James Festus Barrett was born on January 15, 1882, in Madison County, North Carolina. Barrett was a newspaper editor and labor organizer, serving for many years as the president of the state's chapter of the American Federation of Labor and… Read More
Warren Jasper Barrett was born around 1830 in Georgia. Barrett was a merchant, farmer, and enslaver who served the Confederacy during the Civil War. He later served as a postmaster in Lenoir County. Barrett died in Texas on June 25, 1896.
Daniel Moreau Barringer was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina on July 30, 1806. A lawyer, he quickly entered the political profession, serving in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1829-1835 and again from 1840-1843 before… Read More
John Alston Barringer was born on August 30, 1851, in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Barringer was a lifelong attorney who operated his own practice in Greensboro, North Carolina. He additionally had a modest political career, serving as a… Read More
Moses Barrington, an African American man, was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina in about 1837. He served in Company I of the 36th Regiment United States Colored Infantry from 1863 to 1866. He was a resident of Norfolk County, Virginia by… Read More
David Barron (d. 1778) was a major in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. In July 1777 Governor… Read More
John Barrow was a Quaker who emigrated to North Carolina by 1662. A resident of Perquimans Precinct, he served as a member of the North Carolina Council from 1689 to 1691 and later as a justice of the Perquimans Court from 1689 to 1690 and from… Read More
Reason Barrow was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee who served as a a justice of the peace in 1837 and later was appointed as a postmaster in 1842.
William Barrow was a resident of Bath County, North Carolina. In 1701 the governor of North Carolina empowered Barrow, along with several other Bath county residents, to find and arrest three American Indian men who had allegedly threatened a… Read More
John Bartie was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
James Henry Bartlett, born in November 1867, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). He died at his home on April 23, 1942.
Elizabeth Jackson Bartley was born in Anson County, North Carolina on July 25, 1771. A resident of Anson County, in 1839 she made a sworn affidavit in support of her sister Huldah Hill's widow's pension application. She died sometime after 1839… Read More
John Barton was born in about 1731. A resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he helped establish and found Wilkes County, and likely served as a justice of the peace there. In 1779 he performed the marriage ceremony between Anna Allen and… Read More
William Barton was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina in about 1774. A resident of Pickens District, South Carolina, he served as a local magistrate. He died in Pickens County in about May 1863.
John Bartram (1699-1777) was an American-born colonial botanist known for his influential collecting and study of the flora and fauna of North America.
William Bartram was a resident of colonial Bladen County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions. He seems to have been the uncle of naturalist William… Read More
James Barzey was a ship captain who resided at times in New Bern. In 1777 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina and he, like many other loyalists, had to leave the state. He captained a ship called The… Read More
Joseph Basel [last name unclear] 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… Read More
Thomas Bashford was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County. He ran a tavern in Salisbury.
Andrew Marshall Basinger was born July 8, 1870, in Rowan County, North Carolina. Basinger was president of the Cotton States Wagon Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, and later worked as the state representative for the C. D. Frank Co., a… Read More
Cader Bass (d. 1791) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
Jacob Bass (d. 1810) 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.
Lucius Virginius Bassett was born on March 2, 1861, in Tarboro, North Carolina. Bassett was an attorney who served as state senator from Edgecombe and Halifax Counties from 1909 to 1913. During World War I, he served as chairman of the Edgecombe… Read More
Richard Batchlear was born in Virginia in about 1674. A resident of colonial North Carolina by 1697, in 1704 he and several other colonists near present-day Bath submitted a petition against the Mattamuskeet. Geneaological records suggest this… Read More
James Bate (d. 1787) 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
John Bateman (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.… Read More
Nehemiah Bateman (d. 1785) 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
William Bateman (d. 1780) 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
Kemp Plummer Battle was born in Louisburg (Franklin County), North Carolina, on December 19, 1831. Battle was an attorney, professor, and public servant who served as a trustee for (1862-1868 & 1874-1919) and president of (1876-1891) the… Read More
Richard Henry Battle was born in Louisburg (Franklin County), North Carolina, on December 3, 1835. Battle was an attorney, public servant, and Confederate veteran who served as a trustee for the University of North Carolina (1879-1912), as… Read More
Samuel Westray Battle was born in Nash County, North Carolina, on August 4, 1854. Battle was a physician in the United States Navy (1875-1884), director of the Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital in Biltmore (Buncombe County), and Surgeon General… Read More
Thomas Hall Battle was born on August 2, 1860 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Battle was a prominent businessman and public servant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He served as president of Rocky Mount Mills, solicitor of Edgecombe County (1882-1885… Read More
Harry Lee Baucom was born on October 4, 1891, in Wake County, North Carolina. Baucom was a car salesman for A. S. Morgan in Raleigh when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Wilmington (New Hanover County) on… Read More
Walter Raleigh Bauguess was born on May 25, 1888, in Weasel, North Carolina. Bauguess was an attorney in Jefferson, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was active in the Republican Party. Bauguess died… Read More
John Vance Bauguss was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on December 10, 1861. Bauguss spent most of his life in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), where he worked as a police officer and as an agent for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. During… Read More
Brumer Bawtor was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County.
The Bay River Indians were an American Indian tribe that resided near the present-day city of Bayboro in Pamlico County, North Carolina. Although their settlement was along the Bay River, colonists sometimes called them Bear River Indians,… Read More
Hezekiah Bayles was born in Washington County, Tennessee on January 27, 1793. A farmer and lawyer, he served as a justice of the peace for Washington County. He died in Ray County, Missouri in May 1854.
Ambrose Cox Bayley was a resident of colonial Craven County where he served as clerk for the Superior Court of the District of New Bern.
Jacob Bayley (1726-1815) was an officer for the British during the Seven Years War. He later served as a brigadier general for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. His last name is also sometimes spelled as "Bailie."
James Bazmore (d. 1804) 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.
Jesse Bazmore (d. 1809) 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
John Bazmore (d. 1790) 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
Thomas Bazmore 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.
William Bazmore 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.
Chauncey Delos Beadle was born in Ontario, Canada, on August 5, 1866. Beadle was a botanist and landscape architect who worked on the Biltmore Estate from 1890 until his retirement in 1950. During the latter part of his career there, he served as… Read More
William Paisley Beall was born on September 20, 1850, in Lenoir, North Carolina. Beall was a physician and longtime resident of Greensboro. During World War I, he served on the state's western district exemption board. Beall died in… Read More