William Tabb 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 Tabert 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.
Nelly Evans was a free woman of color who was born in Lunenburg, Virginia in about 1762. In about 1764 she and her family moved to Granville County, North Carolina. On January 1, 1778 she married William Taburn in nearby Bute County, North… Read More
William Taburn was a free man of color born in Northampton County, North Carolina in about 1758. In 1776 he enlisted as a private in the 6th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line, but he was excused from service after offering his wagon… Read More
William Howard Taft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft was the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913). During World War I, he served as president of the League to Enforce Peace. He died in Washington, D.C., on… Read More
John Talbot (circa 1712-1756) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1755 until his death in 1756.
Jones Taler was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina.
Thomas Tallant was a resident of Anson County, North Carolina. In 1772 he served on a coroner's jury that investigated the death of John Henry. Tallant died sometime after 1782.
Tallassee Power Company was an energy company incorporated in 1905. Beginning in October 1931, it was known as Carolina Aluminum Company.
George Wendell Tandy was born on November 27, 1893, in Franklin, Illinois. Tandy served two years with the Illinois national guard but was exempted from the draft during World War I on account of his recent marriage. In late 1919, he joined… Read More
John Taneyhill was born in Calvert, Maryland in about 1687. He moved to Isle of Wright County, Virginia at a young age before moving to Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina as an adult. In 1715 a relative named James Tookes hired Taneyhill to help… Read More
Kenneth Spencer Tanner was born on May 30, 1890, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tanner was a textile executive connected with Cleghorn Mills, Spencer Mills, Florence Mills, and Parsley & Tanner when he registered for the draft (World War I) in… Read More
Lucy Yarborough Tanner was born in Virginia Kentucky in about 1783. A resident Bath and later Scott County, Kentucky, she married John P. Tanner in 1812. As a surviving daughter of Randolph and Mary Yarborough, she was rightfully eligible to… Read More
Joel Tapley 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.
Near Tapley 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.
Banastre Tarleton was born in Liverpool, England on August 21, 1754. In 1775 he became an officer in a British dragoon unit and sailed to America as part of the British Army. In 1778 he became a lieutenant colonel of a mixed cavalry and infantry… Read More
Albert Edward Tate was born in Ontario, Canada on March 17, 1865. Tate was an influential furniture manufacturer in High Point (Guilford County) who served on the board of directors for the state hospital at Morganton in the 1910s. He died in… Read More
John Tate was a laborer in Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina. In March 1715 he and a group of others stole a chest from James Tooke's property and then fled south, intending to escape justice by reaching the Spanish colony in Florida. Tate and… Read More
Robert Tate 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
Samuel McDowell Tate was born in Morganton (Burke County), North Carolina on September 6, 1830. Tate was a merchant, soldier, railroad official, and legislator. During the Civil War, Tate was a major in the Confederate Army. He died in Morganton… Read More
Charles Wallace Tatem was born on September 25, 1876, in North Carolina. Tatem was a civil engineer for the Branning Manufacturing Company in Columbia (Tyrrell County), North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Tyrrell County Exemption Board… Read More
James Tauncey was a resident of colonial America who owned a schooner called St. Michael in 1761.
David Thomas Tayloe was born on February 22, 1864, near Townesville, Granville County, North Carolina. A longtime resident of Washington, North Carolina, Tayloe was a physician and surgeon who served on the Committee of American Physicians and… Read More
Abram Taylor (d. 1801) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
Alfred Tennyson Taylor was born on April 2, 1892, in Johnston County, North Carolina. Taylor was state food inspector when the draft for World War I was rolled out. He died in Raleigh on November 21, 1962.
Charles Collins Taylor was born on September 21, 1866, in Winchester, Virginia. Taylor was vice-president of the Security Life and Trust Company of Winston-Salem and the secretary of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company of Greensboro.… Read More
Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor was born circa 1859 in South Carolina. Before the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, Taylor was enslaved in Union County, North Carolina, making shoes for A. A. Laney and Patterson Houston. During the… Read More
Christopher Taylor was born in Bedford County, Virginia in about 1746. In 1768 he married Mary Edwards. In 1776 he joined the Tennessee State Militia as a captain in the Washington County Regiment and served throughout the war on numerous… Read More
David Taylor (d. 1794) was a resident of Chowan County. A slave patroller, Taylor was responsible for policing the movements and behaviors of enslaved people in the area, ensuring that no enslaved people tried to self emancipate themselves or… Read More
Henry Taylor was born in Bedford County, Virginia on December 10, 1771. The son of a Revolutionary War veteran, he resided in Washington County, Tennessee as a farmer. He died in Washington County on October 29, 1856.
Isaac Montrose Taylor was born in New Bern (Craven County) on October 29, 1857. He moved to Morganton (Burke County) in 1884, where he served as an assistant physician for the state mental hospital for seventeen years. He also served as director… Read More
James Frederick Taylor was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on September 8, 1864. During World War I, Taylor served as the chairman of the Lenoir County Liberty Loan Campaign and as a speaker for the Four… Read More
John Taylor 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 Douglas Taylor was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County on March 24, 1831. He attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1853 before becoming a planter and politician, and he was involved in Eliza Margaret Cotten's… Read More
Joseph Taylor was a resident of Edenton District. In 1777 James Rawlings swore both Joseph and… Read More
Judge Bynum Taylor was born on June 19, 1894, in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Taylor was a farmer in Watauga County who was drafted into military service during World War I. In February 1918, he was discharged by surgeon's certificate of… Read More
Luke Taylor was a resident of Chowan County, North Carolina. An owner of enslaved people, in 1770 Taylor served on a local freeholders court, which heard cases involving enslaved people. Taylor died in Chowan in about December 1773.
Mary Edwards Taylor was born in Maryland in about 1750. In 1768 she married Christopher Taylor, who later served as a captain in the Washington County Regiment of the Tennessee Militia and led several expeditions against the American Indians in… Read More
Mary Chaffin was born around in North Carolina on January 9, 1813 in North Carolina. First married to R. M. Clayland, she was widowed by 1836. She later married Nathaniel Brock Taylor. A resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1860, she… Read More
Nathaniel Brock Taylor was born in Davie County, North Carolina on October 24, 1808 in North Carolina. He was a farmer who resided in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) with his wife Mary Taylor and their children. In a letter from… Read More
Richard Taylor was born in Virginia on January 17, 1753. He served as a Captain in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia in 1777. In 1778 he became a captain in the North Carolina New Levies unit under Lt. Colonel Archibald… Read More
Richard Taylor Sr. was a resident of Martin County. He claimed that John Lewellen told him he… Read More
Robert Taylor (d. 1790) 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