William Richardson Dempster was born in Ireland on January 12, 1808 and moved to the United States in 1835, where he made a career as a ballad singer. He traveled throughout the country, stopping several times in Raleigh, North Carolina to sing… Read More

Ollen Lee Denning was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, in April 1862. Denning was a physician in Dunn (Harnett County). He died in Dunn on December 3, 1927.

William Denny (1709 - 1765) was a British army officer who served as deputy governor of colonial Pennsylvania from 1756 to 1759.

Margaret Matilda Denson (née Cowan), known by her middle name "Matilda" was born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on January 26, 1836. As a young woman, she was involved in the social scene around Wilmington. She eventually married John… Read More

Thomas Dereham was a colonist residing in Pamlico near present-day Bath, North Carolina in 1703. There he and several other men signed a petition to the governor requesting that the colonial government intercede and prevent the nearby Tuscarora… Read More

Lewis DeRosset (c.1724-1786) was an influential political figure in the Wilmington area during the mid-1700s. DeRosset served in the General Assembly as a town representative of Wilmington (1751-1752) and as a member of the royal council (1754-… Read More

Augustine Deschamps (d. 1820) was a French Acadian who resided in Chowan and later Orange 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… Read More

John Deschamps was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in Chowan County after the war ended.

William Augustus Devin was born on July 12, 1871, in Granville County, North Carolina. Devin was a superior court judge and later associate justice (1935-1951) and chief justice (1951-1954) of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He died in Oxford,… Read More

Charles Dewey was born in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina on December 10, 1851. Dewey was a prominent businessman and banker in Goldsboro who served as a trustee of the Caswell Training School (formerly the North Carolina School for the… Read More

Dobson Deyton was born in North Carolina on May 9, 1809. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace for Yancey County, North Carolina. He died in Yancey County on October 11, 1886.

Gaston Basil Deyton was born in Yancey County, North Carolina, on July 30, 1857. Deyton was a farmer who served as a member of the Mount Mitchell Commission (appointed 1915), superintendent of public instruction in Yancey (1907-1913), and as a… Read More

John Dickerson was born in Virginia in about 1720. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he served as a local magistrate and performed the marriage ceremony between Rachel Pettiford and Valentine Locus in November 1774. During the… Read More

The Dickey and Campbell Lumber Company was one of the largest logging operations on Mount Mitchell in the years leading up to the mountain's conservation as a state park in 1915. The firm was owned by C. A. Dickey and J. C. Campbell.

James Dickey was an early resident of colonial Orange County where he had served as a militia captain. He seems to have left the county within ten years after the county's founding.

Robert Ray Dickey was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania on July 26, 1886. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) around 1913 to work for Perley and Crockett Lumber, the company responsible for logging on Mount Mitchell. He then worked as a… Read More

Samuel Dickinson (1743-1802) was a doctor, a member of the committee of safety, and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 & 1778 he signed two oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any… Read More

Joseph Dickson (1743-1804) was a local officeholder who served as a member of the Duplin County Court Martial Committee in 1777, in which role he sought to identify and apprehend area loyalists.

Josias Dickson was a lieutenant colonel of a militia regiment in Orange County, North Carolina, in the 1750s.

William Dikinson 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

Clarence Dillard was born in Talladega County, Alabama, about 1862. (Other sources say his birthplace was Winsboro, South Carolina.) A graduate of both Howard and Lincoln universities, Dillard was a… Read More

Richard Dillard was born on December 5, 1857, in Nansemond County, Virginia. Dillard was a physician in Edenton, North Carolina. He died in Edenton on May 14, 1928.

Merritt Dilliard was born in North Carolina around 1778. Dilliard worked variously as a ranger, stage coach line operator, and farmer. For a time in the 1830s, he served as an "overseer" at the state quarry, an operation that contributed the… Read More

Richard Dillion 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.

Edwin Courtland Dinwiddie was born on September 29, 1867, in Springfield, Ohio. Dinwiddie was a minister who served as legislative superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. His work was influential in the fight for securing the passage of the… Read More

Robert Dinwiddie (1692 - 1770) was a Scotland-born British bureaucrat who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Soon after his appointment as lieutenant governor, Dinwiddie placed a fee on every legal… Read More

Reginald Justice Disosway was born in New Bern (Craven County), North Carolina, on April 22, 1858. Disosway was a real estate rent collector in New Bern. He died there on September 14, 1922.

Ditto was a young African American woman enslaved by William Brimage. Brimage hired Ditto out to… Read More

Charles Robert Dixon was born December 20, 1892, in Gaston County, North Carolina. He was a mill laborer and later house painter. He died on May 2, 1978, in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County).

Dres Dixon 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.

Michael Dixon was an early resident of colonial Orange County where he served as a militia captain.

Tilman Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina on June 26, 1750. He served as a captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line, later attaining the rank of major and led men at several battles including the Battle of… Read More

Zeno Hadley Dixon was born in Alamance County, North Carolina, on February 29, 1864. Dixon was a lifelong educator who served schools in Yadkinville, Elkin, Jonesville, Siler City, and Greensboro. In the aftermath of a devastating July 1916 flood… Read More

Elizabeth Delia Dixon-Carroll was born in Shelby (Cleveland County), North Carolina on February 4, 1872. Dixon-Carroll was a physician and educator who advocated for Progressive Era public health reforms. She was a member of the North Carolina… Read More

John Doak was born in Virginia in about 1764 . A resident of Wythe County, Virginia, he signed a sworn affidavit in support of Margaret Kinder's widow's pension application. He died sometime after December 1845.

Charles Albert Dobbins was born in North Carolina on January 18, 1880. Dobbins was an accountant in Winston-Salem (Forsyth County). In the aftermath of the July 1916 flood, he served as a member of the Winston-Salem Relief Committee. Dobbins died… Read More

Guy Hamilton Dobbins was born in New York City on June 14, 1871. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) sometime between 1905 and 1910, where he worked as the cashier for Commonwealth Bank and served a term as the town's mayor. He died in… Read More

Justina Dobbs Nash (née Davis) (1745-1771) was married to two governors of North Carolina, Arthur Dobbs (m… Read More

Arthur Dobbs was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on April 2, 1689. A longtime bureaucrat in the British government, Dobbs held numerous posts from survey-general of Ireland to royal governor of North Carolina (1754-65). He died in North Carolina on… Read More

Conway Richard Dobbs (1727-1811) was the eldest son of Arthur Dobbs and helped manage his father's private affairs. He resided at the family estate in Ireland and was an executor for his father's estate after his death.

Ireland-born Edward Brice Dobbs (1729-1803) was the son of royal governor of North Carolina Arthur Dobbs and a British army officer. During the Seven Years War, he served as a captain in the North Carolina militia and commanded two companies in… Read More

William Dobbs was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Hester in 1761.

Joseph Dobson Sr. was born in England in about 1720. Trained in Britain as a physician, he immigrated to Virginia in 1753 before eventually settling in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. There he operated a plantation and also trained… Read More

Robert Doleson 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. 

Hugh Donovin 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

Hugh Manson Dorsey was born on July 10, 1871, in Fayetteville, Georgia. Dorsey was governor of Georgia from 1917 to 1921. He died in Atlanta on June 11, 1948.

William Virgil Dorsey was born in Bushnell (Swain County), North Carolina, on July 26, 1890. Dorsey was an agent for the Southern Railway in Sylva (Jackson County) who served as an officer in the North Carolina National Guard through both world… Read More