Edmund Lacey was born in Pennsylvania in 1742. A resident of Chester, South Carolina, he served as a captain, and later colonel of the Turkey Creek or Chester District Militia. Lacey served throughout the later half of the war, most notably… Read More
George Laciter was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1702 he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary dispute between the colonists and the… Read More
Robert Laciter was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1702 he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary dispute between the colonists and the… Read More
James Walter Lackey was born on April 10, 1873, in Stokes County, North Carolina. Lackey was a farmer who served as deputy sheriff for Stoke County around 1918. He died in Asheboro (Randolph County) on September 2, 1948.
Benjamin Rice Lacy, Sr. was born on June 19, 1854, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lacy served as state treasurer from 1901 until his death in 1929. He died in Raleigh on February 21, 1929.
James Horace Lacy was born in New Bern (Craven County), North Carolina, on August 25, 1835. Lacy was the son of Drury Lacy, who served as the reverend of the Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. He died in Chapel Hill, while a student at the… Read More
Samuel Laird was licensed by Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of London, on October 12, 1755, to serve as a clergyman in colonial North Carolina. Prior to his licensure, Laird was for four years a tutor in Virginia. He was educated at Glasgow College.
Juliana Hudson was born in Massachusetts in about 1660. Later a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina, she married John Taylor in about 1684. After Taylor died in 1695, she married Benjamin Laker, a member of the North Carolina Council… Read More
Mary Ryan was born in about 1710 and was a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina. She married Richard Lakey, a joiner, by 1734. In 1742 she testified in a case before the North Carolina Colonial Court regarding Scipio, an enslaved man that… Read More
Joshua Lamb was born in Massachusetts in November 1642. A resident of Roxbury, Massachusetts, he served in King Philip's War. This conflict pitted colonists and their American Indian allies, including the Mohegans and Pequots, against another… Read More
Matthew Lamb (circa 1705 - 1768) was a British bureaucrat and legal adviser to British aristocrats. He served as counsel for the Board of Trade from 1746 until his death in 1768. As counsel, he interpreted policy and colonial law and weighed… Read More
Moses Lamb was born around 1850 in North Carolina. Lamb worked as a laborer and resided in Camden County, North Carolina. Lamb was charged with larceny on January 25, 1875, and sentenced to two years in the North Carolina State… Read More
Thomas J. Lamb was born in Ireland in 1865. Lamb and his wife, Elizabeth Brown, an immigrant from England, were furriers and tailors in Baltimore, Maryland, before moving to Asheville, North Carolina, in 1916.… Read More
Thomas J. Lambe was born on May 6, 1851, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Lambe owned and operated a popular clothing store in Durham, North Carolina for more than forty-five years. He died in Wake County on August 31, 1932.
George Catron was born in Virginia in July 27, 1805. A farmer and wagon maker, he signed onto a bond for George Kinder for the administration of Kinder's mother's estate. He died in Wythe County on October 15, 1898.
Frank Simmons Lambeth was born on August 20, 1857, in Thomasville, North Carolina. Lambeth was a leading businessman and citizen who helped establish the chair manufacturing industry in Thomasville by helping to organize the Thomasville… Read More
John Walter Lambeth, Jr. was born on January 10, 1896, in Thomasville, North Carolina. During World War I, Lambeth served overseas from July 1918 to July 1919. Upon his return, he worked for his father at the Lambeth Furniture Company, first as… Read More
John Walter Lambeth, Sr. was born on May 25, 1868, near Thomasville, North Carolina. Lambeth was a banker, furniture manufacturer, and local politician. He was connected with the Standard Chair Company until he organized the Lambeth… Read More
Duncan Lamon was a resident of Edgecombe County, North Carolina by 1749. A local justice of the peace, Lamon also served on the North Carolina Colonial Assembly in 1760, 1761, and in 1766-1768. During the American Revolution Lamon served on the… Read More
Samuel Lancaster 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.
Newton Jerome Lance was born in North Carolina on August 11, 1854. Lance was a farmer in Hot Springs (Madison County), North Carolina. He died there on April 12, 1921.
Bird Land was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he swore three oaths and became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. He later gave a sworn deposition about his involvement in the plot and appeared on a list of witnesses at the Edenton… Read More
Henry Clayton Landon was born on July 11, 1860, in Massachusetts. Landon was a civil engineer who moved to North Carolina to pursue a career constructing and overseeing the operations of a lumber railway from Wilkesboro to Grandin in the… Read More
Abraham Lane 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.
Agnes Lane (née Lacy) was born July 9, 1892, in North Carolina. Lane was a stenographer in Wilson County. She died on August 26, 1989.
Franklin Knight Lane was born on July 15, 1864, near Charlottestown, Canada. Lane served as United States Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, from 1913 to 1920. He died in Rochester, Minnesota, on May… Read More
Julian Jay Lane was born on July 1, 1888, in Wilson County, North Carolina. Lane was an insurance agent in Wilson, North Carolina. He died there on September 5, 1946.
Leon Theodore Lane was born on July 17, 1871, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Lane served as sheriff of Chatham from 1910 until 1920, when he resigned to campaign for election to the legislature. Lane won and took his seat in 1921. He died in… Read More
William Cobb Lane was born in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina, on November 25, 1874. Lane lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) for about eighteen months while he worked as a pharmacist at North Wilkesboro Drug Company. He and his… Read More
Edward Langford was a resident of colonial New Hanover County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle, threatening both beef and… Read More
William Franklin Langley was born on March 9, 1896, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Langley was a farmer in Pitt County, North Carolina, upon the outbreak of World War I. The Eastern District Exemption Board overturned a ruling by the county… Read More
Willis Langley (d. 1780) 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
John Dallas Langston was born on March 22, 1881, near Aurora, North Carolina. Langston was a lawyer by training who embarked on a military career shortly after the United States' entrance into World War I. During the war, Langston first served on… Read More
Andrew Lanier was born around 1885 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Lanier was a citizen of Fayetteville, where he worked as a barber and served as the secretary of the Fayetteville branch of the NAACP. He died in Durham on March 22, 1934.… Read More
James Lanier was born in Virginia sometime after 1724 and later became a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina. A member of the Pitt County Committee of Safety, Lanier represented the county at the 2nd North Carolina Provincial Congress. He… Read More
Nathaniel Lanier was a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina. In 1778 he served on a coroner's jury which investigated the death of Jim Bowser. Lanier died sometime after 1782.
Elmer Dore Lansing was born in Troy, New York on July 26, 1879. He moved to Montreat (Buncombe County) in 1897. He spent most of his career working as a clerk at Commonwealth Bank in nearby Black Mountain. He also served as postmaster of Montreat… Read More
Numa Albert Lasley was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, on January 16, 1877. Lasley likely moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) around 1910 where he worked as a police officer. He served as the town’s chief of police from 1913 until… Read More
Aaron Lassiter (d. 1815) 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
Aaron Lassiter Sr. (d. 1781) 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
Abisha Lassiter 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
Amos Lassiter (d. 1815) 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
Benjamin Lassiter was born at an unknown location and date, but resided in Lenoir County by July 1870. That month, he murdered Alexander Croom, a six year old African American boy. After the murder Lassiter fled and was never charged for the… Read More
Frederick Lassiter (d. 1787) 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
George Lassiter (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 Carolina… Read More
James Lassiter 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 Lassiter 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