Tom Belmore was born around 1859 in North Carolina. Belmore was a farmer who resided in Rowan County, North Carolina. Belmore was charged with larceny on April 29, 1878, and sentenced to one year in the North Carolina State… Read More
Frederick Edward Belo was born on June 27, 1811 in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Belo was an enslaver and prominent businessman who was active in the railroad industry. He died on October 2, 1883 in Salem (Forsyth County), North Carolina. For… Read More
John Belote (d. 1796) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
Peleg Belote (d. 1793) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777, motivated by a fear that the State of North Carolina was seeking to erode the importance of the Protestant religion, he swore three oaths of secrecy and became a member of the Gourd… Read More
George Belue was a resident of Anson County, North Carolina. In 1772 he served on a coroner's jury which investigated the death of John Henry. Belue died sometime after 1775.
Henry Belue was a resident of Anson County, North Carolina. In 1772 he served on a coroner's jury which investigated the death of John Henry. Belue died sometime after 1790.
Joseph Bembridge was a resident of Craven County, North Carolina. In August 1754 Joseph and his wife Lydia were murdered by Jack, an African American man enslaved by Newmann Dunn, leaving behind the couple's infant child Abigail. The motive for… Read More
Lydia Bembridge was a resident of Craven County, North Carolina. In August 1754 Lydia and her husband Joseph were murdered by Jack, an African American man enslaved by Newmann Dunn, leaving behind the couple's infant child Abigail. The motive for… Read More
Benjamin Benberying [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
Charles David Benbow was born October 13, 1859, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Benbow was a longtime resident of Greensboro, where he was a prominent businessman. He died on August 10, 1947, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
John Thomas Benbow was born on December 18, 1881, in East Bend, North Carolina. Benbow was a physician in Winston-Salem. He died in East Bend (Yadkin County) on April 5, 1958.
John Benbury was a resident of Chowan County, North Carolina. In the 1750s he served as a sheriff for the county. He died in Chowan on about March 20, 1755.
Ruth Felton was born in Virginia in about 1710. In about 1730 she married Richard Freeman and the couple moved to Chowan County by 1753. Ruth survived her husband's death in 1767 and shortly after she married John Benbury, a planter from Chowan.… Read More
Thomas Benbury (28 November 1736-6 February 1793) was a politician and soldier from Chowan County. A sheriff and justice of the peace, he also represented Chowan County at all five provincial congresses and in the… Read More
William Benbury was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. He and four other men made an inventory of former governor… Read More
William Benbury (d. 1796) 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
Mary Amis was born in Halifax County, North Carolina in about 1755. In 1776 she married prominent Orange County merchant and plantation owner Richard Bennehan. The couple had two children together and eventually resided at Stagville, their… Read More
Richard Bennehan was born in Richmond County, Virginia on April 15, 1743. A merchant, in 1768 he moved to Snow Hill in Orange County, North Carolina, where he managed a store in partnership with plantation owner William Johnston. Johnston and… Read More
Earnest Archie Bennett was born on May 25, 1895, in Wentworth, North Carolina. Bennett was a clerk for the City Grocery Co. in Madison, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into… Read More
John Bennett (d. 1781) was a sailor who 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
Lydia Boyd was born in Chowan County in about 1752. The daughter of a local planter and justice of the peace, Lydia married William Bennett, a wealthy planter and merchant sometime before 1774. The Bennetts resided in Edenton and managed a large… Read More
William Bennett (d. c1802) was a sailor who 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 in 1778.
William Bennett was a prominent planter, businessman, and justice of the peace in Chowan County. The husband of a signer of the Edenton Tea Party Resolves, Bennett was a member of Edenton's committee of public safety in 1775 and assisted the… Read More
Enoch Berry Benson was born in South Carolina on September 27, 1789. A former sheriff for Pendleton District, South Carolina, he operated a mercantile business. He died in South Carolina on March 4, 1860.
William Benson was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County… Read More
John Bentley (d. 1802) 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 Bentley (d. c1786) 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
James Bently 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.
Elisha Benton (d. 1799) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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
Henry Benton (d. 1782) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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
Isaac Benton (d. 1791) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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
Jethro Benton Jr. was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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
Moses Benton (d. 1793) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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
Christopher Thomas Benzien was a Moravian minister and leader who immigrated to America in 1754 where he served as chaplain of a settlement called Gnadenthal.
George B. Bergen was born in New Jersey in 1843. A Lieutenant for the U.S. Army Civil War, he became a Lt. Colonel and served as second in command to Col. George W. Kirk during his operations In North Carolina in 1870. Bergen was removed from… Read More
William Beriman (d. 1827) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More
Francis Bernard (1712-1779) was a colonial administrator who served as governor of New Jersey (1758-1760) and Massachusetts (1760-1771). His reactions to the colonists' response to Parliamentary taxation deepened divisions between Parliament and… Read More
Joseph John Bernard was born on November 9, 1859, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Bernard served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners, as bookkeeper for the central prison in Raleigh, as chief deputy of the Wake County Deeds office, and as… Read More
William Berother was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to sign an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina.
Edward Berriman (d. 1800) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More
Albert Seaton Berry was born in Fairfield (Campbell County), Kentucky on May 13, 1836. Berry was a lawyer, Confederate veteran, and member of the Kentucky state senate. He died in Newport (Campbell County), Kentucky on January 6, 1908.
Charles Berry (died 1765) served as chief justice of the colonial-era North Carolina Supreme Court from 1759 until his death in 1765.
John Berry 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.
Richard Thomas Berry was born on September 12, 1832, in Hyde County North Carolina. Berry was a former Lieutenant in the North Carolina militia during the Civil War. After the Civil War he became involved in politics and was elected Mayor of New… Read More
The Bertie County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions was a local county court responsible for the day-to-day administration of the community. Justices of the peace elected by the colonial governor and later by the… Read More
Lord Robert Bertie (1721-1782) was a British army officer and politician who commanded troops during the Seven Years War.
Thomas Best (d. 1791) was a resident of Martin County. A near neighbor of John Lewellen, Best… Read More
Nathaniel Bethel was a resident of colonial America who was master of a sloop called Hester in 1761.
Lauchlin Alexander Bethune was born on November 15, 1867, in Aberdeen, North Carolina. Bethune was an educator, newspaperman, businessman, banker, and state senator. He was a longtime resident of Clinton, North Carolina. He died in Clinton on… Read More