William Edward Rutledge was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, on November 13, 1887. Rutledge was a publisher and newspaper editor in Yadkinville. He died there on April 2, 1966.

Norman W. Rutter was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 7, 1873. He remained a resident of Portsmouth throughout his life and worked as a ship joiner at the U.S. Navy Yard. He died February 20, 1920.

George Ryan (d. c1791) was a captain in the Bertie County Militia and was directed to administer the oath of allegiance to all of his troops in response to news of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.

William Ryans 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.

William Henry Ryder was born on February 28, 1894, in Glasgow, Virginia. Ryder was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit. In July 1920, he deployed with his company to Alamance County on orders from the governor to… Read More

Elisabeth Rye was born in about 1770 in North Carolina. During the time of the American Revolution she lived in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sometime after the war she moved to Chambers County, Alabama, where she made a sworn affidavit in support of… Read More