Obie Pettiford was born on July 16, 1887, in Person County, North Carolina. When Pettiford, an African American farmer, was called for military service during World War I, his employer interceded to ensure that he was exempted from service due to… Read More

Charles Pettigrew 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.

Lewis Henry Petty was born June 12, 1888, in Chatham County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and later a cotton mill laborer. He lived in Chatham, Orange, and Alamance Counties. He died on July 27, 1964.

Joseph Hopkins Peyton was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on May 20, 1808. A medical doctor, he represented Sumner in the Tennessee State Senate in 1840. He then served as a Whig in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, during… Read More

Henry Neal Pharr (born October 24, 1865) and James Ardrey Bell (born September 12, 1866), of Charlotte comprised the law firm Pharr & Bell.

Edgar Walker Pharr was born on March 4, 1889, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. An attorney in Charlotte, Pharr served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and was its speaker in 1925. He died in Washington, D.C., on… Read More

Aaron Phelps 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.

Demsey Phelps (d. 1798) 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

Richard Phelps (1744-1771) served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768. He was appointed and vacated the office in the same year.

Charles W. Phifer was born in Tennessee in January 1833. He attended the University of Mississippi and the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1854. He and other members of his graduating class were in the same circles… Read More

Adrian Franklin Philips was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on November 30, 1877. Philips was a prominent druggist and apothecary who specialized in medicines derived from roots and herbs. He died in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 1939… Read More

Robert Philips was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

Christopher Phillippi was born in Lancaster County, Virginia on December 12, 1762. A farmer in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1845 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Margaret Kinder's widow's pension application. He died in Wythe County on… Read More

Charles Henry Phillips was born on March 15, 1866, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Phillips was a superintendent for the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing Company in Graham. In 1920, he provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted… Read More

Dorsey Ernest Phillips was born on February 8, 1874, in Hyattstown, Maryland. After serving in the United States Army with the 7th Regular Cavalry (May 1893 to May 1898), Phillips went on to become a special agent for the Bureau of Investigation… Read More

Josiah Philips (d. 1778) was a laborer in Princess Anne, Virginia. During the American Revolution he called himself a loyalist and recruited a group of other men who travelled throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina… Read More

Lee Vance Phillips was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, on November 11, 1864. Phillips was the secretary and treasurer of the Linwood Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of veneer and "thin lumber" in Linwood (Davidson County), North… Read More

Thomas Phillips was a resident of Bertie County. In 1779 he signed a petition to the North Carolina General… Read More

Thomas Jefferson Phillips was born in Boomer (Wilkes County) on June 5, 1890. In 1912 he opened the City Market grocery store in North Wilkesboro. He served as the town’s mayor from 1919 to 1923. He later moved to Lenoir, where he owned a… Read More

William Walker Phillips was born on August 22, 1886 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Phillips was owner and operator of the American Cafe in Graham, North Carolina. On the night of July 19, 1920, he and two others—James A. Ray and Clem William… Read More

Louis Julian Picot was born in Murfreesboro (Hertford County), North Carolina on January 9, 1853. Picot was a physician in Littleton (Halifax County) who served as president of the North Carolina Medical Society and as superintendent of the State… Read More

John Pilkinton was born in about 1758. A resident of Johnston County, he signed the marriage bond between his sister Mourning Pilkinton and John Davis, a Revolutionary War soldier. He died sometime after 1830, last residing in Wake County, North… Read More

Richard Pilkinton was born in about 1758. He served as a private in the Johnston County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1779 to 1781. A pensioner himself, he later made a sworn affidavit in support of his sister's widow's pension… Read More

Gideon Johnson Pillow, Jr. was born in Tennessee in 1836. A University of North Carolina graduate (1855), Pillow was one of several who died in the explosion of the steamboat St. Nicholas on the Mississippi River on April 24, 1859.

Charles Pinfold (1709-1788) was the Captain General and Governor of Barbados from 1756 to 1766. His administration occurred during the Seven Years War.

John Pinion was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

Thomas Pinnion was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.

James Spencer Pippen was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County on June 2, 1835. The son of a wealthy merchant and planter family, he promised to keep a secret with Margaret Eliza Cotten, which she later recorded in her diary. He served in the… Read More

Solomon Pippin (d. c1798) was a resident of Edgecombe County. In 1777 after initially refusing, he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. Once the plot was discovered, he made a sworn deposition about his knowledge of the plot, where he… Read More

James Pitcher served as Commissary of the Musters for British forces during the Seven Years' War.

John Pitt (1706-1787) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade (1744-1755), as a lord of Admiralty (1756), and as surveyor general of woods and forests (1756-1763 & 1768-1786).

William Pitt (1708-1778), 1st Earl of Chatham, was a British statesman who served as prime minister from 1766 to 1768. From 1757 to 1761, Pitt served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department. He was instrumental in British military… Read More

David Edward Pittman was born on September 21, 1888, in Frank, North Carolina. Pittman was a merchant in the Frank community of Avery County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in May 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service… Read More

Ernest Nicholas Plate was born on May 18, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was called into military service as a 2nd lieutenant on August 15, 1917 and was assigned with the 83rd Training Battalion, the 3rd Training Battalion, and the… Read More

Loula E. Platt was born on October 14, 1863, in Asheville, North Carolina. Platt was an influential leader of the suffrage movement in North Carolina, serving as president of the state chapter of the Equal Suffrage Association and as president of… Read More

Ruffin Golson Pleasant was born on June 2, 1871, in Shiloh, Louisiana. Pleasant was governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920. He died in Shreveport on September 12, 1937.

Ira Plemmons was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on July 27, 1874. Plemmons was a merchant in Hot Springs (Madison County) for more than forty years. He died in Asheville on December 16, 1944.

James William Pless was born in Ducktown, Tennessee, on February 19, 1872. Pless was an attorney in Marion, North Carolina. He died in Morganton (Burke County) on September 25, 1959.

Charles Reed Plott was born on January 18, 1880, in Virginia. Plott was an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad who helped lead a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation of food, clothing, and housing in post-war (World War I)… Read More

Harry Walter Plummer was born in Bangor, Maine on September 1, 1865. Plummer relocated to Asheville (Buncombe County) around 1897, where he served as head of the Asheville Power and Light Company (1911-1923) and president of the Asheville Chamber… Read More

Clarence Hamilton Poe was born on January 10, 1881, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Poe was an editor and publisher who owned and published the Progressive Farmer from 1903 to 1956. He was a lifelong advocate of agricultural… Read More

Joel Roberts Poinsett was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 2, 1779. After traveling throughout Europe and South America as as young man, he represented his native state in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1821-1825. He then… Read More

Andrew Polk was born in North Carolina on May 27, 1792. A resident of Anson County, North Carolina, he served as a justice of the peace and also worked as a farmer. He died in Anson County on October 2, 1850.

Charles Polk was born in Pennsylvania on July 29, 1732. A resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he served as a lieutenant in the North Carolina Colonial Militia in 1766. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he enlisted as a… Read More

Frances Ann Polk (née Devereux) was born in North Carolina in 1807. She amassed a large amount of inherited wealth from her family's plantation and in 1830 she married Leonidas Polk, a cousin of President James Polk. She was part of the Raleigh… Read More

Frank Lyon Polk was born on September 13, 1871, in New York City, New York. Polk, an attorney by training, was the U.S. Under Secretary of State from July 1, 1919, to June 15, 1919, and U.S. Secretary of State ad interim from February 14, 1920,… Read More

Anthony Pollett (died 1754) served as clerk to the caster and later as deputy comptroller (appointed 1745) of the Royal Mint.

Cullen Pollock was born in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in 1697. The son of a successful politician and attorney, Pollock served as a judge on the North Carolina General Court in 1722 while his father was governor. He became a member of the… Read More

John Alfred Pollock was born on November 1, 1844, in Onslow County, North Carolina. Pollock was a physician in Kinston, North Carolina. He died in Kinston on November 11, 1932.