Ward Fulton Brown was born in Bells Mills, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 1869. Brown was a prominent lumberman from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who served as president and manager of Brown Brothers Lumber Company. He purchased a 12,000 acre tract… Read More

William Brown (d. 1814) 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.

Samuel Browne (d. 1795) 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.

George Brownrigg was a resident of Edenton. Together with other residents, he wrote a petition to Arthur Dobbs requesting that the colony reduce its duties on exporting wine and other alcohol from North Carolina.

George Bruere (1744-1786) was the Lt. Governor of Bermuda from 1780 to 1781.

William Brunkett was a stonecutter in Raleigh (Wake County) who worked on the construction of the state capitol in the 1830s. He married Jane England in December 1836. No other records could be found.

Henry Bruton was born on December 25, 1872, in Stanly County, North Carolina. During the Spanish-American War, he served with the 3rd North Carolina Infantry as a corporal. A longtime resident of Stanly County, he worked as a hotel porter in… Read More

John Fletcher Bruton was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on May 29, 1861. Bruton was an educator, attorney, and banker who served as a member of a committee charged with overseeing relief funds for Western North Carolina survivors of… Read More

Stephen Bruts [last name unclear] 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… Read More

Dean Stanley Bryan was born in North Carolina on April 15, 1885. Bryan was a farmer who worked as an overseer at the prison farm at Tillery in Halifax County around 1918 and 1919. An investigation into alleged prison abuses in May 1919 revealed… Read More

J. Bryan was a resident of Tennessee who served as a pension agent for Rachel Debow's widow's pension application in 1852. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

John Bryan (1734-1801) was a colonel of the Craven County Militia from 1775 to 1779. In 1777 he served as the high sheriff for the State of North Carolina. In 1779 he became a colonel of the newly-created Jones County Militia, a position he… Read More

Lucy Davis Haywood Bryan was born in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina on June 15, 1805. The daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and state senate clerk, she married John Stevens Bryan in 1829 and the couple had at least seven children. She… Read More

Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) was a soldier and politician from Jones County. In 1777 he served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Samuel Bryan was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in about 1726. In 1748 he moved to Anson County, North Carolina and by 1753 he had established his own prosperous farm, mill, and ferry in Rowan County along the Yadkin River. A veteran of… Read More

William Bryan (1747-1800) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County… Read More

William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Illinois on March 19, 1860. Bryan was a politician and lawyer who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1891-1895) and as the U.S. Secretary of State (1913-1915). He died in Dayton,… Read More

William Lewis Bryan was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on November 19, 1837. Bryan was a Confederate veteran, merchant, hotel proprietor, and prominent civic leader who served as a United States commissioner and mayor of Boone. He died… Read More

George W. Bryant was born in Grayson, Virginia, on August 1, 1859. Bryant was a farmer and laborer in Rockford Township, Surry County. He and his wife Lucinda "lost everything" in a devastating July 1916 flood. Bryant died in Elkin (Surry County… Read More

Henry Edward Cowan Bryant was born on January 3, 1873, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Bryant was a journalist who wrote for the Charlotte Observer, the Missoulian (Montana), the New York World (Washington, D.C… Read More

John Bryant 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 Y. Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 23, 1808. A resident of Washington, D.C., he worked as a clerk in the U.S. General Land Office in the 1840s and later became an agent who would process claims against the U.S.… Read More

Lalister Bernard Bryant was born on December 14, 1887, in Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Note: There is some documented variation in regards to his birthyear. His World War I draft registration card records his birthyear as 1884, while his… Read More

Robert Bryant was a militia captain and resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.

Victor Silas Bryant, Jr. was born on September 29, 1898, in Durham, North Carolina. Bryant—an attorney with Bryant, Brogden & Bryant, of Durham—was a corporal in the Durham Machine Gun Company which helped put down a lynch mob in Alamance… Read More

William Bryant 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.

Thaddeus Dillard Bryson was born on October 4, 1873, in Bryson City, North Carolina. Bryson was a superior court judge for the 20th Judicial District (1918-1926) and law professor at Duke University (1927-1947). He died in Bryson City on August… Read More

James Buchanan 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. Later that year he wrote that he, and fellow Bertie County residents… Read More

Ellit Buchannan was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.

Solomon Buck was born in October 1823 in Virginia. A farmer, he witnessed Margaret Kinder's widow's pension application in the court of Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County in 1911.

Richard Buckley (d. 1801) 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.

Neptune U. Buckner was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on May 8, 1872. Buckner was an advertising writer who served as secretary of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce from 1910 to 1922. He died in Tampa, Florida, on October 26, 1944. He… Read More

Frank Wilder Buell was born in Genesee County, Michigan in 1859. Buell was a Bay City-based lumberman who expanded into the timber market in North Carolina during the 1910s. He died in 1953.

Theodore Buerbaum was born on September 2, 1852, in Westphalia, Germany. A German immigrant and longtime Salisbury resident, Buerbaum was best remembered for his interest in community building and for the local bookstore he owned and operated for… Read More

Henry Buford was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on September 15, 1751. A resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he served a a captain of the local militia regiment during the war and later was the county sheriff. He died in Bedford County on… Read More

William Bull II was born in St. Andrews Parish in South Carolina on September 24, 1710. Bull served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1759 to 1775. His loyalty to the crown during the American Revolution resulted in the end of his… Read More

Robert Lee Bullard was born on January 15, 1861, in Youngsboro, Alabama. A West Point graduate, Bullard was a career army officer, serving in the army from 1885 to 1925. He died in New York City on September 11, 1947.

William Alexander Bullis was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on November 29, 1870. Bullis spent most of his adult life in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), where he worked as an agent for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance. He also served as… Read More

Leonard Henley Bullock 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.

Richard Bullock was born in about 1781-1784. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he served as a member of the county court of pleas and quarter sessions. He died in Granville County in 1841.

James Marshall Bumgarner was born in Reddies River (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on May 19, 1877. Bumgarner served as chief deputy sheriff of Wilkes County from 1900 until 1928, when he was appointed a deputy U.S. marshal. He died in… Read More

Embrey Bunch (d. 1789) was a skilled carpenter, planter, and 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… Read More

Jeremiah Bunch (d. 1797) 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 Bunch 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.

Julius Bunch (d. 1789) 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. Later… Read More

Paul Bunch was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.

Shadrach Bunch (d. 1790) 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.

William Bunch 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 Buncombe (1742-1778) was a planter and soldier who resided in Tyrrell County. In 1775 he became the Colonel of the Tyrrell County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia and in 1776 he became the Colonel of the 5th North Carolina Regiment.… Read More

William Bundy was a Quaker who arrived in the Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1664. A member of the North Carolina Council in 1684, he later served as a justice for the Prequimans Precinct court from 1690 to 1692. In 1690 he also served as… Read More