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Mary Etta Watters (née Black) was born in New Hanover County, North Carolina on February 18, 1805. She married John William Watters around 1831 and they had two sons. While living in Wilmington, Watters was heavily involved in society life. She… Read More

Samuel Paxson Watters was born in Wilmington (New Hanover County), North Carolina on November 2, 1833. A University of North Carolina graduate, Watters was a minister who served in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War. As a minister, he… Read More

Alston Davidson Watts was born in Iredell County, North Carolina on March 12, 1866. Watts was a newspaperman, political operative, and state legislator (1901, 1903, and 1913 sessions) who served as a member of a committee charged with overseeing… Read More

George Washington Watts was born on August 18, 1851, in Cumberland, Maryland. Watts was an industrialist and philanthropist in Durham, North Carolina. During World War I, he was appointed by Gov. Thomas W. Bickett to serve on the North Carolina… Read More

William Hicks Waugh was born in Ashe County, North Carolina, on December 27, 1861. Waugh was a longtime business owner in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) where he operated a dry goods store and later a brick factory, both under the name Waugh… Read More

William Harris Howell Waugh was born in Ashe County, North Carolina, on December 1, 1890. By 1910, Waugh had moved with his family to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), where he worked in his father’s (William Hicks Waugh) store. By 1917, Waugh… Read More

James Way 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, Way joined others from the Salisbury District in asking… Read More

Willis Duke Weatherford was born on December 1, 1875 near Weatherford, Texas. Following the Civil War, he and his family relocated to the mountains of Western North Carolina. An influential and prominent supporter of the work of the YMCA,… Read More

John Franklin Weathers was born on November 7, 1873, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was a minister and farmer in Boiling Springs in Cleveland County. He died of measles on April 18, 1924.

Ethan Douglas Weaver was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on April 10, 1856. Weaver was a prominent Buncombe County farmer who served as farm extension agent of Buncombe from 1910 to 1920. He died in Asheville on March 9, 1954.

Frank Miller Weaver was born in Weaverville (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on December 1, 1858. Weaver was a coal merchant in Asheville who served as president of the Asheville Good Roads Association. He died in Asheville on January 18, 1942… Read More

James Benjamin Weaver was born in Pleasant Ridge, North Carolina, on October 26, 1886. Weaver's home on Front Street in Elkin (Surry County) was severely damaged by the July 1916 flood. He died in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) on August 17, 1974… Read More

Zebulon Weaver was born on May 12, 1872, near Weaverville, North Carolina. Weaver was an attorney who served as a state legislator (1907 to 1911, 1913 to 1917) and United States Congressman (1917 to 1928, 1931 to 1947). He died in Asheville (… Read More

Benajah A. Webb was born in March 1819 and resided in Bath County, Kentucky. He served as a district clerk of the court for the county, in which role he helped process pension claims. He died in Bath County in June 1847.

Charles Aurelius Webb was born on November 4, 1866, in Warrenton, North Carolina. Webb was a newspaperman, attorney, and legislator. During the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, inclusive of the First World War, Webb served as a United States Marshal… Read More

Daniel Webb (died 1773) was a high ranking British army officer who served as a staff officer for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, in 1756. He is best remembered for his failure to reinforce British forces at Fort William Henry (present-day… Read More

Demsey Webb was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he refused to take an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in the state after the war.

Isham Webb (d. 1778) was a planter, grist mill owner, and politician from Tyrrell County. He represented Tyrrell at the 5th Provincial Congress in Halifax in 1776 and in the… Read More

James Webb 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.

James Webb Jr. 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. He later… Read More

John Webb (d. c1796) 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.

John Webb was born in Granville County on July 14, 1858. Webb made a career as a wholesale tobacco dealer in Oxford and also served on the Granville County school board. He died in Oxford on February 7, 1923.

Moses Webb (d. 1779) 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.

Zachariah Webb Jr. 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.

Zachariah Webb Sr. (d. 1783) 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

Arabella Clark Weddell was born into a prominent North Carolina family, but died as a young child in 1857. 

Maria Toole Weddell (née Clark) was born in North Carolina on January 21, 1813. She married Matthew Weddell on October 20, 1832. The couple resided in Tarboro (Edgecombe County), at which place Maria died on June 16, 1859.

Matthew Weddell was born in Scotland on August 23, 1813. He immigrated to America and met his wife, Maria Toole Clark, of a prominent North Carolina family, in New York. They married about 1840. He exchanged many letters with his niece, Margaret… Read More

James Henderson Weddington was born in Sugar Creek (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on November 17, 1845. Weddington was a Confederate veteran and businessman who served as mayor of Charlotte (1895-1897) and as a member of the state prison… Read More

Ralph Weekes was a British colonial administrator who served as Commander in Chief of Barbados from 1753 to 1756.

Thomas Weekes (died 1762) was a resident of colonial Perquimans County where he served as sheriff, justice of the court, and representative in the Assembly (1738-1739, 1746, & 1755-1760). In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and… Read More

Harry Wills Weeks was born on December 8, 1893, in Pinehill, North Carolina. During World War I, Weeks served with Battery E of the 47th Artillery of the Coastal Artillery Corps from April 1917 to February 1919. He died in Charlotte on March 24,… Read More

John Joseph Weeks was born on August 9, 1897, in Pineville, North Carolina. During World War I, Weeks served with the 5th Company Coastal Artillery Corps of the North Carolina National Guard and later with Battery B of the 2nd Trench Mortar… Read More

Leslie Devlin Weeks was born on October 29, 1892, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Weeks was a clerk for the Southern Public Utilities Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He… Read More

Mary Portia Weeks (née Devlin) was born on August 6, 1868, in South Carolina. Mary was the wife of Rufus B. Weeks, a grocery store clerk. The couple and their children resided in Charlotte, North Carolina. She died in Charlotte on January 25,… Read More

Rufus Baxter Weeks was born on March 13, 1870, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Weeks was a grocery store clerk in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died there on January 22, 1954.

Henry R. Weightman was resident of Washington, D.C. who worked as a clerk in the U.S. Pension Office from at least 1848 to 1854. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

Sarah Weil (née Einstein) was born in Maryland on May 18, 1866. Weil was an influential Jewish activist, social reformer, and community organizer in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina. In 1921, she organized and convened the first meeting… Read More

John Weir was a resident of Chowan County. In 1777 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, electing to leave the state instead. In July 1777, his name along with the names of six other loyalists appeared in a … Read More

William Richard Welborn was born on February 7, 1897, in Summit (Wilkes County), North Carolina. During World War I, Welborn served in the 156th Depot Brigade until honorably discharged on November 26, 1918. He died in Fresno, California, on… Read More

David Welch (d. 1788) 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.

Edward Welch (d. 1827) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

James Welch settled in colonial North Carolina by 1704. That year he and several other colonists submitted a petition against the Machapunga, near present-day Bath. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

Horace N. Wells was born in North Carolina on January 14, 1850. Wells was a physician and realtor in Murphy (Cherokee County). He died in Murphy on March 10, 1931.

John Wells Jr. was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on July 10, 1791. Originally a clerk in the 2nd Auditor's Office of the U.S. Treasury, he became a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in 1830. He continued to serve in that… Read More

Robert Vivian Wells was born on April 2, 1881, in Magnolia, North Carolina. Wells was clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County from 1918 to 1970. He died in Kenansville, North Carolina on September 4, 1970.

Willoughby Wells (d. 1835) was a resident of Edgecombe County. In September 1777 he was listed as a prisoner being held at the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer, possibly in relation to having been involved in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy… Read More

Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770) was a successful merchant-turned-politician who served as Royal Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.

John Alexander Wesson was born on March 25, 1875, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and deputy sheriff of Cleveland County before moving to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he died on April 23, 1943.