Thomas Driver was a 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.

Walter Droughan was a planter in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1733 he witnessed a lease in which James Bennett and other Chowanoake men let land to colonist Thomas Taylor. He later resided in Bertie County, where he died in about 1766.

William Dry III (1720-1781) was a merchant, planter, militia officer, politician, and colonial official who served as a member of the Assembly representing the town of Brunswick (1760-1762) and as a member of the North Carolina Council (1764-1775… Read More

Thomas Coleman Du Pont was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 11, 1863. Du Pont was a wealthy and prominent businessman who served as president of the Du Pont Company and senator from Delaware (1921-1928). He died in New Castle, Delaware,… Read More

John DuBois (circa 1700-1768) was a shipowner, merchant, enslaver, and town alderman in colonial Wilmington. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was… Read More

William Duckenfield was an English nobleman who arrived in North Carolina from Cheshire by June 1683. He originally settled on Little River in Perquimans Precinct, where he served on the North Carolina Council and in the colonial assembly. By… Read More

Earl Ellicott Dudding was born on October 16, 1871, in Putnam County, West Virginia. In 1909, Dudding killed his uncle and began a five-year sentence in a penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia. The experience set his life on a new course,… Read More

Christopher Dudley was born in Person County, North Carolina in about 1775. A resident of New Hanover County, North Carolina he worked there as a postmaster. In 1839 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Lucy Brown's widow's pension application… Read More

James Benson Dudley was born on November 2, 1859, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Dudley served as president of what is now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1896 to 1925. He died in Greensboro (Guilford County) on… Read More

Robert Dugan 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

William Duggan (1754-1800) 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. He… Read More

James Buchanan Duke was born in Orange County (present-day Durham County), North Carolina, on December 23, 1856. Duke was an influential businessman and philanthropist who invested heavily in the textile, energy, and tobacco industries. He died… Read More

Thomas Dunbar (died 1767) was a career British army officer who commanded the 48th Regiment of Foot during the French and Indian War. He served as lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar from 1755 to 1767.

Daniel Dunbibin was a night watchman, clerk, treasurer, and town commissioner in colonial Wilmington. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then… Read More

Edward Carlton Duncan was born in Beaufort (Carteret County), North Carolina on March 28, 1862. Duncan was a banker, legislator (1895 and 1897 sessions), and collector for internal revenue (1898-1908) who served as a member of a committee charged… Read More

James Duncan Jr. was born in North Carolina in about 1768. Originally a resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, he witnessed his uncle John Hill's marriage to Huldah Jackson and also saw wounded soldiers on their return from the Battle of… Read More

James Duncan Sr. was born sometime prior to 1750. He was a farmer in Rutherford County, North Carolina during the American Revolution. After the war he moved to Anson County, North Carolina. No further records about this individual have been… Read More

Julius Edgar Duncan was born in Moravian Falls (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on November 10, 1875. Duncan was a physician in Wilkes County. He died in North Wilkesboro on August 15, 1930.

Ralph Duncan was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on September 7, 1884. Horton was the co-founder of Horton Telephone Co., Wilkes County’s local telephone service. He also owned an appliance store in North Wilkesboro and served on both the… Read More

Fleetwood Ward Dunlap was born in Marion, South Carolina on August 30, 1884. Dunlap was an attorney who served as mayor of Wadesboro (Anson County) from 1912 to 1914. He died in Albemarle (Stanly County) on January 15, 1938.

Charles F. Dunn was born in North Carolina on January 31, 1856. Prior to the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865, Dunn was enslaved in Lenoir County, North Carolina, by a minister named John P. Dunn (1792-1859).

Upon Dunn's death,… Read More

Elbert McDonald Dunn was born on May 12, 1889, near New Bern, North Carolina. Dunn was a farmer in Pamlico County, North Carolina, who was called for military service during the country's mobilization for World War I. He successfully appealed the… Read More

John Dunn was born in New Bern (Craven County), North Carolina, on March 23, 1855. A lifelong resident of New Bern, he worked as a merchant of dry goods before working in insurance. In 1914, he signed a petition to request W. W. Lawrence be… Read More

John Dunn, Jr., 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, Dunn joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More

Josiah Dunn was a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, born in about 1735. He was a member of the Quaker Settlement at Wrightsborough until 1775 when he was banished from the group for "using profane language" and hiding a thief. During the… Read More

Mary Catherine Dunn (née Holton) was born on February 10, 1891, in North Carolina. She married Elbert M. Dunn on December 30, 1914. Mary died on February 15, 1980.

Billy Dunston was born around 1809. Dunston was a Black man who worked as a laborer during the construction of the state capitol in Raleigh during the 1830s. He seems to have been a longtime resident of Wake County and was later engaged in the… Read More

Edmund Dunston (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.

Benjamin David DuPre was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1799. A Presbyterian minister, he helped establish a church near Wahalla in Pickens District, South Carolina. He died in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia on April 18, 1863.

John Durant was the King of the Yeopim Indian nation from at least 1723 to at least 1740. As the nation's leader. in 1740 he appealed to the North Carolina Council and successfully won authorization from that body for the Yeopim to sell portions… Read More

Thomas Durant was a member of the Yeopim nation. In 1736 he sued John Robins, a member of the Chowanke nation, for debt in the Chowan County court. The case was delayed for several years, as John Robins failed to appear in court. He died sometime… Read More

Philip Durell (1707-1766) was a British naval officer who served as commander-in-chief of the British Navy in North America in 1758 (during the Seven Years War).

The identity of this author is not now known. Though there is a Rufus Jackson Durham living in Polk County, North Carolina, around the time of the related correspondence, the man isn't married and additionally isn't old enough to have a fourteen-… Read More

Francis Durrance was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 Daniel Leggett signed a deposition stating… Read More

William Durrance (c1738-1808) was a resident of Tyrrell County. After initially refusing to take an oath of secrecy when… Read More

Timothy Dwight was born in Norwich, Connecticut on November 16, 1828. Dwight was a career educator who served as president of Yale University from 1886 to 1899. He died in New Haven, Connecticut on May 26, 1916.

Dempsey Dwyer 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.

Jeremiah Dyson (circa 1722-1776) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade (1764-1768) and lord of the Treasury (1768-1774).

Winnin Ras Dyson was born on September 16, 1888, in White Lake, North Carolina. Dyson was a farmer in Bladen County, North Carolina, who served with the 317th Field Artillery during World War I. He died in Orange County, Florida, on January 8,… Read More

Daniel Earl (died 1790) was an Ireland-born Anglican clergyman and missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. In 1757, Earl (also spelled Earle) was sent to the Albemarle Region of provincial North Carolina where he served as… Read More

Gromalin Earls 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.

Benjamin Early was an African American man born in Virginia in 1826. A resident of Peoria, Peoria county, Illinois by 1880, he was a teamster and a fireman. Died October 12, 1886. 

Thomas Archibald Early was born on July 23, 1887, in North Carolina. Early was chief of police for the town of Badin, North Carolina, from April 1918 to October 1925. In 1919, he provided testimony in an investigation into the alleged abuse of… Read More

James Stanislaus Easby-Smith was born on May 17, 1870, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Easby-Smith was an attorney who served as a legal advisor to Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder during World War I. He aided in the revisal of the classification… Read More

Peter Lassett [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

Abner Eason (d. 1794) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County Court of… Read More

George Eason (d. 1802) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.