Daniel Parkes 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.

James Parkinson was a merchant and militia officer in colonial New Bern who submitted a 1758 petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs seeking an injunction for a bond.

David Parks 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

Benjamin Parmele (d. 1792) was a justice of the peace and Lt. Colonel of the Hyde County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He represented the county at the 4th and 5th provincial congresses and in the… Read More

Albion K. Parris was born in Maine on January 19, 1788. A Democratic-Republican lawyer, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House from 1815 to 1818 and later served as the Governor of Maine from 1822 to 1827. He then served a year in the U.S… Read More

Allen Parish was the nephew of Buck Parrish, of Durham, NC. In the summer of 1920, Parrish lived in Graham, North Carolina, and was suspected of taking part in an attempted lynching at the Alamance County jail. During the attempted assault on the… Read More

Buck Parrish was the uncle of Allen Parrish. In 1920, employed by Golden Belt Manufacturing Company in Durham, NC. That same year, he was called to provide testimony during an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County.

John Parrish was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.

Joseph Parrish 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.

Levi Elvis Parrish was born in April 1851 in Wake County, North Carolina. Parrish was a farmer in the Zebulon community of Wake County. He died in Zebulon on May 27, 1925.

Walter Haywood Parrish was born on August 17, 1889, in Wake County, North Carolina. Parrish was a farmer in Wakefield, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in September 1917… Read More

Albert Dekalb Parrott was born on April 3, 1883, in Lenoir County, North Carolina. Parrott was a physician in Kinston who served on the Lenoir County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Kinston on April 19, 1935.

James Marion Parrott was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina on January 7, 1874. Parrott was a physician from Kinston (Lenoir County) who served as president of the North Carolina Medical Society (1913-1914), as executive secretary for the… Read More

Benjamin Parhsall 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… Read More

Oscar Grant Parsley Jr. was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina in 1835. He ran in a lot of the same social circles as other prominent North Carolina families, such as the Cottens. He died in Wilmington in 1895.

Sophia Arms Partridge was born in Vienna, New York, on November 15, 1817. In the early 1840s, the Partridge family relocated to Louisburg (Franklin County), North Carolina. Around 1946, Partridge moved to Raleigh where she established the Select… Read More

Jeremiah Pate was born in Virginia in about 1745. A resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he served as a captain in the Bedford County Regiment of the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. He died in Botetourt County, Virginia in about… Read More

David Paton was born in Edinburg, Scotland on May 23, 1801. Paton served as supervising architect for the construction of the state capitol from September 16, 1834 to May 23, 1840. He died in Brooklyn, New York on March 25, 1882.

Andrew Patterson was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on February 1, 1778. A resident of Greene County, Tennessee, he served as the clerk of the county court. He later moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where he died on May 24, 1849.

Franklin Dewitt Patterson was born on June 3, 1878, in North Carolina. Patterson was a prominent farmer in the China Grove area of Rowan County. He died in Atwell (Rowan County) on January 28, 1946.

James N. Patterson was born in Orange County, North Carolina on January 28, 1806. A local politician and planter, by 1850 he was the second largest slaveholder in Orange County. He died there on May 21, 1865.

Neill Thomas Patterson was born April 14, 1878, in Harnett County, North Carolina. He was president of the Bank of Coats. In the turmoil of a faltering economy just after World War I, a state bank examiner shut the bank's doors. The development… Read More

Robert Patterson (d. 1780) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 Samuel Dicksinson noted… Read More

James Patton 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

William Patton 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

William B. Patton was born in North Carolina in 1812. A farmer in Alamance County, in 1870 Patton was arrested by Col. George B. Bergen on suspicion of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Democratic newspapers of the time claimed that Patton was… Read More

Merryman Payne was born in Virginia in about 1788. He served as the clerk of court for Greene County, Tennessee in 1834. He died in Greene County on February 10, 1844.

Michael Payne was a lawyer and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 & 1778 he signed two oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North… Read More

Warren L. Payne was born in Virginia on August 18, 1785. A farmer in Robertson County, Tennessee, he served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Robertson County on September 5, 1850.

Emily Frances Pearce (née Miller) was born on November 27, 1856, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Hezekiah Pearce on May 19, 1881. She died on June 29, 1929.

Hezekiah E. Pearce was born on May 19, 1857, in Boon Hill (Johnston County), North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Johnston County. He died in Boon Hill on December 8, 1920.

Isaac Pearce was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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

James Burrell Pearce was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, on April 27, 1859. Pearce was a founder of Boylan-Pearce, Inc., a popular Raleigh department store. He served as a member of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants'… Read More

Jeremiah Pearce (d. 1801) 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.

John William Pearce was born on May 22, 1893, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Princeton, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in September… Read More

Luther Martin Pearce (or Pierce) was born on January 26, 1898, in Wayne County, North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Richard Pearce was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.

Patrick Murphy Pearsall was born on August 28, 1859, in Sampson County, North Carolina. An attorney by training, Pearsall served as the executive secretary of Governor Charles B. Aycock (1901-1905) and later as chairman of the state board of… Read More

John Pearson was a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina. In 1757 he was an attorney who wrote up the grand jury's indictment of James Strawberry, an American Indian man, with the murder of Elizabeth Knott. Pearson died in Bertie in about… Read More

Richmond Pearson was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina on January 26, 1852. Pearson was an attorney and Republican politician who served as a member of the state legislature (1885-1887), as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1895-… Read More

Richmond Mumford Pearson was born June 28, 1808, in Rowan County. A politician and lawyer, he became the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1859, a post he held for nearly two decades. During the Kirk-Holden War, Judge Pearson… Read More

Samuel Pearson was born in Georgia in about 1807. A resident of Chambers County, Alabama, he served as the clerk of the county court from 1848 to 1850 and then became the judge of the Chambers County Probate Court. He died sometime after 1856.… Read More

William Pearson served as "messenger in extraordinary" in 1765.

William Cruso Pearson was born in Wilkes County on February 14, 1874. He worked as a farmer and building contractor in North Wilkesboro. He was the co-founder of Kenerly and Pearson Contracting. He also owned an apple orchard in Brushy Mountain.… Read More

William Gaston Pearson was born in Durham, North Carolina, on April 11, 1858. Gaston was a Shaw University alum, a Harmon award winning businessman, philanthropist, and cofounder of Durham's Mechanics and… Read More

Lillie Dell Peatross (née Critcher) was born February 22, 1899, in Pitt County, North Carolina. She married Oscar Bruce Peatross in June 1919. She died in Volusia County, Florida, on November 26, 1982.

Nat Peebles 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.