Milton Perkins, formerly Milton Cowen, was an African American man born in Pulaski County, Kentucky in about 1846. He served as soldier in Company G, 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. A… Read More
Robert Perkins (d. 1810) 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.
Perley & Crockett was a logging enterprise that operated in the mountains of Western North Carolina in the 1910s. Pennsylvania businessmen Frederick A. Perley and William H. Crockett owned and stewarded the operation.
Frederick Allen Perley was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on December 19, 1876. Perley was a civil engineer who was co-proprietor of the logging firm Perley & Crockett. He first arrived in Black Mountain, North Carolina in 1913 to… Read More
Abraham Perry (1735-1788) 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.
Elmer Ross Perry was born on June 17, 1887, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer. He died on October 30, 1963, in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Isaac Perry 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 Perry (d. 1789) was a resident of Martin County. According to John Collins, in 1777 … Read More
John Perry 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.
Josiah Perry (d. 1821) 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. Later… Read More
Born in North Carolina in about 1833. Parker Perry was an African American man employed by the U.S. government as a laborer during the Civil War in Portsmouth, Virginia. He remained a resident of Portsmouth, Virginia after the war and worked as a… Read More
Samuel Perry was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North… Read More
Theodore Heflin Perry was born on July 13, 1867, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer in the Hadley Township of Chatham County. He died in Burlington, North Carolina, on November 3, 1941.
Thomas Perry was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
William Perry was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he served on a jury of inquest that determined that … Read More
John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, near Laclede, Missouri. Pershing was a West Point graduate and career military officer who served as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He died in Washington, D.… Read More
Benjamin Person 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.
John Person 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.
Thomas Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
William Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
Edward Fitzgerald Pescud was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 20, 1855. Pescud moved to Raleigh with his family around 1868 where he owned and operated a bookstore from around 1905 until his retirement in 1929. In 1914, he was elected… Read More
Bartlet Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1760. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More
Laurence Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1766. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn… Read More
Martha Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1768. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, she witnessed her sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More
Obie Pettiford was born on July 16, 1887, in Person County, North Carolina. When Pettiford, an African American farmer, was called for military service during World War I, his employer interceded to ensure that he was exempted from service due to… Read More
Charles Pettigrew 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.
Lewis Henry Petty was born June 12, 1888, in Chatham County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and later a cotton mill laborer. He lived in Chatham, Orange, and Alamance Counties. He died on July 27, 1964.
Joseph Hopkins Peyton was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on May 20, 1808. A medical doctor, he represented Sumner in the Tennessee State Senate in 1840. He then served as a Whig in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, during… Read More
Henry Neal Pharr (born October 24, 1865) and James Ardrey Bell (born September 12, 1866), of Charlotte comprised the law firm Pharr & Bell.
Edgar Walker Pharr was born on March 4, 1889, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. An attorney in Charlotte, Pharr served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and was its speaker in 1925. He died in Washington, D.C., on… Read More
Aaron Phelps 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.
Demsey Phelps (d. 1798) 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
Richard Phelps (1744-1771) served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768. He was appointed and vacated the office in the same year.
Charles W. Phifer was born in Tennessee in January 1833. He attended the University of Mississippi and the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1854. He and other members of his graduating class were in the same circles… Read More
Adrian Franklin Philips was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on November 30, 1877. Philips was a prominent druggist and apothecary who specialized in medicines derived from roots and herbs. He died in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 1939… Read More
Robert Philips 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.
Christopher Phillippi was born in Lancaster County, Virginia on December 12, 1762. A farmer in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1845 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Margaret Kinder's widow's pension application. He died in Wythe County on… Read More
Charles Henry Phillips was born on March 15, 1866, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Phillips was a superintendent for the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing Company in Graham. In 1920, he provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted… Read More
Dorsey Ernest Phillips was born on February 8, 1874, in Hyattstown, Maryland. After serving in the United States Army with the 7th Regular Cavalry (May 1893 to May 1898), Phillips went on to become a special agent for the Bureau of Investigation… Read More
Josiah Philips (d. 1778) was a laborer in Princess Anne, Virginia. During the American Revolution he called himself a loyalist and recruited a group of other men who travelled throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina… Read More
Lee Vance Phillips was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, on November 11, 1864. Phillips was the secretary and treasurer of the Linwood Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of veneer and "thin lumber" in Linwood (Davidson County), North… Read More
Thomas Jefferson Phillips was born in Boomer (Wilkes County) on June 5, 1890. In 1912 he opened the City Market grocery store in North Wilkesboro. He served as the town’s mayor from 1919 to 1923. He later moved to Lenoir, where he owned a… Read More
William Walker Phillips was born on August 22, 1886 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Phillips was owner and operator of the American Cafe in Graham, North Carolina. On the night of July 19, 1920, he and two others—James A. Ray and Clem William… Read More
Louis Julian Picot was born in Murfreesboro (Hertford County), North Carolina on January 9, 1853. Picot was a physician in Littleton (Halifax County) who served as president of the North Carolina Medical Society and as superintendent of the State… Read More
John Pilkinton was born in about 1758. A resident of Johnston County, he signed the marriage bond between his sister Mourning Pilkinton and John Davis, a Revolutionary War soldier. He died sometime after 1830, last residing in Wake County, North… Read More
Richard Pilkinton was born in about 1758. He served as a private in the Johnston County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1779 to 1781. A pensioner himself, he later made a sworn affidavit in support of his sister's widow's pension… Read More
Gideon Johnson Pillow, Jr. was born in Tennessee in 1836. A University of North Carolina graduate (1855), Pillow was one of several who died in the explosion of the steamboat St. Nicholas on the Mississippi River on April 24, 1859.
Charles Pinfold (1709-1788) was the Captain General and Governor of Barbados from 1756 to 1766. His administration occurred during the Seven Years War.