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

Oscar William Bunn was born on March 1, 1900, in North Carolina. During his time in Durham, North Carolina, Bunn worked for the American Tobacco Company and was a member of the Durham Machine Gun Company, a unit of the North Carolina national… Read More

Moses Bunnell was a resident of Currituck County. He signed a bond promising that Caleb Ansill would… Read More

Daniel Buntin (d. 1820) was a resident of Pitt County. In September 1777 he was listed as a prisoner being held at the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer, likely in relation to having been involved in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. In 1778… Read More

Charlie Bunton was born on September 22, 1894, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Bunton was a farmer in Liberty, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. His mother was Sibbie Jane Bunton (1856-1935). Charlie… Read More

George Clinton Buquo was born December 11, 1875, in Houston County, Tennessee. Buquo was superintendent of the G. C. Buquo Lime Company in Hot Springs, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in September 1918. He died in… Read More

Devid Burch was a resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the Catawba, Cherokee, Seneca,… Read More

Charles Peyton Burchette was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on April 10, 1873. It appears Burchette lived in North Wilkesboro only for a couple years while working an office job at C. C. Smoot & Sons, a local tannery. By 1917, he… Read More

Reuben Burdine was born in Virginia in about 1789. A veteran of the War of 1812, he worked as a clerk in the U.S. War Department for over two decades. In the late 1830s and early 1840s he helped process Revolutionary War pension claims for the U.… Read More

Thomas Burges was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

Moses Alexander Burgess was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on April 19, 1871. Burgess was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain. He died there on March 20, 1943.

Stephen Burgess was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he was overheard stating that if the British troops were to come to North Carolina and attack them, they deserved it for promoting the pro-independence movement. Burgess may have made the… Read More

Harvey F. Burgin was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, in 1852. Burgin was a physician who served as the physician to the prisoners working on the Western North Carolina Railroad. 

John Burgoyne (1722-1792) was a British General during the American Revolution. In the summer and fall of 1777 he led a large force down from Canada with the intention of cutting of New England from the rest of the American colonies. While he had… Read More

John Burgwin (1731-1803) was an administrator, politician, attorney, enslaver, and merchant in colonial Wilmington. During the course of his career, he held the following offices or positions: quartermaster of the New Hanover County militia (1754… Read More

William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn was born on January 22, 1886, in Northampton County, North Carolina. A lawyer by training, Burgwyn served several terms as a state legislator in both the house and senate, as solicitor from 1932 to 1937, and as… Read More

John Burk 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.

Mary Freeman Burke (1752-1836) was originally a resident of Norfolk, Virginia before she moved to Hillsborough with her husband… Read More

Thomas Burke (c1744-1783) was a doctor, lawyer, and politician who resided in Orange County. He represented Orange in the North Carolina Provincial Congress then served in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia from 1777 to 1781. Between… Read More

William Burkett (d. 1792) was a resident of Bertie County and for a time, a justice of the peace. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy when he went to… Read More

Thomas Burkitt (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.

Hershel Burleson was born on January 29, 1895, in Glen Ayre, North Carolina. Burleson was a farmer in Glen Ayre when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in May 1918 and assigned to… Read More

Andrew Burn (d. 1781) 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 in… Read More

Frederick Burnam 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.

Peter Burnet (d. c1806) 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. 

Elsie Elmina Burnett (née Cordell) was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on February 28, 1860. Burnett was a niece of Jesse Stepp, who at one time owned the peak of Mount Mitchell. During the state's efforts to establish a state park there… Read More

John J. Burnett was born in Virginia in about 1796. A farmer, he also served as a clerk of the county court and postmaster for Smith County, Tennessee. He died in Marion County, Tennessee sometime after 1870.

Ovid Victor Burnett was born on November 14, 1879, in Madison County, North Carolina. Burnett was a physician in the Big Laurel community of Madison County. He died in Mars Hill (Madison County) on November 14, 1925.

Silas Burns was born in Andover, Massachusetts on June 17, 1804. Burns was a blacksmith in Raleigh who participated in the construction of the state capitol in the 1830s. He died in Raleigh on October 20, 1876.

John Burnsides was a resident of colonial Anson County. In an undated petition, he joined other Anson County residents in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to organize a patrol to defend against attacks by members of the Catawba, Cherokee,… Read More

George Burrington was born in Devonshire, England in about 1682. He was appointed governor of North Carolina in 1723, arriving in the colony in 1724. After a disagreement with the colony's chief justice Christopher Gale, Burrington was removed… Read More

Daniel Burton was a clergyman who served as a secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. He succeeded Philip Bearcroft.

Richard Smith Busbee was born on April 18, 1878, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Busbee was president of the Atlantic Fire Insurance Company, president of the Raleigh Building and Loan Association, and chairman of the Wake County Welfare Board. He… Read More

Samuel Johnson Busbee was born on August 24, 1875, in Wake County, North Carolina. Busbee served as a prison guard and later warden of the State Prison from 1916 to 1925. He died in Raleigh on July 17, 1941.

Frank W. Manning Butler was born on August 3, 1870, in Brunswick County, Virginia. Butler was a prominent African American insurance agent, banker, and steamboat agent in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He died in Elizabeth City on March 31, 1940… Read More

Isaac Butler 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.

Jacob Butler (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.

John Butler (d. 1807) 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 Butler was born in Virginia in about 1728. A resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he served as the local sheriff during the War of Regulation. Later he served as a delegate to the state's 4th and 5th provincial congress, and also… Read More

Nicholas Murray Butler was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on April 2, 1862. Butler was a career educator who served as president of Columbia University from 1901 to 1945. He died in New York City on December 7, 1947.

William Butler (d. c1778) 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 Butler Jr. (d. c1802) 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

Willis Butler (d. c1790) 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. In… Read More

Hermon Butner 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, Butner joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More

Roberta Sutton Butte (née Crews) was born on November 15, 1899. Butte was a stenographer in the North Carolina Adjutant General's Office during World War I. She died on February 2, 1981, and is buried in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Robert Butterton was a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina who served as the local deputy sheriff in 1769. He died in Bertie in 1785.

John Buttrey was a resident of Martin County, where in 1777 he and his brother Silvanus became members… Read More

Silvanus Buttrey (d. 1794) was a resident of Martin County, where in 1777 he and his brother John became… Read More

William Jackson Byerly was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, on March 5, 1873. Byerly was an accountant and banker in Mount Airy (Surry County) for several decades and later in Lexington (Davidson County). He died in Winston-Salem (Forsyth… Read More

John Gray Bynum was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on May 16, 1813. After studying law and being accepted to the bar, he served as a colonel in the North Carolina Militia and led a group of men in enforcing Cherokee removal from western… Read More