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Born about 1827. Linsey Thompson was formerly enslaved by Lewis Thompson in Washington County, Mississippi. After Emancipation, she remained a resident of Washington County, Mississippi and worked as a farmer. She died after 1910.

Martha Elizabeth Whitaker (née Cotten) Thompson was born in North Carolina during the 1810s. In 1832, while a resident of Tarboro, she married Noah Thompson. Their daughter, Eliza Thompson, was born in 1835. She died on June 28, 1835 was buried… Read More

Noah Thompson was born in Bertie County, North Carolina in September 1812. At some point before 1840, he moved to Florida and was appointed co-executor of his brother-in-law John Whitaker Cotten's plantation and estate there. His wife, Martha… Read More

Samuel Thompson, an African American man, was born in North Carolina in about 1841. He was formerly enslaved by Lewis Thompson, who took him from North Carolina to Mississippi in a forced migration. Samuel self-emancipated alongside Lib Thompson… Read More

Samuel P. Thompson was born in North Carolina on January 23, 1879. A resident of Montgomery County, in 1918 he was arrested for violating the prohibition law. He was sentenced to time on the Stanly County roadwork chain gang, but he was later… Read More

Sarah Debow Thompson was born in Orange County, North Carolina in May 1762. She lived with her mother Hannah during the American Revolution and later married Abraham Thompson in 1782. They moved to Smith County, Tennessee and the couple had two… Read More

Thomas William Thompson 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

Mentioned as "girl," self-emancipates with Lib

Waddy Thompson Jr. was born in Pickensville, South Carolina on January 8, 1798. A lawyer, he started his political career in the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he served from 1826-1829. He then represented South Carolina in the U.… Read More

William Thompson was born in New York in about 1798. A cabinet maker in Raleigh, North Carolina, he also served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Raleigh on March 16, 1869.

William Thompson was born in Ireland on 3 February 1732 and arrived in Carteret County, North Carolina in about 1769 to serve as a naval deputy for Beaufort. Thompson was a colonel in the North Carolina militia during the War of Regulation. Later… Read More

William Ernest Thompson was born on July 6, 1890, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Thompson was an furniture merchant, undertaker, and funeral director in Graham, North Carolina. In August 1920, he provided testimony in an… Read More

John Thomson (d. 1798) 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.

Margaret Thomson was a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina. In 1753 an enslaved man named Cato tried to stab her with a knife. The motive for the attempted murder was not recorded. Later Thomson may have moved to Craven County, South… Read More

William Thomson was born in Pennsylvania on January 16, 1727. A resident of Orangeburgh District, South Carolina, he was a local sheriff and a colonel in the militia in 1775. In June 1775 he became a lt. col. in the 3rd Regiment of the South… Read More

John Thomas Thorne was born on June 22, 1873, in Wilson County, North Carolina. Thorne was a prominent farmer in Pitt County, North Carolina. During World War I, he was recommended to serve on the Pitt County Exemption Board; he doesn't… Read More

Elizabeth Camp Thornton (née Denison) was born in Sacketts Harbor (Livingston County), New York on September 26, 1829. Her first marriage was to… Read More

John Thornton was born in Richmond County, Virginia on June 25, 1718. A resident of Bute County, North Carolina, Thorton owned several enslaved people. In 1768 Ned, an African American man enslaved by Thornton, was found guilty of murder for… Read More

John Thorowgood (d. 1787) was a resident of Princess Anne County, Virginia. He served as a major and later colonel in the Princess Anne Regiment of the Virginia Militia. In 1777 the forces under his command faced a group of loyalists within the… Read More

John Edward Sterling Thorpe was born on January 29, 1885, in Cheshire, England. Thorpe was general superintendent of the Tallassee Power Company plant in Badin, North Carolina, from 1915 to 1922. He died in Asheville on February 24, 1950.

Joseph Theodore Threadgill was born March 12, 1888, in Ansonville, North Carolina. Threadgill was a student at the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. In March… Read More

Thomas Threadgill was born in about 1752. A resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, he served at least a year in the 2nd Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army as a captain or possibly as a lieutenant. After his discharge, Threadgill moved… Read More

Theodore Clyde Tilghman was born on November 29, 1882, in Gates County, North Carolina. Tilghman was captain of the 322nd Infantry during World War I. He was deployed overseas from July 1918 to June 1919 and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre… Read More

John Tilman served as a Major in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. When Read More

Edgar Walter Timberlake was born on July 4, 1854, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Timberlake was an attorney who served as superior court judge for the fourth judicial district for eight years. During World War I, he served on the Wake… Read More

Peter Timothy (circa 1725-1782) was a South Carolina newspaper printer who served as the official printer for the state's Commons House of Assembly. He also served as postmaster general for Charleston (appointed 1756) and as deputy postmaster for… Read More

Jesse Tiner was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Tiner served in the 1st North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army from 1778-1779. Later a local justice of the peace, Powell presided over the freeholders' court, which heard… Read More

John Tiner 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.

William Tiner 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.

John Tinker (1700 - 1758) was a British colonial administrator who served as the royal governor of the Bahamas from 1741 until his death in 1758.

William Tisdale (1734-c1796) was a politician and silversmith in New Bern. He frequently served the judge of the admiralty court of the port of New Bern and also engraved the state seal of North Carolina. Judge Tisdale may have been involved in… Read More

Tochuna was an American Indian man living on colonial North Carolina in 1703. Although his tribal origin is unclear, Tochuna was likely a member of the… Read More

James A. Todd was born in North Carolina in about 1782. A farmer in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he attended the same church as Susanna Alexander. In 1851 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Alexander's widows pension claim stating… Read More

Thomas Alexander Tolliver was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on October 14, 1895. Tolliver was inducted into the army on July 15, 1918, a little more than a year after the United States' declaration of… Read More

John Jarvis Tolson was born in Carteret County, North Carolina, on April 19, 1846. Tolson was tax collector for the city of New Bern (Craven County). He died there on July 25, 1919.

Francis Tomes was born in about 1633 and arrived in North Carolina by 1664. In 1684 became a justice of the North Carolina General Court and also became a member of the North Carolina Council, serving in that body until 1705. A resident of… Read More

Seebohm Verdia Tomlinson was born in East Bend (Yadkin County), North Carolina, on October 23, 1881. Tomlinson was a merchant and farmer in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). He died there on November 19, 1946.

James Tooke was a merchant, planter, and shipowner in Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina. In 1715 a group of white laborers, enslaved people, and free people of color stole a chest from his property and were later found guilty of burglary. Tooke… Read More

Henry Toomer was born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 7, 1738. A resident of Wilmington, North Carolina by 1747, Toomer became a local politician and an outspoken Patriot during the American Revolution. First serving as an inspector fro… Read More

Joshua Toomer (died 1763) was a tanner from South Carolina who settled in New Hanover County by 1747. He served as notary public, postmaster, and coroner in colonial Wilmington. In 1755 Tom, an enslaved man was charged with stealing from Toomer's… Read More

Samuel Topping (d. 1816) 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

Phillip Torksey was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted… Read More

Benjamin Toursett (d. c1778) 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… Read More

Charles Townshend (1725-1767) was a British politician who held several offices over the course of his career: member of the Board of Trade (1749-1754), treasurer of the chamber (1756-1761), secretary at war (March 1761-December 1762), first lord… Read More

Jacob Townshend was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Industry in 1761.

Edward Travis was born in Perquimans, Precinct, North Carolina in about 1691. Self described as a "practioner of Phisick," he was a prominent resident of Bath and later Beaufort County. He died in Beaufort County, North Carolina in about 1740.

Edward Llewellyn Travis was born on June 6, 1866, Brunswick County, Virginia. Travis was a lawyer by training who served as chairman of the North Carolina Corporation Commission from 1911 to 1918, among other civil positions. Notably, Travis… Read More

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John Holmes Trescot was born on July 16, 1893, in Pendleton, South Carolina. Trescot was a career army officer, serving along the Mexican-American border during the border crisis of 1916, World War I, and World War II. During World War I, he… Read More