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John Wesley Carter, Jr., was born on May 1, 1892, in Robeson County, North Carolina. Carter was a cashier at the Bank of Robeson when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Maxton (Robeson County) on March 17, 1957.… Read More

John Wesley Carter, Sr., was born on July 24, 1859, in Lumberton, North Carolina. Carter was president of the J. W. Carter Co. in Maxton, North Carolina. He died in Maxton (Robeson County) on March 14, 1919.

Oliver Carter was born in Garland (Sampson County), North Carolina on January 16, 1876. Carter was an engineer at Lingo City Metal Works near Wilmington. He died in Harnett (New Hanover County) on September 27, 1934.

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

Thomas D. Carter was born in North Carolina in 1834. Carter was a majority stockholder on the Western North Carolina Railroad during the 1870s. He was a long-time resident of Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina. 

William Franklin Carter was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, on July 31, 1856. Carter was a prominent attorney in Mount Airy (Surry County) who served three terms as mayor of Mount Airy, chairman of the county school board, and as… Read More

John Carteret (1690-1763), 2nd Earl of Granville, was a British nobleman who served as Lord President of the Council (1751-1763), Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1742-1744), Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1721-… Read More

Enslaver in pasquotank county - possibly camden county

Gordon Atkinson Carver was born on March 8, 1886, in Marion, Maryland. Carver was an attorney in Concord, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Cabarrus County Exemption Board. He died in Concord on December 11, 1918, during the influenza… Read More

Theophilus Case was born in Kentucky in about 1816. A wagon maker in Bath County, Kentucky, he also served as a justice of the peace for the county in 1853. He died before 1860 in Bath County.

Samuel Casey 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 Cass was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on October 9, 1782. A lawyer, Cass served as a colonel during the War of 1812 and later served as the territorial governor of Michigan from 1813-1831. After serving as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War… Read More

James Castellaw was a resident of Bertie Precinct, North Carolina. In 1721 he was part of the grand jury that indicted John Cope, an American Indian man, with burglary and trespassing. He later served several terms as a member of the North… Read More

John Castellow (d. 1816) 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.

Richard Caswell (1729-1789) was a militia officer, member of the colonial assembly, and the first person elected governor of North Carolina following the Declaration of Independence and served several terms (1776-1780 and 1785-1787). In the… Read More

William Caswell (1754-1785) was a captain in the 5th North Carolina Regiment in the Continental Army and was Governor… Read More

The ancestral lands of the Catawba Indians before European contact encompassed the region along the Catawba River Valley, stretching across the North Carolina border into South Carolina. By the 1750s, the Catawba Nation had been significantly… Read More

Samuel Lee Cathey was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on October 26, 1888. Cathey was a Presbyterian minister, serving various communities in North Carolina during the course of his several decades long career. He died in Statesville… Read More

George Catron was born in Wythe County, Virginia in June 16, 1814. A farmer, he signed onto a bond for George Kinder for the administration of Kinder's mother's estate. He died in Wythe County on December 27, 1875.

Grover Cleveland Caudill was born in Wilkes County on November 25, 1889. He worked as a farmer and at his family’s feed store in North Wilkesboro. He died in Wilkes County on January 17, 1957. 

James Elihu Caudill was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on November 16, 1883. Caudill worked as an accountant and bookkeeper for W.C. Meadows Mill Company in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). Around 1927, he established Key City Furniture… Read More

Ruben Elbert Caudill was born in Ashe County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1869. Caudill lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) from around 1900 to 1922, where he worked as a salesman, an inspector at a lumber yard, and a manager of a creamery… Read More

Arthur Cavenah was a colonial resident of Virginia. A land owner in Surry and Brunswick counties, his property abutted the Meherrin River. His home was regarded as a landmark within the local area. He died in Virginia in about 1733.

John Cavendish (1732-1796) was a British nobleman and politician who served as lord of the Treasury (1765-1766) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1782-1783).

William Cavendish (1720-1764), 4th Duke of Devonshire, was a British politician and nobleman who served as First Lord of the Treasury (effectively Prime Minister) from 1756 to 1757.

Zebulon Marvin Caveness was born on July 19, 1876, in Randolph County, North Carolina. Caveness was a physician in Raleigh who served on the Wake County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Raleigh (Wake County) on May 14, 1957.

John Cede was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In a 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 beef and leather production… Read More

USCT soldier enlisted in Pulaski, Ill with Lib - last name spelling may be wrong

James M. Chadwick was born on December 3, 1865, in Pender County, North Carolina. Chadwick was a car inspector for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad who helped lead a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation in food, clothing, and housing… Read More

Gertrude Hope Chamberlain (née Summerell) was born in Salisbury (Rowan County), North Carolina, on June 21, 1870. In the 1930s, Chamberlain was a member of the dean's staff of the Woman's College at Duke University and served as advisor to Pegram… Read More

Elbert Capers Chambers was born in Flat Creek (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on February 20, 1855. Chambers was a car dealer and coal supplier who served as a member of the Asheville board of aldermen (1901-1905), as interim mayor of… Read More

Fred Fisher Chambers was born on March 9, 1859 in Iredell County, North Carolina. Fisher was a prominent Black tailor and theater manager in Statesville. He died there on July 5, 1941.

Sidney Clarence Chambers was born on April 30, 1881, in Yonkers, New York. During World War I, Chambers was a major in the 3rd North Carolina National Guard and the 113th Field Artillery. He served overseas from November 1918 to March 1919 and… Read More

William Hardy Chamblee was born on February 14, 1862 in Wake County, North Carolina. Chamblee often appended "junior" to the end of his name, though he wasn't exactly that—his father's name, William Bryant Chamblee, varied slightly. He served on… Read More

Joseph Champion (d. 1794) 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.

Richard Champion was born in North Carolina on May 31, 1815. A merchant in Cleveland County, North Carolina, he served as a local clerk of the county court and postmaster. He died in Cleveland County on February 14, 1852.

John Carlton Chandler was born on March 20, 1900 in Granville County, North Carolina. Chandler was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company which helped put down a lynch mob in Alamance County in July 1920. He died in Roanoke Rapids, North… Read More

J. Chapell 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.

George Chaplin (d. 1784) 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.

Charles Chapman 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.

Josiah Chappel (d. 1806) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten… Read More

Micajah Chappel (d. 1801) 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 later supported the cause of independence and received compensation from the state… Read More

Richard Chappel (d. 1784) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might… Read More

Julia Ann Chappell was born in Pennsylvania in about 1752. A resident of Wythe County, her husband Stephen was a private in a loyalist regiment during the American Revolution who was captured at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. With her… Read More

Jasper Charlton served as a judge in the Vice-Admiralty Courts in 1756 and 1757-1758. In 1760, he was appointed to serve as an assistant justice in five newly established superior courts.

John Charlton (d. 1792) 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.

William Charlton was born in about 1665. A British colonist, he resided in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. He served as an interpreter for the Tuscarora Indians that lived near him, and more specifically their chief, King Tom Blount. In return… Read More

Jacob P. Chase was born in Virginia in about 1805. He worked as a clerk in the U.S. Pension Office, but retired sometime before 1860 and worked as a private lawyer in Washington, D.C. He died sometime after 1860.