Homer Peele was born on December 9, 1889, in Williamston, North Carolina. Peele was a teller with the state treasury office when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was drafted into the service in May 1918 and served with… Read More

Jesse Willis Peele was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on November 25, 1881. Peele was a Biddle University graduate, a professor, and assistant principal of the grade schools in Goldsboro. He died there on… Read More

Sallie Jane Peele (née Mooney) was born in Surry County, North Carolina in 1861. She married William H. Peele in 1884, and the couple had four children. Peele died in Siloam (Surry County) on October 4, 1917.

Daniel Pegram 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.

Daniel Pegram, Jr., 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.

Thomas Peirce was born on September 8, 1669 and arrived in the colony of North Carolina by 1679. A Quaker, he split his time between Perquimans Precinct and Pamlico Precinct, taking an active part in various colonial meetings and assemblies. In… Read More

Henry Pelham was born in London on September 26, 1694. Pelham was a lifelong politician with strong allegiances to the Whigs who served as First Lord of the Treasury (prime minister, by convention) from 1743 until his death in London on March 6,… Read More

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was born in Sussex in July 1693. Pelham-Holles, a lifelong Whig, served as First Lord of the Treasury, (prime minister, by convention) from March 1754 to November 1756 and again from June 1757 until… Read More

George Pierce Pell was born on June 19, 1870, in Wake County, North Carolina. Pell was a newspaperman, librarian, and jurist. In 1912, he was elected to the North Carolina Corporation Commission, which position he held until the commission was… Read More

Solomon Pender was a resident of Bertie County. In November 1777 he was ordered to leave the state within sixty days, presumably because he refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

Thomas Pender 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.

William Pender (d. 1796) 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.

William Richard Pender was born in Wilson County, North Carolina, on August 29, 1874. Pender moved to Goldsboro, North Carolina about 1899, where he worked as a barber. He died on May 29, 1944.… Read More

Sylvanus Pendleton was a ship captain and privateer that resided at times in New Bern. In 1777 he became the prize master of a ship of loyalists and their property after it was stopped in North Carolina waters.

Alexander James Pendley was born in Globe (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on October 8, 1860. Pendley moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) around 1910, where he worked as a foreman at a grist mill. He died in North Wilkesboro on February… Read More

John Penn (1740-1788) was a resident of Granville County and one of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the Continental Congress from 1755-1780. In 1777 he received updates regarding the Gourd Patch… Read More

Mary M. Penney (née Duncan) was born in April 1854 in North Carolina. Penney was a farmer in the Hallsboro community in Columbus County, North Carolina. She died in Welch Creek in Columbus County on February 13, 1931.

William Henry Penney was born on March 17, 1868, in Wake County, North Carolina. Penney began as an employee with the Wake County Register of Deeds in January 1902, eventually working his way up to the Register of Deeds position in late November… Read More

Smith Pennington was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1797. A farmer, he was a longtime resident of Wake County, North Carolina. He died in Lee County, Alabama in January 1872.

William Pepperell (1696-1759) was a politician, shipbuilder, and colonial militia officer who commanded the successful expedition to capture the French fortress at Louisburg in 1745. Following this victory, he was commissioned a colonel in the… Read More

Amos Percy was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

Mordecai Percy 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.

William Perkens 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.

Milton Perkins, formerly Milton Cowen, was an African American man born in Pulaski County, Kentucky in about 1846. He served as soldier in Company G, 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. A… Read More

Robert Perkins (d. 1810) 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.

Perley & Crockett was a logging enterprise that operated in the mountains of Western North Carolina in the 1910s. Pennsylvania businessmen Frederick A. Perley and William H. Crockett owned and stewarded the operation.

Frederick Allen Perley was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on December 19, 1876. Perley was a civil engineer who was co-proprietor of the logging firm Perley & Crockett. He first arrived in Black Mountain, North Carolina in 1913 to… Read More

Abraham Perry (1735-1788) 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.

Elmer Ross Perry was born on June 17, 1887, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer. He died on October 30, 1963, in Asheboro, North Carolina.

Isaac Perry 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 Perry (d. 1789) was a resident of Martin County. According to John Collins, in 1777 … Read More

John Perry 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.

Josiah Perry (d. 1821) 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. Later… Read More

Born in North Carolina in about 1833. Parker Perry was an African American man employed by the U.S. government as a laborer during the Civil War in Portsmouth, Virginia. He remained a resident of Portsmouth, Virginia after the war and worked as a… Read More

Samuel Perry was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North… Read More

Theodore Heflin Perry was born on July 13, 1867, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer in the Hadley Township of Chatham County. He died in Burlington, North Carolina, on November 3, 1941.

Thomas Perry was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

William Perry was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he served on a jury of inquest that determined that … Read More

John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, near Laclede, Missouri. Pershing was a West Point graduate and career military officer who served as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He died in Washington, D.… Read More

Benjamin Person 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.

John Person 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.

Thomas Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

William Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

Edward Fitzgerald Pescud was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 20, 1855. Pescud moved to Raleigh with his family around 1868 where he owned and operated a bookstore from around 1905 until his retirement in 1929. In 1914, he was elected… Read More

Bartlet Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1760. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More

Laurence Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1766. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn… Read More

Martha Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1768. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, she witnessed her sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More