Calvin Finley Spencer was born in Patterson (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on July 13, 1879. Spencer was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County, North Carolina. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on December 15, 1934.
Charles Evander Spencer was born on September 12, 1871, in North Carolina. He held various jobs over the course of his life, including sawyer, filling station proprietor, and laborer at an aluminum plant. In 1919, while a foreman employed by the… Read More
John Richard Spencer was born on August 16, 1873 in Engelhard (Hyde County), North Carolina. [Note: His birthdate on his headstone reads September 5, 1885, but that would have made him about 11 when his eldest… Read More
Noah W. Spencer was born on May 22, 1873, in Lake Landing, North Carolina. For several decades he was a resident of Washington, North Carolina, where he was a minister and prominent grocery merchant. Spencer… Read More
Samuel Spencer (d. 1795) 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.
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Charles Booker Spicer was born on April 9, 1886, in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. Spicer was an attorney who served as Government Appeal Agent for Ashe County during World War I. He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 20, 1972.
Albert Gottlieb Spingler was born in Newport, Rhode Island on March 30, 1861. Spingler was a Raleigh-based optometrist who served as president of the Carolina Prisoner's Aid Society, as president of the Raleigh Juvenile Association, and as… Read More
Thomas Spires was a planter in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1721 he received compensation for assisting in the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. Spires later served as the deputy… Read More
Abraham Spivey (d. 1810) 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… Read More
Champen Spivey (d. 1787) 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.
Jacob Spivey (d. c1788) 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.
Jesse Spivey (d. 1793) 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… Read More
Nathaniel Spivey 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… Read More
Thomas Spivey born in England in about 1657 and was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1701. There, he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary… Read More
Thomas Spivey (d. 1786) 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… Read More
William Spivey 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
William Luther Spoon was born on March 18, 1862, in Burlington, North Carolina. Spoon was the highway engineer for Forsyth County (1911-1913) and the senior highway engineer with the public roads office (1913-1920). He died in Coble (Alamance… Read More
Joshua Springer was born in Illinois on December 15, 1841. He was a farmer and prominent figure in Jackson County, Illinois. He died November 7, 1913.
Dempsey Spruill was born on February 28, 1838, in Washington County, North Carolina. Spruill was a Confederate veteran and farmer who served as sheriff for Washington County. He died there on October 15, 1918.
Hezekiah Spruill (1732-1804) was a planter and militia officer who served as a captain in a regiment of Tyrrell County militia in 1754.
Samuel Spruitt, Jr., 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.
James Sprunt was born on June 9, 1846, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1854, Sprunt immigrated to North Carolina with his parents, Alexander and Jane Sprunt. The family eventually settled in Wilmington, where Sprunt became a prominent businessman and… Read More
James Laurence Sprunt was born on July 4, 1886, in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Sprunt was the son of James Sprunt, a prominent cotton merchant and exporter in Wilmington, North Carolina. During World War I, Gov. Thomas W. Bickett put his… Read More
Peter Squier 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 St. Clair (died 1767) was a British army officer who served with the 60th Regiment of Foot during the Seven Years' War. In 1755, he served as deputy quartermaster general and chief commissary for Edward Braddock during his campaign against… Read More
Amos Morehead Stack was born on February 12, 1863, in Union County, North Carolina. Stack was a longtime attorney in Monroe, North Carolina, with the firm Stack & Parker (and later Stack, Parker & Craig). He was a superior court judge… Read More
Walter Parker Stacy was born on December 26, 1884 in Ansonville, North Carolina. Stacy was a lawyer and legislator who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1926 until his death in Raleigh, North Carolina on September… Read More
Elias Franklin Stafford was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, on September 15, 1856. Stafford moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) as a young adult, where he owned a sawmill. In 1903, he co-founded Oak Furniture Company, a furniture… Read More
Walter Eugene Stafford was born on November 29, 1875, in North Carolina. Stafford was a mill superintendent and later insurance agent. He died on June 27, 1929, in Burlington (Alamance County).
Elias Stalling (d. 1797) 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.
Nicholas Stallings (d. 1800) 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
Nicholas Stallings was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1700. In 1702 he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary dispute between the colonists and… Read More
Seth Stallings 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
Thomas Stanback (d. 1779) 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 Decatur Stanberry was born in North Carolina on December 14, 1871. Stanberry was a lifelong railroad employee, working for the Southern Railway for fifty years before his retirement. He died in Bryson City (Swain County) on June 9, 1972. … Read More
Henderson Standin (d. 1781) was a member of the Chowan County Committee of Safety. 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… Read More
Edmond Standley (d. 1793) 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.
Richard Alexander Stanford was born on April 12, 1898, in Person County, North Carolina. Stanford was a farmer employed by William L. Spoon in Burlington, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft in September 1918. He died in Graham (… Read More
John Stanger was born in Germany on June 10, 1765. A Lutheran minister, he founded the Zion Lutheran Church in Wythe County, Virginia in 1790. In 1809 he led the funeral service for Peter Kinder, and later attested to that fact in support of… Read More
Albert Stanley was born November 23, 1888, in Beaufort, North Carolina. Stanley was employed as a cook for Jack S. Parkin, the captain of a fishing boat, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. … Read More
H. F. Stanley was an employee of the state prison system approximately 1908 to 1917. During the administration of Governor Locke Craig, he supervised the work of incarcerated laborers on the construction of roads in various parts of the state.… Read More
Hallise Stanley (née Ellison) was born circa 1893 in Beaufort, North Carolina. She married Albert Stanley on November 27, 1910, and was a public school teacher all of her life. Hallise died in Goldsboro (Wayne County) on November 28, 1930.
Richard Stanley was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More
David Absolom Stanton was born on May 24, 1859, in Level Creek (Randolph County), North Carolina. Stanton was a medical doctor and mayor of High Point from 1918 to 1921. He died in High Point on September 5, 1946.
John Stanwix (1690 - 1766) was a British politician and high ranking army officer. In 1756, Stanwix was sent the American colony where commanded the Royal American Regiment and oversaw the construction of Fort Stanwix and Fort Pitt. In 1759, he… Read More
John Stark (1728-1822) was an American general during the French and Indian War and during the American Revolution. In August 1777 as a leader in the New Hampshire Militia, he led the Patriot forces to victory at the Battle of Bennington in New… Read More
African American family in Carbondale, St. Clair Co., Ill