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William Harvey Manning was born on December 4, 1894, in Bethel, North Carolina. Manning was a farmer in the Bethel community of Pitt County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Rocky Mount (Nash County) on… Read More

Thomas M. Manous was born on June 21, 1883, in Anson County, North Carolina. Manous was a police officer and later jailer in Stanly County, North Carolina. In September 1919, he and other law enforcement officers attempted to turn back an angry… Read More

Zebulon Mansfield (d. 1797) 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

The Mansion House was a hotel constructed in Salisbury, Rowan County, in 1823. A well-known hotel and the largest in the county, by the 1850's the hotel was operated by William Rowzee and his wife Caroline. By 1870, John Oliver White became… Read More

William Manson arrived in Georgia from England in 1775 with the intention to settle 4100 acres in the colony's backcountry. A loyalist at the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was briefly imprisoned and banished from the state in the spring… Read More

Wible Lawrence Mapother was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 28, 1872. Mapother was a lifelong employee of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, working his way up to vice president (1904-1921) later president (1921-1926) of the… Read More

Peyton Conway March was born on December 27, 1864, in Easton, Pennsylvania. March was a West Point graduate and career military officer. During World War I, he served as acting Army Chief of Staff (March to May 1918) before being appointed as… Read More

Kedar Marchant was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

William Learned March was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts on December 12, 1786. A Democratic politician, he served as a lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812. After serving in several public offices in New York State, he represented New… Read More

John Mare (d. 1803) 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.

H. Marken 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.

Absalom Hanks Markland was born in Winchester, Kentucky on February 18, 1825. After attending law school he worked in the U.S. Pension Office as a clerk from 1849 to 1852 before starting his own legal practice in Washington, DC. He later returned… Read More

James Romulus Morrow was born in Millers Creek (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on April 13, 1877. Morrow worked as the secretary and treasurer of Shell Chair Co. in North Wilkesboro. He later owned a hardware store in town. He died in North… Read More

William Clyburn Marsh was born on August 14, 1884, in North Carolina. Marsh was a farm laborer in Monroe, North Carolina, who served with the 113th Field Artillery during World War I. He died in Hopkins, South Carolina, on January 7, 1946.

Stuart Bradford Marshall was born on February 1, 1875, in Washington, Pennsylvania. Marshall was general superintendent of the Tallassee Power Company in Badin, North Carolina, from 1916 to 1918 (approximately).

Thomas Riley Marshall was born in Indiana on March 14, 1854. He served as the 28th Vice President during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, from 1913 to 1921. Marshall died in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 1925.

William Furnifold Marshall was born March 30, 1861, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Marshall was a prominent newspaperman and publisher. In the fall of 1917, during World War I, he served as director of military enrollment. Marshall died in… Read More

Alexander Martin was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in about 1740. A resident of Salisbury, North Carolina, he established himself as a lawyer and became a judge in the Salisbury Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1774. During the Revolution he… Read More

Dot Martin was a Black 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 Martin and his wife. He seems… Read More

Eva Martin was born in North Carolina around 1887. Martin was living with her five children on Bridge Street in Elkin (Surry County) when a July 1916 flood destroyed her home. The 1910 census lists her occupation as "washer woman" employed by "… Read More

Franklin Henry Martin was born on July 13, 1857, in Ixonia, Wisconsin. Martin was an influential physician, editor, and longtime Chicago resident. During World War I, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to served as a member of the… Read More

George Martin was a resident in colonial Halifax District. He was brought to trial for, and was ultimately acquitted of, causing the death of Sugar Jones.

George Washington Martin, Jr. was born on August 5, 1889, in Enfield, North Carolina. Martin was a clerk for the United States Postal Service. He died in Lumberton (Robeson County) on November 11, 1977.

James Martin Jr. was born in Surry County, North Carolina on March 29, 1786. A resident of Rowan County and the son of an Revolutionary War colonel, he served as a traveling judge for the North Carolina Superior Court of Law and Equity. He died… Read More

John Sanford Martin was born May 30, 1886, in Hamptonville, North Carolina. He preferred to be known, and signed his correspondence as, Santford Martin. In addition to being editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, Martin accepted a position… Read More

Josiah Martin (1737-1786) was the last royal governor of North Carolina, serving officially from 1771 to 1781, though his official authority had dissipated as early as 1774. After the war he wrote letters in support of many prominent North… Read More

Oliver Martin was born on April 18, 1900, in Stokes County, North Carolina. Martin enlisted for military service during World War I in August 1917. He went absent without leave on November 17, 1917, but was returned to his unit, Battery F of the… Read More

Robert Martin was a Black day laborer who lived in Elkin on the Surry County side of the Yadkin River with his wife and four children in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of the Martin… Read More

Samuel Martin (1714 - 1788) was a British bureaucrat who served as secretary of the Treasury from November 1756 to April 1757 and from April 1758 to April 1763. He was a half-brother of Josiah Martin, governor of North Carolina from 1771 to 1775… Read More

William Martin 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 December 1754, Robert Murden, a militia colonel, recommended William Martin to replace William Abercrombie in the regiment of militia in Pasquotank County.

William Joseph Martin, Jr. was born in Columbia, Tennessee on February 10, 1868. Martin was an educator who served as president of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina from 1912 to 1929. He died in Davidson on September 7, 1943.

William Reilly Martin was born in Lenoir (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on April 7, 1880. Martin was a manager of the Nelson Lumber and Milling Company in Wilkes County in the 1910s. He died in Winston-Salem on August 9, 1945.

Christofer Marz 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.

Charles B. Mashburn was born in Yancey County, North Carolina, on February 29, 1860. Mashburn was an attorney, state legislator, and mayor of Marshall (Madison County). He died in Marshall on December 14, 1932.

John Henry Mashburn was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) on August 26, 1891. Mashburn worked a variety of jobs over the years in western North Carolina, including as a photographer, butcher, and landscaper. He died in High Point on… Read More

Peter M. Mashburn was born in McDowell County on January 1, 1867. During the 1910s, he was the leading real estate agent in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) and was the owner of the Sunset Park Hotel on the Blue Ridge Parkway. He died on December… Read More

Pinckney Hodge Mashburn was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on February 25, 1870. Mashburn was a grocery merchant, drug proprietor, and legislator who advocated for the construction of good roads through his work as a member of the Old… Read More

James Mason 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.

Thomas Ethelder Massey was born on September 6, 1895, in Bixby, North Carolina. Massey was a farmer in Bixby when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in December 1918 and served… Read More

Willam Mastin was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina on January 14, 1806. He served for several years as the clerk of the Wilkes County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. He died in Wilkes on October 15, 1876.

John Posey Mathews was born in Virginia on August 9, 1790. He served as the clerk of the county court in Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County on December 4, 1850.

Charles "Charlie" Grady Mathis was born in North Carolina on February 26, 1898. Mathis was a merchant in Elkin (Surry County), North Carolina. His store in Elkin, the C. G. Mathis Grocery, suffered severe damage in a July 1916 flood. He died in… Read More

John Mathis was a Black 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 Mathis, his wife, and their… Read More

William Henry Matkins was born on May 19, 1889 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Matkins was a farmer in McIver, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in September of… Read More

Around 1700, a group of people known as the Mattamuskeet, or Machapunga, resided in Hyde and eastern Beaufort Counties and numbered approximately thirty warriors. In response to European encroachment, the Mattamuskeet allied with coastal tribes… Read More

Caleb Calvin Matthews was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, on June 9, 1868. Matthews was a merchant in the community of Siloam (Surry County) where he served as chairman of the Siloam Township Highway Commissioners. He died in Mount Airy (… Read More

James Matthews 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.

Blake Mauldin was an ensign in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. After the war he may have moved to Pendleton, South Carolina. Any further information about this individual has not been located.