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.
William Maule arrived in Virginia by 1709. There he met Thomas Pollock, who recommended Maule to the office of deputy surveyor general of North Carolina. He later moved to Chowan Precinct, where he served as a colonel during the Tuscarora War.… Read More
Caleb D. May was born March 7, 1828 in Morgan County, Kentucky. A farmer and an acting justice of the peace for the county, he helped process pension claims for the county's residents. He died in Morgan County on February 1, 1865.
Louisa Wells May was born in Kentucky in about 1824. A resident of Morgan County, Kentucky, she married Caleb D. May in 1844. May was a justice of the peace and Louisa occasionally acted as a witness in her husband's business proceedings. The… Read More
Theodore Atha May was born on December 26, 1863, in North Carolina. May was a longtime resident of Elon College in Alamance County where he worked as a mail carrier. He died in Elon College on October 29, 1952.
William May Jr. was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he was approached by William Tyler and offered to… Read More
Charles Mayer was born in Henrico County, Virginia on July 8, 1862. Mayer was an attorney and shipping magnate who maintained residences in Manhattan and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In the 1910s, he served as general counsel for the London-based… Read More
Richard H. Maynard was born in Cary (Wake County), North Carolina, on October 3, 1855. Maynard was a professional photographer in North Wilkesboro from 1910 until his death there on October 19, 1924.
Edgar Carlton Mayo was born in Madison County, North Carolina on October 29, 1895. Mayo was a veteran of World War I who for forty-six years served as a fireman with the Southern Railway Company. He died at Oteen in Buncombe County on October 15… Read More
James Nicholas Mayrant was a French Huguenot who was born in about 1688 and arrived in South Carolina by 1697. A plantation owner, he resided in Winyaw Parish and was a member of the South Carolina Colonial Assembly from 1721 to 1722 and from… Read More
James Mays 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
Rufus Yancey McAden was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, on March 4, 1833. McAden was a legislator and financier. He died in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on January 29, 1889.
William Gibbs McAdoo was born October 31, 1863, in Marietta, Georgia. McAdoo served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918. He was also Woodrow Wilson's son-in-law. He died in Washington, D.C., on February 1… Read More
Alexander Worth McAlister was born on March 21, 1862, in Asheboro, North Carolina. McAlister was an insurance executive in Greensboro who served as a member of the State Board of Public Welfare (1916-1944). During World War I, he served as the… Read More
William McArthur was born on September 12, 1888, in Cumberland County, North Carolina. At the outbreak of World War I, McArthur was employed at the Aspen Manufacturing Company in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
James Aulay McAulay was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina, on April 26, 1860. McAulay was a merchant, banker, and public official in Mount Gilead (Montgomery County), North Carolina. He died there on August 26, 1929.
John Calhoun McBee was born on August 19, 1876, in North Carolina. McBee was an attorney in Bakersville, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Mitchell County Exemption Board. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on May 29, 1960.
Louis Burgin McBrayer was born on December 27, 1868, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. McBrayer was a physician and medical administrator who served as superintendent of the North Carolina Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis as well as… Read More
Henry Pinckney McCain was born on January 23, 1861, in Carroll County, Mississippi. McCain was a career army officer who served as, among many other roles, Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1914 to 1918. He died in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Charles Alexander McCall was born in North Carolina on July 16, 1881. McCall was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County, North Carolina. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on January 12, 1973.
Johnston Davis McCall was born circa 1862 in Union County, North Carolina. McCall was for several decades an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he also served as mayor from 1899 to 1901. He died in Charlotte on April 30, 1939.
William McCall was born in North Cove Township, McDowell County, North Carolina, on November 9, 1846. McCall was a farmer in North Cove. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on May 26, 1929.
John Moore McCalla was born near Lexington, Kentucky in 1793. A lawyer, he rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Kentucky Militia and served with distinction in the War of 1812. From 1830-1841 he worked as a U.S. Marshal for Kentucky and… Read More
John Jay McCampbell was born on June 12, 1868, in Abingdon, Virginia. A physician by training, McCampbell served as superintendent of the state hospital at Morganton from 1907 until 1938. He died in Davis (Iredell County), North Carolina on… Read More
Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless was born on December 12, 1895, in Salisbury, North Carolina. McCanless was a manager of a farm when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the army in August 1918 and… Read More
Thomas Bouldin McCargo, Jr. was born on December 28, 1888, in Reidsville, North Carolina. McCargo voluntarily joined the North Carolina National Guard in May 1917, about one month following the country's war… Read More
Cormick McCaughrey 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,… Read More
Mary Wheaton Barbee was born in Raleigh (Wake County) on October 1, 1841. She married David McCauley in Orange County on September 18, 1871, and the couple resided in Chapel Hill until their deaths. She died there on March 21, 1921.
William McCauley was born in about September 1738 in County Antrim, Ireland. A resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he served as a major in the Orange County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1780 to 1783 and was briefly captured… Read More
James McClain was a loyalist who refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the state of North Carolina, opting to leave the state instead. In July 1777, his name along with the names of six other loyalists appeared in a … Read More
Josiah Scott McClain was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1799. The clerk of the Wilson County Court for over forty years, he died in Lebanon, Tennessee on April 6, 1876.
Arthur McCluer 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,… Read More
Alexander McClure was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in about 1769. A member of the Sugar Creek Presbyterian Congregation, in 1851 he made a sworn affidavit in support of fellow congregant Susanna Alexander's widow's pension… Read More
James McColloch was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, he joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More
William McConnell was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, McConnell joined others from the Salisbury… Read More
William McConniell was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, McConniell joined others from the Salisbury… Read More
John A. McCormick was born on July 12, 1867 in Rowland, North Carolina. McCormick was a prominent farmer and businessman who served as a town commissioner of Pembroke by gubernatorial appointment starting in 1917. He died in Rowland on September… Read More
James McCoy was a resident of either Hyde or Beaufort Precinct, North Carolina. During the Tuscarora War in 1714, the colonial government established a garrison at his home for the protection of white inhabitants of the region at the site of… Read More
Robert McCrakan (died 1766) was a shoemaker in colonial Wilmington. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle, threatening both… Read More
Doctor Bulla McCrary was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, on April 11, 1874. McCrary was a prominent textile manufacturer who advocated for good roads and served on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. He died in Asheboro on… Read More
John McCrohon (d. c1791) was a resident of Carteret County. In May 1778 he came before the Edenton District Superior Court, where he filed a recognizance, or bond, promising to keep the peace and maintain good behavior.