Josiah William Bailey was born on September 14, 1873, in Warrenton, North Carolina. Bailey was a newspaper editor, conservative reformer, and politician. From 1913 to 1921, he served as the IRS collector for the state of North Carolina. In 1930,… Read More

Robert Bailey was born in Montgomery County in 1807. A resident of Bath County, Kentucky, he worked as a shoemaker. The son of a Revolutionary War veteran, Bailey served as a reference for his aunt Mary Yarborough's pension application, attesting… Read More

Rufus D. Bailey was born on January 5, 1858 in Statesville, North Carolina. Bailey was a prominent Black merchant and property owner in Statesville. He died there on November 17, 1927.

William Bailey was born in about 1737. A resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, he brought clothing to his son John Bailey who was serving in nearby Norfolk, Virginia as a private in the Continental Army. William Bailey may have died in Bath… Read More

George Lawrence Todd Baily was born on November 21, 1879, in Mount Kisco, New York. Baily was an organizer of the Hickory Chair Company, for which company he worked forty years, as secretary and treasurer and later as manager. He died in… Read More

Jarvis Johnson Bain was born in Martinsville, Indiana, on May 2, 1880. Bain was a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers. He served as District Engineer for the district at Nashville, Tennessee, from July 22, 1916 to until September 26,… Read More

George Bains (d. 1802) 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.

Everard Hall Baker was born in December 1871 in North Carolina. He was, for many years, chief clerk of the State Auditor's office. During World War I, he served as paymaster of the North Carolina Naval Militia. He died in Asheville (Buncombe… Read More

James Baker (d. 1790) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

James Marion Baker was born in Lowndesville, South Carolina, on August 18, 1861. Baker served as Secretary of the United States Senate from 1913 to 1919. He died on November 21, 1940.

Jennings Baker was a resident of Virginia. In 1783 Grainge, an African American man enslaved by Jennings, was found guilty of attempting to stir up an insurrection in Chowan County, North Carolina. Any further information about Baker has not been… Read More

John Baker was born in North Carolina around 1901. On the night of January 26, 1916, Baker was shot three times by officer Rufus Beck in Raleigh, North Carolina. Baker was allegedly robbing the home of Mr. S. Glass on N. East St. at the time he… Read More

Ned Baker was likely a relative of Hannah Salter Blount, whose first husband was William Baker… Read More

Newton Diehl Baker was born on December 3, 1871, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Baker served as United States Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. He died in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on December 25, 1937.

Samuel Baker arrived in Bladen County, North Carolina by 1736 and became a justice of the peace by 1740. He served as a member of the freeholders court which heard cases involving enslaved individuals. He died sometime after 1757.

George Petrovich Bakhmeteff (1847-1928) was a career diplomat who served as Russia's ambassador to the United States from 1911 to 1917.

James Baldwin was a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina. An owner of enslaved people, Baldwin received compensation when one of his enslaved people, an African American man named Cain, was executed for murder. Baldwin died sometime after… Read More

John Ball was a resident of colonial America who mastered a sloop called Jove in 1762.

Richard Ball was a resident of Winyah Parish, South Carolina. In 1724 Ball and Anne, his enslaved American Indian servant, sailed to North Carolina along with Jacob and Anne Johnson. During their voyage, Ball and the Johnsons visited Peter… Read More

James Ballard 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.

Kedar Ballard was born in Gates County, North Carolina in about 1747. Originally a captain in the Edenton District Minutemen in 1776, in 1777 he became a captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line. He was captured by the… Read More

Thomas Ballard (d. 1794) was a resident of Bertie County who represented the county in the Provincial Congress in 1775. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous… Read More

Broadus Landrum Ballenger was born in Welford, South Carolina, on February 7, 1875. Ballenger was a merchant in Tryon (Polk County), North Carolina. He died in Asheville on April 2, 1960.

William Bransford Ballou was born in Halifax County, Virginia on February 27, 1868. Bransford was a longtime resident of Oxford (Granville County), where he worked as the agent for the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1923, he moved to Richmond,… Read More

John Baltzell was born in Maryland in about 1782. A saddler and hardware supply owner, he also served as a judge for the county court in Union, Illinois. He died in Union County, Illinois on January 1, 1860.

Albert Hubbard Bangert was born in New Bern (Craven County), North Carolina on August 29, 1873. Bangert was a farmer and real estate agent who served as alderman and as mayor of New Bern. He died in New Bern on December 19, 1944.

Charles Edward Banks was born on July 6, 1854, in Portland, Maine. During World War I, he was a senior surgeon for the United States Public Health Service and the chief medical adviser for the War Risk Insurance Bureau. He died in Hartford,… Read More

Richard Banks 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 Whitlock Banner was born on April 29, 1867, in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Banner was a physician and surgeon who specialized in ear, eye, nose, and throat diseases. During World War I, he served on the Committee of American… Read More

Benjamin Baptist was born in about 1675 and was a resident of Perquimans and later Chowan County, North Carolina. A doctor, in 1742 Baptist testified in a case before the North Carolina Colonial Court involving Scipio, an enslaved man that had… Read More

Claudius Barclay Barbee was born on February 1, 1856, in Harnett County, North Carolina. Barbee was a prominent merchant in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia. During World War I, he served as a member of the Soldiers' Business Aid… Read More

Stella L. Barbee (née Kilpatrick) was born on February 10, 1881, in Kinston, North Carolina. Barbee was a graduate of the Rex Hospital School of Nursing in Raleigh who advocated publicly for the enrollment efforts of the American Red Cross. She… Read More

Peter Barbel 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.

Arthur Connie Barber was born in Boonville (Yadkin County), North Carolina on June 6, 1895. Barber was a farmer in Crutchfield (Surry County) in the 1910s and 1920s. He later moved back to Boonville, at which place he died on December 19, 1937.… Read More

William Barber 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.

James Barbour was born in Orange County, Virginia on June 10, 1775. A Democratic-Republican, he was the Governor of Virginia from 1812 to 1814 and represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate from 1815 to 1825. He then served as the Secretary of War… Read More

Luther Howerton Barbour was born on September 7, 1892, in Durham, North Carolina. During World War I, Barbour served overseas with the 113th Field Artillery, seeing combat at Beaumont, Toul, St. Mihiel, and… Read More

Isaac Barbree was a resident of Tyrrell and later Martin Counties. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. When the plot was discovered and… Read More

John Barclay 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.

Thomas Barecock was born in about 1643 and was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1679. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted… Read More

James Barfield was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

John William Barineau was born on October 23, 1882 in Decatur, Georgia. Barineau was a farmer who served with the North Carolina National Guard. As first lieutenant in the Lincoln Home Guard Company, he was called out to Charlotte in August 1919… Read More

John Quinton Barker was born in Wake County, North Carolina, on May 15, 1866. Barker was engaged in the lumber and tanning business in Andrews (Cherokee County) until his relocation to Florida. He died in Gainsville on March 10, 1926.

Penelope Padgett was born in Edenton, North Carolina in 1728. The daughter of a prominent doctor, she married attorney John Hodgson in 1745 after Hodgson's former wife, (and Penelope's older sister) Elizabeth died. Penelope assumed the care of… Read More

Thomas Barker (1713 - 1789) was a prominent Edenton lawyer and Bertie County legislator who served as public treasurer of the northern district of North Carolina from 1748 to 1764. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of… Read More

London-based merchants involved in the payment of British troops overseas during the Seven Years War.

James Barkes 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.

Edward Brevard Barkley was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on November 29, 1868. Barkley was an insurance agent who served as mayor and postmaster of North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). He died in North Wilkesboro on August 5, 1934.

William Barksdale was a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina. In1776 he testified before the local court that Rose, an enslaved woman, confessed to him that she had burned down John Bradford's barn. Barksdale died sometime after 1790.

William Barnard (1697-1768) was an Anglican minister who served as the Bishop of Derry from 1747 to 1768.

Arabella Clark Barnes (née Cotten) was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, in 1839 to a wealthy planter family. When she was six years old, her father passed away in Florida, where he also owned land. Growing up in Raleigh, she was highly involved… Read More