Thomas Henry Wright was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on January 17, 1800. A medical doctor and the president of the Bank of the Cape Fear, he also served as a local justice of the peace. In 1839 he assisted his aunt Lucy Brown in applying… Read More

John Wyatt was a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina. His home was located along one of the main roads through the county and in 1757 John Liscomb and Elizabeth Knott visited his home shortly before Knott was murdered. Any further… Read More

Joshua Wyatt (d. 1799) was a resident of Chowan and later Orange 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 Wyatt (died before 1762) was a resident of colonial Perquimans County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

James Wyche was born in Greensville County, Virginia on December 25, 1785. A farmer, he represented Granville County in the North Carolina State Legislature for several years and also served as the chairman of the Granville County Court. He was… Read More

Benjamin Tilman Wylie was born on April 2, 1891, in York County, South Carolina. Wylie was a textile worker for the Marion Manufacturing Company in Marion, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He served… Read More

Eliza Wylie (née Clayton) was born on December 10, 1896, in South Carolina. She married Benjamin T. Wylie in March 1917. They resided in Marion, North Carolina, about the time of World War I. She died in Marion on July 9, 1984.

John Wyllie 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.

Charles Wyndham (1710-1763), 2nd Earl of Egremont, was a British politician and nobleman who held several offices over the course of his career, including Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1761 until his death in 1763. He was a… Read More

Charles Stewart Wynn was born on August 1, 1888, in Powellsville, North Carolina. In April 1917, Wynn joined fellow students and faculty of his school (the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North… Read More

Benjamin Wynns (1710s-1788) was a politician, militia colonel, enslaver, and planter in colonial Bertie and Hertford Counties. Wynns held a number of offices over the course of his career, including a stint as deputy surveyor to the crown from… Read More

James Boone Wynns (1733-1789) 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… Read More