William Wethers 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.

The Weyanoke were an American Indian tribe that traditionally resided along the present-day North Carolina-Virginia border near the confluence of the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers. In fact, the Nottoway River was once called the Weyanoke in… Read More

William Whaley (1736-1819) was a resident of Duplin County. In July 1777 he submitted information to the Duplin County Court Martial Committee about… Read More

Jesse Rankin Wharton was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on September 2, 1833. Wharton attended the University of North Carolina (class of 1855), served the Confederacy during the Civil War, and later served as superintendent of education… Read More

Joseph Wharton was a planter in Onslow County, North Carolina. An ensign in the Onslow County Regiment of the North Carolina MIlitia in 1777, in 1779 Wharton served on the local freeholders' court which heard a case involving Isaac, an enslaved… Read More

Lacy Donnell Wharton was born on July 9, 1869, in Guilford County, North Carolina. Wharton was a physician in Smithfield, North Carolina, who served as a member of the Johnston County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Smithfield on… Read More

According to Margaret Strozier's affidavit, John Whatman was a Protestant minister in Rowan County, North Carolina who performed the marriage ceremony between Margaret and her husband Peter Strozier in October 1758. Any other record of their… Read More

John Wheatley was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he submitted a sworn deposition testifying about his involvement in and knowledge of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.

George Whedbee was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina in about 1736. In 1783 Whedbee signed a petition in support of James, a local African American man who was trying to maintain his freedom. Whedbee died in Perquimans County, North… Read More

Harry West Whedbee was born in Hertford, North Carolina, on September 22, 1872. Whedbee began his law career as an attorney in Greenville, North Carolina, and later attained a judgeship on the North Carolina… Read More

John Whedbee was born in North Carolina in about 1660. A resident of Perquimans Precinct, he served as a justice on the local court from at least 1697 to 1699. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted… Read More

Joseph Whedbee (d. c1792) was a silversmith in Edenton. 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.

Rufus Wheeden was born around 1851 in North Carolina. Wheeden worked as a laborer and resided in Halifax County, North Carolina. Wheeden was charged with larceny on May 4, 1874, and sentenced to four years in the North Carolina… Read More

Captain John H. Wheeler was born in North Carolina around 1828. A resident of Caswell County, he served under George W. Kirk in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, and during the Kirk-Holden War, Kirk recruited his former comrade into the state… Read More

Frank William Wheless was born on April 6, 1872, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Wheless was a merchant in Louisburg, North Carolina. He died in Louisburg on November 5, 1947.

David Jordan Whichard was born on August 8, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Whichard was the editor of the Greenville Daily Reflector from 1885 until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster. He died in Greenville on July 25, 1922.… Read More

T. W. Whins was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle, threatening both beef and… Read More

Alexander White, an African American man, was born in Tennessee in about 1830. Resident of Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois prior to 1863. Died after 1900.

Alice White (née Nicholson) was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina on December 13, 1860. White lived much of her life in High Point where she was an influential leader of the city's chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She… Read More

Charles Wesley White was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on April19, 1845. During the Civil War, White served as a private in the 1st Battalion of the North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was a farmer and lifelong resident of Broad River… Read More

Edmund Thomas White was born in Granville County on May 25, 1858. White originally practiced medicine but by the 1890s worked full time in the banking and tobacco industries in Oxford. He cofounded Granville National Bank in 1894 and served as… Read More

Ernest Eugene White was born in Burlington (Almance County) on March 14, 1884. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) around 1914, where he worked as a car mechanic and chauffeur. He later worked as an insurance agent and funeral director… Read More

George Henry White was born in Bladen County, North Carolina on December 18, 1852. Enslaved prior to the Thirteenth Amendment, White was an educator, attorney, and politician who served as state legislator, solicitor, and U.S. Congressman. He… Read More

George L. White was born in Craven County on July 10, 1871. White was an A.M.E. Zion minister who served as pastor in Greenville (Pitt County), Elizabeth City (Pasquotank County), and New Bern (Craven County), among other communities. He died in… Read More

Henry White was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

Hillary White was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

James White (d. 1792) 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.

Resident in or around Camden County, North Carolina in the 1850s

John White was a Chowanoke Indian. In 1719 he came before the… Read More

John White was born around 1853 in Virginia. White worked as a laborer and resided in Caswell County, North Carolina. White was charged with larceny on March 31, 1875, and sentenced to five years in the North Carolina State… Read More

John White 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.

John White (d. 1792) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

John White was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. In 1690 he witnessed a deposition signed by William Bundy concerning Sanders, an indentured American Indian man. No further records about this individual have been located.

John Harrison White was born in North Carolina on September 24, 1879. White was a lifelong resident of Broad River Township in McDowell County, North Carolina, where he owned a farm. He also served as a private in the Spanish-American War. He… Read More

John White Jr. was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1722 he served on a jury that heard the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. Any further information about this… Read More

John W. White was born in North Carolina on May 31, 1804. A resident of Warren County, North Carolina, he served as the deputy clerk for the local county court and by 1850 he assumed the role of clerk of the court, a role he held through 1860. He… Read More

Jorden White 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 White was born in North Carolina on June 14, 1867. White was a lifelong resident of Wilkes County where he worked as a bookkeeper and accountant in the wholesale grocery business in North Wilkesboro. He died in North Wilkesboro on July 29… Read More

Joseph Oliver White near Walnut Cove, North Carolina was born on December 20, 1838. White partnered with William Rowzee in running the Mansion House, a hotel in Salisbury, Rowan County. In 1870 George W. Kirk's troops visited Salisbury after… Read More

Luke White (d. 1796) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1742 he testified before the local court regarding Scipio, an enslaved American American man that had run away to Benjamin Hill's plantation. In 1778 White signed two oaths in both… Read More

Margaret Baxter White (née Cowell) was born on March 10, 1868, in Shawboro, North Carolina. White was a widow in Currituck County when she appealed to draft officials and politicians to garner an exemption from service for her son Ross L. White.… Read More

Mary Sophia White (née Logan) was born February 24, 1896 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. White attended Shaw University and married dentist James A. White around… Read More

Melvin Lucien White was born on June 8, 1857, in Kentucky. White came to North Carolina in 1882, where he served as a school teacher for 45 years. He was well known as a prolific editorial contributor to state newspapers, publishing his thoughts… Read More

Mordecai White (d. 1779) 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.

Mordeka White 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.

Moses White was a resident of Anson COunty, North Carolina. In 1772 he served on a coroner's jury which investigated the death of John Henry. White died sometime after 1790.

Pattie Olive Vaughn White (née Harbour) was born on March 25, 1845, in Virginia. White was a farm owner in Alamance County, North Carolina. She was married to Benjamin Franklin White. She died in Alamance County on September 14, 1929.

Ross L. White was born on September 15, 1890, in Seagull, North Carolina. White was a farmer and stock raiser when the United States rolled out a draft program to fight World War I. Subsequently, White was pulled into the service in September… Read More

Sarah Rebecca White (née Layden) was born on September 14, 1877, in North Carolina. She married Robert Timothy White on February 1, 1895. During World War I, she served as chairman of women's work in the War Savings Stamp campaign for Perquimans… Read More

Silas White (d. 1797) 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

Thomas White was a plantation owner in Bladen County, North Carolina. A local justice of the peace, he served on the freeholders court which heard cases involving enslaved individuals. He died in Bladen in 1768.