Clement Wrenn was born on March 24, 1884, in North Carolina. Wrenn was cashier of the Deposit and Savings Bank in North Wilkesboro when he registered for the draft (World War I) in September 1918. During the war, he served as a member of the… Read More
Adam Empie Wright Sr. was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County on May 18, 1833. He attained a medical license and was active in the social scene around Wilmington. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the 22nd Regiment North Carolina… Read More
Alexander Franklin Wright was born in October 1871 in North Carolina. Over the course of his life, Wright was a farmer, carpenter, brick mason, and minister in Washington, North Carolina. He seems to have died sometime after 1945.
Benjamin Wright 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.
Caroline Holmes Wright was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on December 18, 1838. The daughter of a prominent lawyer, she moved in the wealthy social circles around Wilmington. She died in Baltimore, Maryland on April 1, 1871.
Charles Calvin Wright was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on August 14, 1862. Wright served as a member of the State Board of Agriculture (1913-1925) and as superintendent of Wilkes County schools (1899-1933). He died in Wilkesboro on July… Read More
Eliza Ann Hill Wright was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina on May 13, 1813. She married William Augustus Wright, a lawyer, in 1830 and the couple had at least six children. She died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North… Read More
James Wright (1716 - 1785) was an attorney and British loyalist who served as the last royal governor of Georgia from 1760 to 1782.
James Allen "Jimmie" Wright was born in Wilmington (New Hanover County), North Carolina on April 13, 1836. While attending the University of North Carolina in the early and mid 1850s, Wright had a tenuous relationship with… Read More
Jerome Bernard Wright was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on December 10, 1894. Wright left his position as a school teacher at the graded school in Goldsboro when he was drafted into the army on April 27,… Read More
Joseph Hill Wright was born about 1834 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina, where he joined the Dialectic Society. A member of Margaret Eliza Cotten's social circle, he often wrote to… Read More
Martin Leroy Wright was born on September 12, 1882, in Guilford County, North Carolina. Wright was an educator who served as superintendent of the graded schools in Edenton, North Carolina, and the Carteret County Public Schools. He died in… Read More
Susan Wright was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1771. In 1791 she married Judge Joshua G. Wright and the couple had at least thirteen children. In 1839 she made a sworn affidavit in support of her sister's widow's pension application,… Read More
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
William Thornton Yancey was born in Person County on February 29, 1884. Yancey was an employee of Granville National Bank in Oxford for over thirty years, retiring as the bank's president in 1933. Later in life he owned a chain of car dealerships… Read More
Benjamin Yarborough was born in North Carolina in about 1750. A resident of Chatham County, North Carolina, he and his brother Nathan served as privates in the Wake County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia in 1780. He died sometime after the… Read More
John Yarborough was born in Floyd County, Kentucky in about 1791. The son of a revolutionary war veteran, he worked as a farmer and brickmason and moved west, eventually settling in Oregon. As a surviving son of Randolph and Mary Yarborough, he… Read More
Joseph Yarborough was born prior to 1730. A resident of Brunswick, Virginia in 1755, by 1775 he had moved to Chatham County. During the war he routinely assisted his son Nathan, who was a private in the North Carolina Militia. He died sometime… Read More
Mary Bailey Yarborough was born in Virginia in about 1758. A resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, she and her siblings saw her brother go off to war as a member of the Continental Army and had to plow her family's fields in her brother's… Read More
Milly Yarborough was born in about 1759. A resident of Chatham County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, she lived with her father and several brothers. Several of her brothers, including Nathan and Benjamin all enlisted in various… Read More
Nathan Yarborough was born in Duplin County, North Carolina on April 14, 1750. A resident of Chatham County, North Carolina, he was drafted into the North Carolina Militia as a private and served two terms beginning in December 1779 and ending in… Read More
Randolph Yarborough was born in Goochland County, Virginia on June 15, 1756. He later settled in Halifax County, North Carolina. He served as a private in the Halifax County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He married Mary Bailey in… Read More
Richard Fenner Yarborough was born on March 21, 1872, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Yarborough was a physician in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was also the brother-in-law of Gov. Thomas W. Bickett. Yarborough died in Louisburg on June 22,… Read More
Thomas Yarborough was born in Kentucky in about 1784. A resident of Bath and later Morgan County, Kentucky, he worked as a farmer. After his parents both died he made an application seeking his father's pension for his military service during the… Read More
William Yarborough was born in Kentucky in about 1800. A farmer, he resided in Bath and later Estill County, Kentucky. As a surviving son of Randolph and Mary Yarborough, he was rightfully eligible to receive a share a revolutionary war pension… Read More
Samuel Whorter Yongue was born in Maryland in about 1763. A Presbyterian minister, he also served as the clerk of the court for Fairfield County, South Carolina. He died in Fairfield County on November 8, 1830.
Charles Yorke (1722-1770) was a British politician who served as clerk of the crown in chancery (1746-1770), solicitor general (1756-1761), and attorney general (1762-1763), among other offices.
John Yorke (1728-1801) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1761 to 1763 and from July to December in 1765.
Philip Yorke (1690-1764) was a British nobleman and politician who became Earl of Hardwicke in April 1754.
Casper Yost was born in Augusta County, Virginia on March 11, 1785. A farmer and justice of the peace for Wythe County, Virginia, he also served as a pastor for the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in Wythe County on January 5, 1850.
James Hunter Young was born on October 26, 1859, near Henderson, North Carolina. Young was a skilled political influencer, serving as a state legislator representing Wake County from 1894 to 1898. During that… Read More
John Cooper Young was born April 19, 1891, in Vance County, North Carolina. Young was president of the Union Trust Company in Raleigh. During World War I, he served as secretary of the Soldiers' Business Aid Committee of Wake County. He died on… Read More
John S. Young was born in Augusta County, Virginia on April 21, 1804. A physician, he also served as Tennessee's Secretary of State from 1839 to 1847. He died in Nashville, Tennessee on July 7, 1857.
Joseph Hardie Young was born on January 17, 1864, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young was the president of a variety of railroads over the course of his career, including the Norfolk Southern Railroad from 1914 to 1918. He died in Chicago, Illinois,… Read More
Joseph Richmond Young was born in Yancey County, North Carolina, in February 1858. Young was a farmer who served as county surveyor for Yancey. He conducted survey work in support of the state's acquisition of Mount Mitchell. Young died in… Read More
Laurence Woodville Young was born on August 18, 1877, in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Young was a career military officer who served as the state's Adjutant General under Gov. Locke Craig (January 1913 to June 1916) and Gov. Thomas W. Bickett (… Read More