, North Carolina on May 29, 1875.

George Walton Lyda was born on August 24, 1849, in Edneyville, North Carolina. Lyda was a farmer and surveyor who served as magistrate in Edneyville. He died in Edneyville (Henderson County) on April 8, 1925.

Oscar Eugene Lyda was born on October 13, 1894, in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Lyda was a laborer for the Clinchfield Manufacturing Company in Marion, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was… Read More

Charles Lyles 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.

Williamson Lyles 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.

Charles Lynch was born in Virginia in about 1736. A resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1778 and later became a colonel in the Bedford County Regiment of the Virginia Militia during the… Read More

Lillie White Lynch (née Richardson) was born in Johnston County, North Carolina on October 2, 1875. She married William Rufus Lynch (1888-1966) in Johnston County in February 1909. On January 24, 1914, she was murdered at her home near Wendell.… Read More

Thomas Lynch was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Industry in 1761.

Homer LeGrand Lyon was born in Elizabethtown (Bladen County), North Carolina on March 1, 1879. Lyon was an attorney in Whiteville (Columbus County) who served as solicitor for the state's Eighth Judicial District (1913-1920) and as United States… Read More

John Lyon was a merchant and justice of the peace in colonial New Hanover County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle,… Read More

Robert Lyon was born in about 1785. A resident of Bladen County, he served as a justice of the peace and also represented the county in the North Carolina General Assembly. He died sometime after 1840.

Archibald Lytle was born in Scotland in about 1730. A resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he joined the Continental Line as a captain of the 6th Regiment in 1776 and became a lieutenant colonel in 1777. He became a prisoner of war during… Read More

Robert Lytle (1729-1774) was a militia officer and justice of the peace in colonial Orange County.

William Henry Lyttelton (1724-1808) was a British politician and colonial administrator who served as royal governor of South Carolina (1755-1760) and Jamaica (1760-1766).