William W. Rollins was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, in 1839. Rollins was veteran of both the Confederate and Union armies and an officer on the Western North Carolina Railroad. He died in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on March 24,… Read More

Francis Rollinson (d. 1805) was a resident of Currituck County, near present-day Cape Hatteras. In late July 1777… Read More

John Rombough (d. 1778) was a resident of Chowan County, a ship captain, and a member of the Edenton Committee of Safety. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous… Read More

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, holding the office from March 4, 1933, until his death on April 12, 1945. During World War I, he served as the… Read More

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City, New York. Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). He died in Cove Neck, New York, on January 6, 1919.

Daniel Calhoun Roper was born on April 1, 1867, in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Roper served as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from 1917 to 1920. He died on April 11, 1943.

William Bryham Roper was born on June 7, 1870, in Norfolk, Virginia. Roper was the son of John Lonsdale Roper, prominent businessman and proprietor of the John L. Roper Lumber Company. He worked for his father's lumber company for a while and… Read More

William B. Rose was born in Warren County, North Carolina, around 1873. Rose was supervisor of the Rocky Mount Road District convict camp in Rocky Mount (Nash County) in the 1910s. He died in Rocky Mount on July 2, 1917.

Anthony W. Ross was born in North Carolina in about 1787. A resident of Anderson, South Carolina, he served as a reverend for the Old Stone Presbyterian Church in present-day Oconee County, South Carolina from 1837-1851. He died in Anderson… Read More

Arthur Ross was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, on March 17, 1871. Ross was a textile manufacturer and good roads advocate who served as president of the Davidson-Randolph Highway Association. He died in Asheboro (Randolph County) on… Read More

Charles Ellis Ross was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on June 30, 1862. Ross was a prominent physician who served on the medical staff of the State Hospital at Morganton (now Broughton Hospital) for fifteen years. He died in… Read More

Otho Settle Ross was born on June 26, 1897, in Durham, North Carolina. Ross was drafted into military service during World War I on September 6, 1918. Because he was drafted relatively late in the conflict, he was honorably discharged on December… Read More

Jessie Roth was born November 16, 1901, in North Carolina. The daughter of a Russian immigrant (Gustave Roth), Jessie was shot and seriously wounded in Henderson (Vance County) by Austin Green on September 5, 1917. She died from the effects of… Read More

Charles Roundtree (d. 1816) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates County. In 1778 he was in charge of a tax district in Chowan County and collected oaths of allegiance to the State of North Carolina from the white adult males living there.

Francis Rountree was a resident of Nansemond County, Virginia in 1686 and moved to North Carolina by 1702. There, he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary… Read More

George H. Rountree was born in Kinston (Lenoir County), North Carolina on July 7, 1855. Rountree was an attorney who served as legislator, president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and superior court judge (1913-1916). In 1898, Rountree… Read More

Robert Rountree was a resident of Nansemond County, Virginia in 1685 and moved to North Carolina by 1700. There, he purchased land from Nicholas Stallings on Bennett's Creek. In 1702 he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a… Read More

Thomas Rountree (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

Noah James Rouse was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on April 13, 1861. Rouse was an attorney who served as mayor of Kinston twice. He was a brother-in-law of James Y. Joyner. Rouse died in… Read More

James Rogan Rousseau was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on October 1, 1887. For most of his career, Rousseau worked in government. In 1917, he was working as a deputy U.S. Marshal. He later worked as a tax agent for both the… Read More

William Archie Rousseau was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on November 29, 1891. As a young man, Rosseau worked as a grocery store clerk and later as a postal clerk in the local post office. In June 1918, he was commissioned… Read More

Matthew Rowan (died 1760) was a merchant, shipbuilder, colonial administrator, and politician who served as acting governor of North Carolina from January 1753 until Arthur Dobbs's arrival in October 1754. He was a member of the colonial Assembly… Read More

Abraham Hamilton Rowland was born on September 5, 1889 in North Carolina. Rowland was a farmer in the Marble community of Cherokee, North Carolina, who served in the 322nd Infantry and the 105th Engineers in World War I. After serving overseas… Read More

Minnie Azalee Rowland (née Barton) was born on September 29, 1895, in Marble, North Carolina. She married Abraham H. Rowland in 1912. She died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on October 15, 1941.

William Rowley (circa 1690-1768) was a British politician and navy officer who served as a lord of Admiralty from 1751 to 1757.

William Rowzee was born in North Carolina in 1810. In the 1850s he began operating the Mansion House, a hotel in Salisbury. In 1870 George W. Kirk's troops visited Salisbury, Rowan County after arresting someone on insurrection charges, and… Read More

W. R. Royal was a day laborer who lived along the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of the possessions of Royal, his wife, and their three… Read More

Beverly Sampson Royster was born in Granville County, North Carolina, on January 17, 1865. Royster, a lawyer by training and profession, was a long-time member of the North Carolina National Guard, joining the… Read More

Gordon H. Rudisill was born in Catawba County, North Carolina on 28 August 1901. In 1919 he was caught making illegal moonshine and sentenced to working on the state road crew for six months. Upon reviewing his case, Governor Thomas W. Bickett… Read More

Jacob Andrew Rudisill was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on August 18, 1884. Rudisill was a professor who later worked as a bookkeeper for Duke Power Company. He briefly worked as a teacher in Northampton County in the 1910s. Rudisill… Read More

Annie Haywood Ruffin was born in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina on March 28, 1829. The daughter of a prominent lawyer and later U.S. Senator, she and her siblings were members of Raleigh's elite social scene. She married Samuel Ruffin, a… Read More

Thomas Ruffin was born on September 21, 1824, in Hillsborough (Orange County) North Carolina. He was a lawyer, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice (1881 to 1883), and a Confederate veteran. He helped to prepare the contract for the sale of the… Read More

William Cain Ruffin was born on September 29, 1865, in Graham, North Carolina. Ruffin was a banker and cotton manufacturer connected with various cotton mills in North Carolina and Virginia. During World War I, he served as the chairman of the… Read More

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Frederick Kelsey Rupprecht was born on July 30 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. Rupprecht was the president of the Consolidated Textile Corporation, a collective of twenty-five mills throughout New England and the South. The corporation included… Read More

James Russel 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, Russel joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More

David Samuel Russell was born in Carteret County, North Carolina, on June 24, 1856. Russell was a farmer, merchant, and real estate agent who served as a longtime mayor of Andrews (Cherokee County). He died in Andrews on March 19, 1940.

George Russell (d. 1781) 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.

Robert Russell 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, Russell joined others from the Salisbury District… Read More

Griffith Rutherford was born in Ireland in approximately 1721. He settled in Rowan County, where he worked as a surveyor before serving as a captain in the state militia during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution he enlisted… Read More

John William Rutherford was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 26, 1867. Rutherford was a prominent dairy farmer and lumberman who served as a member of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from 1910 to 1916. He died in… Read More

John Rutherford Jr. was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on October 18, 1789. Rutherford donated a large tract of land to what became Rutherford College. He is mentioned in a letter from his wife,… Read More

John Rutherfurd (1724-1782) was a merchant and politician from New Hanover County who served as a member of the North Carolina Council (1752-1757 & 1762-1775) and as receiver general (1751-1757, 1761-1762, & 1762-1776).

William Edward Rutledge was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, on November 13, 1887. Rutledge was a publisher and newspaper editor in Yadkinville. He died there on April 2, 1966.

Norman W. Rutter was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 7, 1873. He remained a resident of Portsmouth throughout his life and worked as a ship joiner at the U.S. Navy Yard. He died February 20, 1920.

George Ryan (d. c1791) was a captain in the Bertie County Militia and was directed to administer the oath of allegiance to all of his troops in response to news of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.

William Ryans 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.

William Henry Ryder was born on February 28, 1894, in Glasgow, Virginia. Ryder was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit. In July 1920, he deployed with his company to Alamance County on orders from the governor to… Read More

Elisabeth Rye was born in about 1770 in North Carolina. During the time of the American Revolution she lived in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sometime after the war she moved to Chambers County, Alabama, where she made a sworn affidavit in support of… Read More