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Alexander Gelatly served as the Register for Chowan County before refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, choosing to leave the state instead. In the summer of 1777 he carried a … Read More

John Henry Gentry was born on February 22, 1881, in Jefferson, North Carolina. Gentry was a farmer and merchant in the Lansing community of Ashe County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died on June 13, 1973.

Ida Johnson Gerrey (née Hicks) was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, on January 19, 1869. Gerrey was a homemaker in the Walnut Cove community of Stokes County. She died there on September 15, 1936.

James Buchanan Gerringer was born on July 18, 1856 in Alamance County, North Carolina. Gerringer was a prominent farmer, one-time magistrate, deputy sheriff, and an officer with U.S. Revenue. He was interrogated by solicitor Samuel M. Gattis… Read More

Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry (née Dresser) was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 17, 1873. Gerry was a prominent philanthropist who managed the Biltmore Estate (Buncombe County, North Carolina) following the sudden death of her… Read More

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Robert Lardner Gibbon was born on December 6, 1866, in North Carolina. Gibbon was a surgeon who served on the Committee of American Physicians and guided the state's mobilization of medical resources during World War I. He died in Charlotte on… Read More

William Burg Gibson was born on May 19, 1853, in Iredell County, North Carolina. Gibson was a farmer and merchant in Statesville who served as chairman of the State Farmers Union, among other positions. During World War I, he served on the state'… Read More

Jessy Gilberd was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county. His name may have also been spelled as Jesse… Read More

William Lee Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1847. Gilbert was a bookkeeper who resided in, over time, Pender, Iredell, and Sampson Counties. Following a devastating July 1916 flood in the western part of North Carolina,… Read More

Thomas Giles was likely a resident of Union County, Illinois who served as the administrator of John B. Murray's estate. He died sometime before 1836.

Samuel Gilkey 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

Isaac Gill, Jr. was born on December 27, 1892 in Rhode Island. A West Point graduate and career army officer, Gill served as commanding officer of Camp Polk outside Raleigh, N.C., in the fall of 1918. He died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on… Read More

Aaron Gillett was born in about 1730. A resident of Stono, South Carolina by 1771, he had an established medical practice. During the American Revolution he served as a surgeon in the Continental Army with his son Elijah assisting him. After the… Read More

Frederick Huntington Gillett was born in Massachusetts on October 16, 1851. He was a senator and representative from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1925. Gillett died in Springfield… Read More

George William Gillette was born on November 4, 1888, in Onslow County, North Carolina. Gillette was a career military officer and government engineer. During World War I, Gillette served as captain of Company A of the 105th Engineers. He died in… Read More

Henry Augustus Gilliam was born on March 9, 1819. Gillam was an attorney, a Major in the Confederate Army, and a slave owner. He died in Edenton (Chowan County), North Carolina, on July 10, 1891.

Henry Augustus Gilliam, Jr. was born in Edenton (Chowan County), North Carolina on September 7, 1870. Gilliam was an attorney who served as county attorney for Edgecombe (1908-1912), as state senator (1913-1915), and as a member of the state… Read More

Donald Gillis was born in Florida on December 2, 1869. Gillis was an attorney who moved to Asheville (Buncombe County) in 1897. He served as editor of the Citizen for a time. Gillis remained in Asheville until his death there on February… Read More

Ellison Lindsay Gilmer was born in Greensboro (Guilford County), North Carolina, on August 31, 1866. Gilmer was a career army officer who served during the Spanish American War and World War I. He retired in 1922 with the rank of colonel. Gilmer… Read More

John Alexander Gilmer was born in Greensboro (Guilford County), North Carolina, on April 22, 1838. Gilmer was an attorney, Confederate veteran, state legislator (1870-1871) representing Guilford and Alamance counties, and superior court judge (… Read More

Frank Hackett Gilreath was born in Moravian Falls (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on March 15, 1869. Gilreath was a physician who ran a medical practice in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) for several decades. Around 1938, Gilreath suffered an… Read More

Elizabeth Dye Gladden was born in Fairfield District, South Carolina in about 1751. There, she married William Gladden, a Revolutionary War soldier and the couple had at least eight children together before his death in 1793. Elizabeth lived the… Read More

James Glen was born in Linlithgow, Scotland, in 1701. Glen served as royal governor of South Carolina from 1738 until his recall in 1756. He died in London on July 18, 1777.

Eugene Byron Glenn was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on June 21, 1870. Glenn was a physician and surgeon who championed infrastructure and health improvements in and around Asheville. He died in Asheville on March 30, 1924.

Robert Brodnax Glenn was born on August 11, 1854, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Glenn, a Democrat, served as Governor of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909. He died in Canada on May 16, 1920.

Charles Glover was born in Buckingham County, Virginia on January 23, 1794. A farmer, he served as a postmaster and presiding judge of the court for Bath County, Kentucky. He died in Bath County on May 4, 1870.

John Glover was a planter in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina. In 1736 Andrew Broughton brought a suit against Glover for keeping Cyrus, an enslaved American Indian whom Broughton argued he ought to have custody of. Glover died sometime after 1739… Read More

William Glover arrived from Virginia at Little River in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1690. By November of that year he became the clerk of the North Carolina Council. In 1695 he became the clerk of the Perquimans Precinct court. From… Read More

Daniel L. Goble was born in Galveston, Texas, on April 16, 1866. Many years into a well-established career in electrical contracting, Goble was approached by long-time friend and labor union leader Samuel… Read More

Charles E. Godwin was born on Johnston County, North Carolina, on December 9, 1857. Godwin was a businessman and accountant in the Thomasville community of Davidson County. In 1906, he was elected to serve as clerk of the Davidson County superior… Read More

Edmond Godwin was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.

Hannibal Lafayette Godwin was born in Dunn (Harnett County), North Carolina, on November 3, 1873. Godwin was an attorney and farmer who served as mayor of Dunn (1897-1898), state legislator (1903), and as a member of the U.S. House of… Read More

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Abraham Goldstein was born on January 2, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina. The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, Goldstein was a lifelong Wilmington resident and merchant who led a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation in food… Read More

William Rankin Goley was born on April 5, 1853, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Rankin was a physician in the town of Graham, North Carolina. In August 1920, he provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance… Read More

Bernard "Bernie" Leon Gomo was born on December 20, 1879, in Washington County, Vermont. He was, for a time, superintendent of Tallassee Power Company's power house in Badin, North Carolina. He died in Vermont on November 6, 1967.

Samuel Gompers was born on January 27, 1850 in London, England. Gompers served as president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924 (with the exception of one year, 1895). During World War I, he served on the Council… Read More

William Gooch (1681-1751) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749.

Axem Goodwin (d. 1830) 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… Read More

Joseph Goodwin 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.

Thomas Goodwin 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 Goodwin was born in Virginia in about 1739. A resident of Camden District, South Carolina, he served as a captain in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment from 1775 to about 1778. He later became a lt. col. in the Camden District Regiment of the… Read More

Henrietta A. Gordon was born in Alabama on September 28, 1837. In 1858 she was named as a heir in her great aunt Mary R. Wheaton's will. She died in Caswell County, North Carolina on February 13, 1920.

James Gordon was born in Scotland on May 13, 1780. A resident of Anson County, North Carolina, he served as a justice of the peace. He died in Anson County on July 13, 1856.

John Gordon was an early resident of colonial Orange County where he had served as a militia captain. He seems to have left the county within ten years after the county's founding.

Lavina A. Gordon was born in Orange County, North Carolina on November 16, 1835. By 1850 she had moved to Morgan County, Alabama, where she died in June 10, 1882.

Claude Gore was born on July 19, 1878, in North Carolina. Gore was a man of some political influence, having held the presidency of various cotton mills in Richmond County. He additionally served as president of the Bank of Rockingham and… Read More