James Harrison Jr. was a resident of Tyrrell County. He was a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and recruited his brother… Read More
John Harrison was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he swore two oaths of secrecy and became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. When the plot was discovered, Harrison made a deposition before the Tyrrell County justices of the peace… Read More
Josiah Harrison (d. 1794) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In July 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. When the plot was discovered and… Read More
Reginald Fairfax Harrison was born in New York City, New York, on March 13, 1869. Harrison was an influential businessman who served as president of the Southern Railway from 1913 to 1937. He died in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 2, 1938.
Stephen Harrison was a resident of Tyrrell County. In early July 1777 he swore two oaths and became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. Once the plot was discovered, Harrison made a sworn deposition before the justices of the peace of Tyrrell… Read More
Thomas Harrison (d. 1789) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In early July 1777 he and several of his family members were approached by… Read More
Thomas Harrison was a resident of Tyrrell County. In early July 1777 Daniel Leggett approached Harrison… Read More
Thomas Harrison was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 Daniel Leggett came to visit him and convinced… Read More
Thomas Perrin Harrison was born in Abbeville, South Carolina on October 11, 1864. Harrison was an educator who served as a professor at Davidson College (1895-1909) and as professor and later dean (1909-1939) at what is now North Carolina State… Read More
William Harrison was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 Daniel Leggett approached him and had him… Read More
William Harrison (1730-1814) was an Anglican minister who was ordained in 1756. That same year, royal governor Arthur Dobbs wrote a letter to Thomas Sherlock, the Bishop of London, recommending the establishment of a public school at New Bern and… Read More
William H. Harrison was born circa 1873 in Smithfield (Johnston County), North Carolina. Harrison was an attorney in Hayesville (Clay County), North Carolina, in the 1910s. He married Rose Hall Witherspoon in 1914.
Ezekiah Harriss 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.
Tom Harriss was an American Indian man of an unknown tribal origin. He likely lived in Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina, indicating he may have descended from the Yeopim, the major tribe in that area. In 1700 Harriss purchased a pig from… Read More
Joseph Harron was a mariner and resident of colonial Chowan County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions. Harron served as a surrogate judge for the Vice-… Read More
Moses N. Harshaw was born in Collettsville (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on July 8, 1856. Harshaw was a prominent attorney in Lenoir who served two terms in the legislature. He died in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) on March 20, 1920.
David Hart was a resident of colonial Orange County. In an undated petition, Alexander Mebane requested Hart be commissioned a captain in the county militia.
Edward Lee Hart was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on a December 9, 1868. Hart was a longtime business owner and civic leader in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), where he served as a town and school commissioner, as chief of police (… Read More
John Ellis Hart was born February 29, 1876, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Hart was a physician who held various local civic offices in Anson County, including chairman of the board of commissioners. Hart died on April 7, 1935, in… Read More
Samuel Hart was born in Pennsylvania in about 1799. A resident of Bath County, Kentucky, he served as a local justice of the peace. He died Bath County in April 1860.
Thomas Hart was born in Hanover County, Virginia in about 1730. A planter in Orange County, Hart served as the local county sheriff from 1765 to 1771. Hart was unpopular with the Regulators as he frequently served crown warrants against them.… Read More
James Alexander Hartness was born on July 28, 1863, near Statesville, North Carolina. Hartness served as the clerk of the Superior Court for Iredell County from 1898 to 1928. He also served as a state senator (1897) and as North Carolina… Read More
William Hartshorne 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.
Ann Blount Harvey (1750-1805) was a wealthy wife of a planter who held lands in Pitt and Edgecombe counties. Her father… Read More
Benjamin Harvey was a politician and militia officer in colonial Perquimans County. He represented the county in the colonial Assembly.
James Harvey (1751-1777) was Jacob Blount's son-in-law who contracted flux (likely dysentery) during the… Read More
John Harvey (circa 1724-1775) was a politician and militia officer in colonial Perquimans County who became a leader of the Revolutionary movement. He served as the last speaker of the colonial Assembly and took up the cause of resisting the… Read More
Miles Harvey (1728-1776) was a government official and militia officer in colonial Perquimans County. He served as clerk of the inferior court, as a member of the Edenton Committee of Safety, and as a delegate in the Provincial Congress (1775 and… Read More
Thomas Harvey Jr. was born in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina on December 6, 1692. The son of a deputy governor of the same name, Harvey was raised by his stepfather Chrstopher Gale, the the chief justice of the colony. Harvey served several… Read More
Thomas Harvey was born in England and arrived in colonial North Carolina by 1670, settling in Perquimans Precinct. A justice of the Albemarle County Court in 1683, he later served as a member of the North Carolina Colonial Council in 1684, 1687,… Read More
John Franklin Harward was born in December 1865, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Harward served as deputy sheriff (18 years) and sheriff of Durham County from 1906 until his death on April 3, 1930.
James Hasell (died 1785) was a prominent planter, colonial jurist, and local officeholder who served as a member of the North Carolina Council (1749-1775), as president of the Council (1760-1775), and as chief justice of the colonial courts (1750… Read More
Hannibal Haskins was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1693. An attorney, he and four other men made an inventory of former governor… Read More
James Haskins was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland on September 11, 1751. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he served two tours in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. A farmer, he later successfully… Read More
Thomas Haskins was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1694. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted… Read More
Roger Haslewood was a resident of Edenton. Together with other residents, he wrote a petition to Arthur Dobbs requesting that the colony reduce its duties on exporting wine and other alcohol from North Carolina.
Thomas Haslin was a physician in colonial New Bern. In an undated 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… Read More
Anthony Hatch was born in Virginia in about 1675. A resident of Little River in Perquimans Precinct, Hatch served as a justice on the North Carolina General Court and as the local powder receiver, meaning that he managed and distributed the… Read More
Charles Edward Hatcher was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on November 27, 1888. During World War I, Hatcher was an employee of the United States Postal Service until he was inducted into the army on April… Read More
Thomas David Hatcher was born on November 17, 1869, in Patrick County, Virginia. Hatcher was a merchant who served as the chief of police, deputy sheriff, and revenue officer for Mount Airy, North Carolina. He died there on January 22, 1950.
Nathan Hattaway was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 when John Carter told him about his belief that… Read More
The Hatteras were an Algonquian American Indian nation that resided on Hatteras Island in North Carolina. Some scholars believe that the Hatteras are descendants of the Croatan, the American Indian tribe that first encountered the Roanoke Island… Read More
Anne Haughton was born in Chowan County sometime between 1736 and 1754. In October 1774 she signed a nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. The following month she married John Kennedy. John Kennedy… Read More