Nehemiah Wilson Wallace was born on December 19, 1856 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Wallace was elected sheriff of Mecklenburg County in 1898 and served in that position until 1919. He later served as… Read More
Oliver Wallace was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, he and another man were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. A group of men from that district sent a petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs asking for… Read More
William Wallace was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy where he witnessed… Read More
Samuel Wallis (1728-1795) was a British naval officer who commanded warships off the Canadian coast during the Seven Years War.
Horatio Walpole (1678-1757) was a British politician, diplomat, and colonial administrator who held several offices over the course of his career, including surveyor and auditor general of the revenue in America, which position he held from 1717… Read More
John Walston (d. 1794) 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.
Philip Walston was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1721 he served as the precinct's constable. Any further information about this individual has not been identified.
Rudolph Emory Walters was born on November 5, 1874, in Cockery (Wilkes County), North Carolina. Walters served in the army as a sergeant during the Philippine-American War and then remained there as part of the police force. He later served as… Read More
Ulysses Burette Walters was born in North Carolina on March 10, 1882. Walters worked in the grocery business before opening The People’s Clothing Store in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) in 1914. He sold his business in 1920 and moved to… Read More
Henry Walton 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 independence.… Read More
Thomas Spivey (d. 1788) 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
Timothy Walton (1710-1770) was a representative of Chowan County in the colonial Assembly in 1740 and 1766 to 1768. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.
William Wands was born on May 1, 1874, in Gartness, Scotland. Wands was popularly known by the nickname of "Scotty," derived perhaps from his birthplace. He was a labor leader who organized fellow employees of the Southern Railway at Spencer… Read More
John Skottowe Wannamaker was born near St. Matthews, South Carolina, on September 25, 1869. Wannamaker is best remembered for being the president of the American Cotton Association. He died in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on July 7, 1944.
James Warburton (d. 1780) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a trial juror for the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Edenton District during the fall of 1777 when that court was investigating members of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. In 1778… Read More
John Warburton 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.
Luke Warburton (d. 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.
Alfred Decatur Ward was born in Wallace (Duplin County), North Carolina on December 25, 1859. Ward was an attorney who served as mayor of Kenansville, as a member of the state house (1893-1895), and as a member of the state senate (1913-1915… Read More
Benjamin Ward (d. c1785) 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
Daniel Ward 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.
Elizabeth Ward (d. 1807) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 she submitted a sworn deposition testifying that she heard… Read More
Enoch Ward was born in Virginia in about 1690. Later a resident of Carteret Precinct, North Carolina, in 1722 he became a local justice of the peace. He died in Carteret in about 1750.
Francis Ward (d. 1779) was a resident of colonial Tyrrell County and served as a politician and county clerk. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions. In 1777 he… Read More
George Ward was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 Daniel Leggett testified that George… Read More
Jesse Ward 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 independence.
John Ward was a resident of Chowan 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.
John Ward was born in Amherst County, Virginia sometime between 1708 and 1720. During the American Revolution he served as a major in the Beford County Regiment of the Virginia Militia. He died in Campbell County, Virginia in about November 1816… Read More
Joseph Ward was a resident of Chowan 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.
Michael Ward was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina 1718. Establishing himself on Catherine Creek, Ward received or witnessed several land conveyances from the individuals of the Chowanoke Nation to British colonists in the 1730s. He… Read More
Michael Ward (d. 1803) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he submitted a sworn deposition testifying about his involvement in and knowledge of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. Later in 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State… Read More
Phillip Ward (d. c1780) 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.
Samuel Ward was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina.
Thomas Ward (d. 1790) was a justice of the peace and a justice for the Bertie County Court of… Read More
Thomas Ward was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina.
Thomas Ward 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. In the list of… Read More
Thomas Ward Sr. was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North… Read More
William Ward was a resident of Albemarle County, North Carolina. In 1715 James Fleming testified that he saw William Ward try to march against a group of enemy American Indians, but that Christopher Dudley, another colonist, tried to stop him.… Read More
William Ward 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 Ward was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina who attested to the marriage between John Davis and Mourning Pilkinton in 1778. Any further information about Ward has not been located.
John Wardall 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.
Andrew Jackson Warner was born circa 1850 in Washington, Kentucky. During the Civil War, at the age of thirteen, he escaped slavery and fled to Ripley, Ohio, where he joined the Union Army as a drummer. Following his honorable discharge from the… Read More
Norman Ollen Warren was born on September 28, 1890, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Warren was a bank cashier for the Greenville Banking and Trust Company in Greenville, North Carolina, during World War I. He died in Greenville on November… Read More
Samuel Warren (d. c1806) was a resident of Pitt and later Edgecombe County. In 1777 he served as foreman on a jury of inquest that determined that … Read More
Stanford Lee Warren was born in 1863 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Warren relocated to Durham, North Carolina in his youth, taking up a job as a shipping clerk in the Bull Durham Tobacco company. He later attended and graduated from Leonard… Read More
Thomas Davis Warren, Sr. was born on January 21, 1872, in Chowan County, North Carolina. A longtime resident of New Bern, Warren served one term as a senator in the General Assembly (1901-1903), one term as a representative in the same (1905), as… Read More
George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. A surveyor in Culpeper County, Virginia, he originally made a name for himself as colonel of the Virginia Regiment during French and Indian War. He later became… Read More
James Washington was a resident of Northampton County and served as a politician. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.