Captain Richard Smith was a planter who resided alongside the Pamlico River in Bath County, North Carolina. Smith resided in Bath by 1697, when he served as one of the county's first representatives to the House of Burgesses. Later in 1703 he and… Read More

Richard Smith was born in North Carolina on June 10, 1780. A merchant and justice of the peace in Wake County, North Carolina, he helped many people submit pension claims for service during the American Revolution. He died in Raleigh on October… Read More

Robert Smith (d. 1798) was a lawyer and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 and 1778 he signed a series of oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might… Read More

Robert Smith was a Patriot officer who served as a captain in the 4th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line from 1776 to 1777. He later served as a captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1779 to… Read More

Robert Lee Smith was born on April 4, 1864, in North Carolina. He was an attorney in Stanly County, North Carolina. In the summer of 1919, he represented Tallassee Power Company against allegations of violent treatment of labor organizers. Smith… Read More

Samuel Smith associated with known loyalist agitator, Josiah Phillips, who carried out raids against pro… Read More

Samuel Smith, of London, served as private attorney for royal governor Arthur Dobbs and as colonial agent for the North Carolina Council from 1759 to 1764.

Stephen Smith (d. c1795) was a justice for the Hyde County Court. In 1777, as a member of that court, he helped oversee the collection of loyalty oaths from the county's white male citizens.

Susan Smith was born on November 30, 1887, in Harnett County, North Carolina. Smith was a stenographer in Averasboro, North Carolina, who served as the chief clerk of the Harnett County Exemption Board during World War I. She later relocated to… Read More

Thomas Smith was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

Wade Cothran Smith was born in Georgia on June 1, 1869. Smith was a minister who served as editor of a monthly Presbyterian magazine called The Missionary Survey, published out of Richmond, Virginia. He seemed to split his time between… Read More

Ward William Smith was born on June 19, 1876, in Manhattan. Smith was manager of the Fruit and Trade Association, based in New York City. He died in the Bronx on May 27, 1943.

William Smith was an English attorney who arrived in North Carolina in early 1731 to accept his commission as chief justice of the colony's general court and president of the North Carolina Council. He resigned in May 1731 due to a disagreement… Read More

William Alexander Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina, on January 9th, 1828. He was a farmer, railroad president, legislator, and congressman. Smith served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1873-1875. Smith died in Richmond,… Read More

William Alexander Smith was born in Cartersville, Georgia, in 1858. Smith was an attorney who served as mayor of Hendersonville (Henderson County) and as the vice president of the Greater Western North Carolina Association. He died in… Read More

William Nathan Harrell Smith was born in Murfreesboro (Hertford County), North Carolina, on September 24th, 1812. Smith was a attorney, judge, and politician. He served as a representative in the Confederate Congress from 1862-1865. Smith died in… Read More

Mack C. Smithey was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on September 13, 1875. Smithey was a veterinarian and drayman in Wilkes County. He died in North Wilkesboro on February 26, 1918.

Nikeard Bruce Smithey was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on August 11, 1880. Smithey opened a store in Wilkesboro in 1899. By the time of his death, his company, N. B. Smithey Co., had grown into a chain of department and grocery stores… Read More

Dorman Stewart Smithson was born on April 22, 1892, in Alabama. Smithson was an employee of the Hardaway Contracting Company in Iredell County, North Carolina, when he was ordered to report for military service in September 1917, in support of… Read More

Luke Smithwick (d. 1778) 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. 

James Clinton Smoot was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 1, 1857. Smoot was a businessman connected with the tannery operation C. C. Smoot & Sons Company in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). He later moved to Charlotte (Mecklenburg… Read More

Stephen K. Sneed was born in North Carolina on July 2, 1794. He worked as the clerk of the county court for Granville County, North Carolina. He later resided in Fayette County, Tennessee, where he died on March 14, 1841.

William Morgan Sneed was born in North Carolina in about 1780. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace in Granville County, North Carolina. He died in about 1849.

Roger Snell was born in England in about 1647. He immigrated first to Maryland in 1661 and later to North Carolina by 1694, establishing himself in Perquimans Precinct. In 1697 he served as a witness in the case against Dorothy Steele, a colonist… Read More

Charles H. "Charlie" Snider was born in North Carolina on January 23, 1889. On December 14, 1918, Snider—freshly discharged from the army at Camp Greene—slashed the throat of Southern Railway engineer Hugh Alexander Winders (1892-1918) and cut… Read More

Thomas Snoden first appears in North Carolina colonial court records in 1693. An attorney, he served as the clerk of the general court from March 1703 to July 1705. He served as the colony's attorney general from July 1705 to 1708, during which… Read More

Cindy Snow was a Black woman who was described as "very old" in 1916. That July, she was living along the Yadkin River in Marsh Township (Surry County) when a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks and washed away all of her… Read More

George Snyder was born circa 1885 in North Carolina. As a child, Snyder was stricken with an unnamed disease that left him paralyzed down one side of his body. Despite the impediment, he proved himself to be a good worker and secured work as a… Read More

Chartered in 1701, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts organized missionary work in colonial British America.

John Solley was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1713. There he served as a justice of the North Carolina General Court from 1722 to 1723 and later served as a justice of the peace for Pasquotank. He died sometime after 1735… Read More

Michael Sope 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

Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) was a German princess whose marriage to King George III in 1761 made her Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), a position she held until… Read More

Alonzo Herman Sorrell was born on January 23, 1894, in Sumner, Georgia. During World War I, Sorrell served with Company A of the 317th Machine Gun Battalion and was deployed overseas from July 1918 to June 1919. He was honorably discharged from… Read More

Andrew South 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.

Charles Sowell (d. 1802) 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.

Francis Sowell (d. 1796) 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… Read More

Richard Spaight (1730-1763) was a colonial official in New Bern who served as secretary and clerk of the crown for North Carolina (1755-circa 1762). During the French and Indian War, he served as paymaster for the North Carolina regiment. He was… Read More

Joseph Bingman Sparger was born in Surry County, North Carolina, on November 22, 1864. Sparger was a longtime resident of Mount Airy, where he served as postmaster (1924-1936), county commissioner, and as chairman of the Surry County Highway… Read More

Jesse Sparkman (1745-1781) 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.

William Sparkman (d. 1784) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

Rufus Armenius Spaugh was born on November 5, 1865, in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Spaugh served as vice president of the Forsyth Manufacturing Company from 1903 to 1921. He died in Winston-Salem on April 8, 1953.

Charles Clinton Spaulding was born in Columbus County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1874. Spaulding's prolific career with North Carolina Mutual—a Black-owned, Durham-based company that focused its business on… Read More

Josiah Speight (d. 1783) 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

William Speir was a resident of colonial Pitt County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions. His name may also be found spelled as "Spier" or "Speer."

Henry Spellar (c1720-1807)  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. … Read More

John Spelman was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1688. In 1697 Dorothy Steele left her husband and hired William Lee and John Spelman to take her to South Carolina. After a group of American Indians attacked the group north… Read More

Daniel Spence was born in Surry County, North Carolina on July 20, 1794. A Methodist preacher, he resided in Union County, Illinois. In 1836 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Rosana Murray's widow's pension application. He died in Union… Read More

Union Lee Spence was born on August 20, 1867, in Stanly County, North Carolina. Spence was an attorney in Carthage, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Moore County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Pinehurst (Moore County… Read More