Warren S. Needham was born in Surry County, North Carolina, on September 15, 1863. Needham was an attorney and public school teacher in Greensboro (Guilford County). He died in Greensboro on May 18, 1920.

Christopher Neil (d. 1784) was the clerk of the Craven County Court. In that position, he helped process the charges filed against… Read More

Arden A. Nelson Jr. was born around 1855 in Washington County, North Carolina. In his youth, he was enslaved by William Grimes. He was convicted of murder in 1877 in Washington County and wrote to Governor Zebulon B. Vance asking for a pardon. He… Read More

James Nelson enlisted in the North Carolina Militia and was wounded in the knee and disabled during the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771. He later petitioned the North Carolina Colonial Assembly and was successful in winning a pension in… Read More

John Nelson was born in about 1650. Nelson moved to Bath County, North Carolina by 1702 and established himself somewhere along the Neuse River. In Bath, he and several other colonists submitted a petition requesting the colony's support against… Read More

Robert Nelson was a merchant who resided at various times near Cross Creek in Cumberland County and at Halifax. With the outbreak of the American Revolution, Nelson resolved to outfit his brigantine the Polly on the Cashie River and sail… Read More

Evan Nepean (19 July 1752-2 October 1822) was a British civil servant who served under Lord North as the… Read More

William Carson Nesbitt was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on December 4, 1867. Nesbitt moved to Broad River Township by 1880, where he worked as a farmer for most of his adult life. He died in Edneyville (Henderson County) on February… Read More

James Nevill was a planter who arrived in colonial North Carolina by 1701. He served as the deputy marshal for Pamlico Precinct. In 1711 while at his home, Nevill and his family were brutally murdered. When his body was discovered, local… Read More

The New York Herald was first published on May 6th, 1835, by James Gordon Bennett Sr., who was a Scottish immigrant. During the Civil War, the New York Herald remained a pro-Union newspaper, and it was a popular newspaper through the early 20th-… Read More

Nathan Carter Newbold was born on December 27, 1871, in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Newbold was a public servant and influential advocate of African American education. Most notably, he served as the director of the Division of Negro… Read More

Eliza T. Newcomb (née Leach) was born on May 31, 1897, in North Carolina. Prior to her marriage to Robert Timberlake Newcomb in 1921, Eliza worked as a file clerk in the North Carolina Adjutant General's Office and later as a stenographer in the… Read More

Jake F. Newell was born on February 15, 1869, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Newell was a prominent attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died in Waynesville, North Carolina on August 9, 1945.

William Allen Newell was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on April 24, 1874. Newell was a Methodist minister for thirty-seven years, serving parsonages in Elk Park, Tryon, Asheville, Mount Airy, Salisbury, and Morganton. He was president… Read More

Benjamin A. Newland was born in 1849 in Marion (McDowell County), North Carolina. He worked for the Western North Carolina Railroad and corresponded with Governor Zebulon B. Vance about his appointment. The date and location of his death are… Read More

William Calhoun Newland was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on October 8, 1857. Newland was an attorney and politician who served as mayor of Lenoir (Caldwell County), solicitor of the Eighth District, legislator (elected 1899 and 1903… Read More

James D. Newsom was born in North Carolina in 1801. A farmer and merchant in Wake County, North Carolina, he also served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Wake County in 1857.

Marion Eugene Newsom was born on March 4, 1884, in Littleton, North Carolina. Newsom served as the mayor of Durham from November 1917 to May 1921. He died in Durham on September 14, 1948.

Captain Nicholas was in the Chatham County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia and led troops during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. Any further information about this individual's identity has not been located.

George Nicholas was a soldier at Fort Johnston, a British colonial-era fort in Brunswick County, who testified to the alleged misconduct of Captain John Dalrymple in 1763.

George Nicholas served as attorney general of colonial North Carolina from 1752 to 1756.

John Nicholls (d. c1800) 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.

Humphrey Nichols (d. 1791) was a collector of taxes for Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a juror in the fall session of the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer during a period when the State was investigating various members of the… Read More

John Wesley Nichols was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on August 3, 1882. From around 1910 to 1917, he worked as an inspector at the C. D. Coffey lumber yard in North Wilkesboro. By 1940, he had retired to his farm in Millers Creek in… Read More

Jonathan Nichols (d. 1800) was a resident of Chowan and later Gates 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… Read More

Josiah Nichols was a resident of Bertie County. In November 1777 he was ordered to leave the state within sixty days, presumably because he refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

Anderson Nicholson was born in Virginia around 1794. Nicholson was a carpenter in Raleigh who participated in the construction of the state capitol in the 1830s. He died sometime in 1865 or 1867.

Benjamin Nicholson 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.

Henry Nicholson 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.

Hunter Nicholson was born in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee on June 9, 1834. He attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1855. He then became an associate editor of his father's newspaper and studied law. He served as a cavalry… Read More

James Nicholson 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.

John Nicholson 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.

Nathaniel Nicholson 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

Samuel Nicholson 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.

William Gaston Nicholson was born on July 15, 1848, in Iredell County, North Carolina. Nicholson was a physician who served as chairman of the exemption board for Iredell County during World War I. He died in Iredell County on May 20, 1925.

William Henry Nicholson was born on April 1, 1864, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Nicholson was a physician who practiced in Louisburg and Hickory. He died in Henderson (Vance County), North Carolina, on April 8, 1935.

William Nill was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County.

Wesley G. Nimmo was born in Virginia in about 1797. A saddler, he served as a justice of the peace for Union County, Illinois in 1842. He died in Union County on October 17, 1856.

William Ernest Nissen was born on December 23, 1873, in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Nissen was engaged in the lumber business and also worked as a building contractor. He died on June 8, 1927, in Forsyth County.

Lola Alexander Niven was born in Marvin (Union County), North Carolina, on August 28, 1883. Niven was a horticulturalist who served as editor of the Southern Farming newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1913 to 1917. He was often a… Read More

A. H. Nixon was an African American man in Statesville who was stripped of his notary public commission based solely on his race in May 1920.

Nicholas Nichols Nixon was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina on July 24, 1800. A prominent plantation owner, Nixon was one of the forerunners in the commercial cultivation of peanuts and was one of the wealthiest men in the… Read More

Richard Nixson was a resident of Beaufort Precinct, North Carolina in 1723. A planter, he had an established relationship with the local Tuscarora in the area, as demonstrated by the fact that several American Indian men paid Nixson a visit at… Read More

Marcus Cicero Stephens Nobel was born on March 15, 1855, in Louisburg, North Carolina. Noble was an educator, banker, and author who served as a trustee (1899 to 1940) and president of the board (1907 to 1940) for what is now North Carolina… Read More

Richard Jordan Noble was born on October 16, 1853, in Louisburg, North Carolina. Noble was a physician and longtime resident of Selma, North Carolina. He died in Sylva (Jackson County) on April 27, 1930.

Joseph Everett Nobles was born on April 14, 1875, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Nobles was a physician in Greenville. During World War I, he served on the Pitt County Exemption Board. He died in Greenville on December 13, 1941.

David Russell Noland was born in Fines Creek (Haywood County), North Carolina, on February 11, 1866. Noland was a farmer and public official who served as sheriff of Haywood County (1903-1905 & 1905-1907) and legislator (1913 & 1915). He… Read More

Ira Edward Noles was born on September 22, 1884, in North Carolina. Noles was an employee of Cora Cotton Mill and later Ranlo Manufacturing Company. He died in Cherryville (Gaston County), North Carolina on June 16, 1949.

Thomas Norcom was born in about 1648 and a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. An attorney, he appeared frequently in the local court. He died in Perquimans in about October 1707.