James was a Tuscarora Indian man who assisted the North Carolina colonial government in 1721. In exchange for his services, James received ammunition, gunpowder, and gun flints. Any further information about this individual has not been located… Read More

Langstone was an American Indian man of unknown tribal identity who filed a suit against colonist Richard Skinner for debt in 1701. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

Manuel was an African American man. Enslaved by Governor Thomas Pollock, Manuel and his wife Frank were responsible for maintaining Pollock's plantation on Salmon Creek in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, seeming without white oversight for at… Read More

Sister of Samuel Thompson and Amy Robinson - Lives in Oklahoma City - Husband is William - Lives with Sam too

Sanders or Alexander was an American Indian man who resided in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1685. Sanders was likely born in New England, and may have been a Wampanoag, Narragansett, Wabanaki, or a member of another American Indian… Read More

Tom was an enslaved American Indian boy born in about 1694. Tom may have been Tuscarora, as his enslaver, William Hancock, lived near that tribe's village of Heeruta on the Neuse River. In 1702 William Frayly sued Hancock in court, claiming that… Read More

Virgil was an enslaved African American man. Enslaved by John Whitaker Cotten, when Cotten died, he stipulated that his wife Laura Placida Cotten would then assume ownership of Virgil, and that Virgil would drive the family's horse and carriage.… Read More

Husband of Mary - lives in Oklahoma City - may be a Methodist preacher

Willowby was presumably a Chowanoke Indian man. Sometime prior to April 1720 Willowby sold an enslaved American Indian captive to James Sitterson. When Sitterson did not pay Willowby, the Chowan chief John Hoyter came before the North Carolina… Read More

John Henry Wilson Upchurch was born in Tennessee on October 21, 1873. Upchurch moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina, by 1900, where he worked as a painter and served as a constable for North Wilkesboro. He died in North Wilkesboro on January 4… Read More

Slyvania Vance Upchurch was born in Raleigh on December 19, 1872. A travelling salesman, Upchurch lived in multiple cities and states over his career, often for no more than a few years at a time. In 1915, he was living in Morganton (Burke County… Read More

John Urmston was born in England in about 1662. A chaplain, he accepted a mission to North Carolina in 1709. Responsible for Chowan and Perquimans Precincts, Urmston found that there were few resources for or strong adherents to the Church of… Read More

Alexander Urquhart (d. 1804) 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 William Usher was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, on December 17, 1876. Usher lived in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) for most of his life where he worked as a corn merchant and real estate broker. He briefly lived in North… Read More

Ada Lee Utley (née Timberlake) was born on August 25, 1883, in Wake County, North Carolina. She married Philemon M. Utley in November 1917. She died in Wake Forest (Wake County) on July 25, 1949.

Philemon McGee Utley was born on October 23rd, 1889, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Utley was a clerk for the Virginian Railway Company in Norfolk, Virginia, when he applied for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Los Angeles on June 15… Read More

Edward Vail (1717-1778) was a colonial official, politician, and militia officer who represented Chowan County in the colonial Assembly in 1754-1762, 1770-1771, and 1773-1774. In 1754, he raised troops to help defend Virginia during the French… Read More

Frederick Vail (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.

Jeremiah Vail 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.

Jeremiah Vail Jr. was a resident of colonial Carteret County and served as a port inspector and politician. In 1755, Sumner joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

Thomas Vail (d. 1802) was a resident of Chowan County. As the clerk of the court for the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer, he oversaw some of the proceedings against the members of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy as they were brought to… Read More

Thomas Lodowick Vail was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on September 27, 1827. Vail was a Confederate veteran, farmer, and chairman of the board of county commissioners for Mecklenburg County. He died in Providence (Mecklenburg… Read More

Alexander Valentine (d. 1782) 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

Antonio Marcus Valz was born in Italy on December 28, 1848. Valz was a prominent engineer and railroad building contractor who resided in Staunton, Virginia. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 22, 1916.

Martin Van Buren was born in Kinderhook (Columbia County), New York,  on December 5th, 1782. Van Buren was an attorney and politician who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837-1841. Van Buren died in Kinderhook (Columbia… Read More

Gerard van Solengen was an owner of the sloop New York Packett and the brigantine Friendship in 1761.

Harriette "Hattie" Newell Vance, née Espy, was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on July 11, 1832. Harriet was the wife of Zebulon Baird Vance, a North Carolina politician. She died in Raleigh (Wake County), North Carolina, on November 3,… Read More

James Goabwilder 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.

John Vance 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 Brank Vance was born at Reem's Creek (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on April 24, 1828. Vance was a Confederate General and politician. He served as a Congressional Representative for the state of North Carolina from 1873- 1885, and a… Read More

Zebulon Baird Vance was born on May 13, 1830, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Vance was a Confederate veteran, attorney, and politician. He served as U.S. Representative (1858 to 1861), governor of North Carolina (1862 to 1865 and 1877 to… Read More

Zebulon Baird Vance, Jr. was born on March 22, 1860, in North Carolina. Vance was the son of former governor and United States Senator Zebulon Baird Vance. He was a Naval Academy graduate (1881) and career army officer who retired with the rank… Read More

Lewis Vandermulen was likely a Bay River or Bear River Indian who held a leadership role within the nation. He have have taken his English name from colonist Thomas Vandermulen or one of his relatives. In 1699 Lewis Vandermulen and several other… Read More

Charles Spurgeon Vann was born on January 7, 1857, in Hertford County, North Carolina. Vann was an attorney in Edenton, North Carolina. He died in Edenton on November 17, 1925.

Thaddeus Edward Vann was born near Winton, North Carolina, on April 22, 1846. Vann was a planter and real estate dealer in Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. He died in Como on April 9, 1931.… Read More

William Vann 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.

Hannibal Roscoe Vannoy was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on April 9, 1884. Vannoy was the secretary and treasurer for the Coca-Cola bottling plant in North Wilkesboro from 1909 to 1917, when he moved to Durham where he worked as an agent… Read More

James Edward Vannoy was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on April 4, 1868. Vannoy owned a produce and grocery store in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), which he opened with his father around 1898. He died in North Wilkesboro on January 26… Read More