William Birnen 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.

Claude Virginia Bishop (née Barham) was born in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina, on April 27, 1861. Bishop was a woman who seems to have served as a rural mail carrier in Durham, North Carolina. She died there on January 31, 1940.

Thomas Bissel 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.

Alexander Black (d. 1791) was a civil servant and resident of Chowan County. In 1777 he was summoned before… Read More

Joseph Black was born in Wilson County, North Carolina, on January 1, 1862. He was the son of Joe Black and Beckie Mitchel, both born in Wilson County as well.

Black was a farmer in Greene County. In early April 1916, Black's son… Read More

Samuel Black (d. 1782) was a cabinet maker in Tyrrell and later Chowan County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy, with one other member of the plot,… Read More

Samuel Black was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, Black joined others from the Salisbury District… Read More

Sidney Arthur Black was born on July 10, 1889, in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Black was a mechanic and cabinet maker at the Hickory Cabinet Manufacturing Company in Hickory, North Carolina. He died in Catawba County, North Carolina, on… Read More

Will Black was born around 1897 in Greene County, North Carolina. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah (or Sallie) Black.

Black was accused of sexually assaulting a six year old girl in Snow Hill (Greene County) on May 31, 1916. State… Read More

William Ernest Black was born in Maxton (Robeson County), North Carolina, on July 1, 1856. Black was a prominent attorney in Maxton who later changed careers to become a Presbyterian minister, serving communities largely in and around Charlotte.… Read More

Eli Marcellas Blackburn was born in Mulberry (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on October 18, 1864. Blackburn was a merchant, real estate broker, and local politician in Wlkes County who served as an active member of the local Republican Party,… Read More

John Blackburn (d. 1785) was a door keeper for the Committee of Safety in Edenton and served as the Deputy Sheriff of Chowan County in 1778. That same year, he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to… Read More

Manly B. Blackburn was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on August 21, 1858. Blackburn was a longtime resident of Boone, where he served as register of deeds, alderman, and court clerk before entering the private sector as a merchant and… Read More

Thomas Edgar Blackstock was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on June 30, 1878. Blackstock was a proprietor of a wholesale lumber dealer in Asheville who served as chairman of a commission charged with the purchase and conservation of the… Read More

Bascom Barrie Blackwelder was born on July 4, 1884, in North Carolina. Blackwelder was a veteran of World War I, an attorney, and an executive at a yarn mill in Hickory, North Carolina. He died in Hickory on April 12, 1961.

John Wilson Blackwelder was born on June 30, 1855, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Blackwelder was a mayor of Hickory (elected in 1908), cashier of the Hickory Banking and Trust Company, and sheriff (elected in 1898, 1900, and 1902). He died… Read More

William Blackwood was born in Ireland in 1706 and was a resident of Orange County, North Carolina by 1755. In 1771 Johnston, along with several other prominent Orange County citizens, successfully petitioned for … Read More

James Gillespie Blaine was born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1880. Blaine was an influential Republican politician who served as Speaker of the House (1869-1875) and as Secretary of State (1881 & 1889-1892). He… Read More

Frank Paul Blair was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on July 9, 1877. Blair was a lifelong resident of Wilkes County, where he grew up on his family farm. Later in life, he opened a grocery store in North Wilkesboro and founded the North… Read More

Franklin Smith Blair was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, on October 12, 1846. Blair was for several years a professor at Guilford College in Greensboro. He seems to have left around 1925 or 1926 to move to New Jersey. He died in Mount… Read More

Henry Theodore Blair was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on March 25, 1887. Before World War I, Blair worked at his brother's business, Blair & Co. Grocery. A graduate of Davidson College, he served as a captain in the U.S. Medical… Read More

Jean Johnston was born in Scotland in about 1729. She arrived in North Carolina in about 1735 when her father became the Surveyor General for North Carolina. Her father amassed considerable tracts of land in Onslow, Craven, and Bladen counties.… Read More

John Blair was born in Washington County, Tennessee on September 13, 1790. A lawyer, he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817 and in the Tennessee State Senate from 1817 to 1821. He then represented Washington and… Read More

Walter Hutchinson Blair was born on May 6, 1890, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Blair was a civil servant (tax collector and register of deeds) who helped lead a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation in food, clothing, and… Read More

James Blake (d. 1783) was a resident of Bertie County who in 1777 refused to swear an oath to the State of North Carolina and consequently had to leave the state. In March 1778 Governor… Read More

William Blakeney (1672-1761) was an Ireland-born politician, colonial administrator, and British army officer who served as lieutenant-governor of the island of Minorca (1747-1757).

Gaston David Blalock was born on November 2, 1874, in Stanly County, North Carolina. Blalock was a farmer, sheriff of Stanly County for two terms, and was periodically supervisor of prison camps. In September 1919, Sheriff Blalock was dispatched… Read More

Captain Aaron Blanchard was a Quaker born in North Carolina in about 1700. In 1717 the Chowanoke Nation submitted a complaint to the North Carolina Council stating that Aaron and Ephraim Blanchard had settled on their lands without permission. In… Read More

Amiriah Blanchard (d. 1824) 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

Demsey Blanchard (d. 1795) 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… Read More

Micajah Blanchard (d. 1798) 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 Blanchard 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 A. Bland was born in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on March 18, 1872. Bland was a dentist who served on the board of aldermen and as mayor of Charlotte (1911-1915). He died in Charlotte on May 14, 1947.

Thomas Lee Bland was born December 17, 1881, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Bland was a hotel proprietor and businessman in Rocky Mount and Durham. During World War I, he served as the director of the United States Public Service Reserve for… Read More

Woodson Blankinship was born in about 1805 and was a resident of Franklin County, Georgia who served as a justice of the peace in 1832.

Aaron Blanshard 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

Abner Blanshard (d. 1793) was a resident of Bertie and 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

Absalom Blanshard (d. 1785) 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… Read More

Amos Blanshard (d. 1780) 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

Benjamin Blanshard was born in about 1680, possibly in Virginia. By 1702 he had acquired land in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. That year, he and several of his neighbors submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a boundary… Read More

Ephraim Blanshard was a resident of Chowan County who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina in 1778.

Moses Blanshard 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

George Bledsoe 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 Blish was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 6, 1686. A mariner and merchant, Blish involved himself in trade between New England and North Carolina. While in North Carolina, Blish enslaved several American Indians of unknown tribal… Read More

Benjamin Allen Blocker was born on December 25, 1884, in Fairfield County, South Carolina. A graduate of Allen University, Blocker owned and operated Blocker Cleaners in Columbia, South Carolina. He died in Columbia on October 18, 1960.

Edmund Blount was the Sheriff of Tyrrell County who executed several warrants against Gourd Patch co-conspirators.