Edward Starkey (d. 1789) was a politician from Onslow County. After getting his start as his county's justice of the peace, Starkey served in the… Read More

John Starkey (circa 1697-1765) was an Onslow County planter and attorney who held various public offices in colonial North Carolina. His county offices included militia colonel (1754), justice of the peace (1734-1765), coroner (1741), chairman of… Read More

George Wellington Starnes was born on February 22, 1889, in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Starnes was a truck driver for the Hickory, North Carolina, fire department, and, later, an employee of the city water works. He died in Hickory on… Read More

John Staten was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and helped recruit… Read More

William Henry Stayton was born in Smyna, Delaware, on March 28, 1861. Stayton was a prominent attorney, businessman, and Navy veteran who is best remembered for leading the movement against the 18th amendment, earning him the moniker "father of… Read More

Benjamin Stead (died 1776) was a prominent merchant in colonial Charles Town, present-day Charleston, South Carolina, from 1739 to 1759. In 1759, Stead moved back to England where he was an import-export trader and broker for the wealthy South… Read More

Charles Manly Stedman was born in Pittsboro (Chatham County), North Carolina on January 29, 1841. Stedman was an attorney and Confederate veteran who served as lieutenant governor of North Carolina (1885-1889), a trustee for the University of… Read More

John Portfield Stedman was born in Fayetteville (Cumberland County), North Carolina on February 26, 1854. Stedman was a drug manufacturer in Oxford (Granville County) who served as town commissioner and county commissioner. He died in Morganton (… Read More

James Guy Steed was born on March 15, 1871, in Asheboro, North Carolina. Steed was for much of his life a salesman in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. During the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Steed served as the state compliance… Read More

Earl Thaddeus Steele was born in Kansas on May 16, 1888. By 1900, Steele had moved with his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina. He lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) while working for J. C. Steele, a local plumbing company. By… Read More

William Davis Steele was born in South Carolina on December 24, 1817. He served as the judge of the Court of the Ordinary for Pickens, South Carolina. He died in Pickens County, South Carolina on December 20, 1854. 

John Walter Stephens was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on October 14, 1834.  Prominent in the tobacco business and representing groups such as the Republican Party, the Freedman's Bureau, and the Union League, Stephens served in the… Read More

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Matt Ransom Stephenson was born on November 14, 1859, in Northampton County, North Carolina. Stephenson was a physician in the Seaboard community of Northampton County. He died in Seaboard on October 23, 1924.

Garland Vester Stepp, born September 12, 1882, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). His father was George Washington Stepp, Black Mountain's longtime postmaster. He died in Asheville on December 1, 1963.

George Washington Stepp was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on January 19, 1858. Stepp was a prominent farmer in Black Mountain where he served as mayor and postmaster for several years. He died in Black Mountain on September 21, 1926.… Read More

Jesse Stepp was born in Burke County, North Carolina, in 1810. Stepp was a farmer who worked as a mountain guide in and around Mount Mitchell prior to its establishment as a state park. He acquired 990 acres of land that included Mount Mitchell's… Read More

John Logan Stepp, born August 28, 1868, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). He died at his home on December 28, 1934.

Lewis Hicks Stepp, Sr. was born on October 18, 1882, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Stepp was a foreman at the Tallassee Power Company plant at Badin, North Carolina. In 1919, he provided testimony in an investigation into alleged… Read More

Walter Howell Stepp, born April 24, 1885, was a lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). Stepp held several jobs during his career, including as a farmer, factory worker, and landscaper. He died in Asheville on November 28, 1944.… Read More

Samuel H. Sterling was born around 1875 in Maryland. For many decades, he was a resident of Washington, D.C., where he was a laborer, a plasterer, and a preacher. He served as minister of the Christian Temple C.M.E. Church in Washington, N.C., in… Read More

William M. Steuart born about 1785. He was a long-time resident of Washington, DC who worked as a clerk in the U.S. Pension Office for about thirteen years before becoming a private agent in 1848. He died in Washington, DC on September 18, 1852… Read More

Martin Luther Stevens was born on November 30, 1864, in Thornville, Ohio. Stevens was a physician in Asheville, North Carolina. He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on January 20, 1940.

John Stevenson was a planter, sheriff (appointed 1743), and militia officer in colonial Perquimans County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

John Stevenson 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

Joseph Stevenson 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.

Joseph Wann Stevenson was born in North Carolina in 1834. Stevenson was a University of North Carolina graduate, attorney, and Confederate officer. He died in Raleigh (Wake County) on July 17, 1865.

Alexander Stewart (1723-1771) was an Anglican clergyman who served as chaplain to royal governor Arthur Dobbs. He also was a Society for the Propagation of the Gospel missionary to the colonial town of Bath, where he emphasized outreach to the… Read More

Charles Edwin Stewart was born on March 6, 1884, in Detroit, Michigan. Stewart was pastor of the Ebenezer A. M. E. Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He died in New York on October 6, 1966.

John Stewart was a merchant in Martin and Tyrrell Counties. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. While no one reported that Stewart personally recruited them to join the plot, several members noted that they knew Stewart was… Read More

Penelope Stewart (née Daly) was a resident of Martin County. Her husband John Stewart was a… Read More

Plummer Stewart was born on July 13, 1870, in Union County, North Carolina. Stewart was an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) on June 2, 1951.

Thomas Stewart (d. 1792) was a merchant and attorney from Tyrrell County. He represented the county in the … Read More

William Stewart 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.

Anna Grimes was born in North Carolina on August 1, 1835. A resident of Raleigh in her youth, she attended St. Mary's School. She was close friends with Margaret Eliza Cotten and their correspondence was discussed regularly in her diary. Grimes… Read More

James Gudger Stikeleather was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, on April 7, 1872. Stikeleather was a real estate agent and insurance broker in Asheville, North Carolina. He served on the State Highway Commission from 1919 to 1932, serving… Read More

Anne "Annie" Stirling (née Biddle) was born on March 2, 1856 in Pennsylvania. Stirling dedicated her life to charity work. A member of the Quaker church, she organized and chaired the Inter-Racial Committee of Philadelphia. She died in… Read More

John Milton Stivers was born on May 25, 1852, in Meigs County, Ohio. Stivers relocated to Greensboro, North Carolina, where he engaged in the lumber business. He died there on May 17, 1931.

Hardee John Stockard was born on September 7, 1878, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Stockard was working as a deputy sheriff for Alamance County when in July 1920 a mob attempted to break the county jail and lynch three Black men wrongfully… Read More

George Stocken 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 Ernest Stokes was born on January 24, 1873, in Baltimore County, Maryland. Stokes was a physician who served on the Committee of American Physicians and guided the state's mobilization of medical resources during World War I. He died in… Read More

Andrew Stone (1703 - 1773) was a British government official who served as undersecretary of state (1734-1751), a member of the Board of Trade (1749-1761), and secretary of Barbados (1742-1773), among other positions.