William Richard Pender was born in Wilson County, North Carolina, on August 29, 1874. Pender moved to Goldsboro, North Carolina about 1899, where he worked as a barber. He died on May 29, 1944.… Read More
Sylvanus Pendleton was a ship captain and privateer that resided at times in New Bern. In 1777 he became the prize master of a ship of loyalists and their property after it was stopped in North Carolina waters.
Alexander James Pendley was born in Globe (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on October 8, 1860. Pendley moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) around 1910, where he worked as a foreman at a grist mill. He died in North Wilkesboro on February… Read More
John Penn (1740-1788) was a resident of Granville County and one of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served in the Continental Congress from 1755-1780. In 1777 he received updates regarding the Gourd Patch… Read More
Mary M. Penney (née Duncan) was born in April 1854 in North Carolina. Penney was a farmer in the Hallsboro community in Columbus County, North Carolina. She died in Welch Creek in Columbus County on February 13, 1931.
William Henry Penney was born on March 17, 1868, in Wake County, North Carolina. Penney began as an employee with the Wake County Register of Deeds in January 1902, eventually working his way up to the Register of Deeds position in late November… Read More
Smith Pennington was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1797. A farmer, he was a longtime resident of Wake County, North Carolina. He died in Lee County, Alabama in January 1872.
William Pepperell (1696-1759) was a politician, shipbuilder, and colonial militia officer who commanded the successful expedition to capture the French fortress at Louisburg in 1745. Following this victory, he was commissioned a colonel in the… Read More
Amos Percy 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.
Mordecai Percy 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.
Peter Perdreau was a French Huguenot who resided somewhere along the Cape Fear River. In 1724 he promised to pay Peter Johnson fifty shillings. When Peter Johnson's wife Anne came to collect the debt and Peter Perdreau could not pay, Perdreau… Read More
Peter Perdreau was a French Huguenot who resided on the western bank of the Cape Fear River at approximately the present-day site of Orton Plantation in Brunswick County, North Carolina. He and his wife were killed at their home sometime in 1724… Read More
Mrs. Perdreau's full name has not been located in any archival records. She, along with her husband Peter, resided on the western bank of the Cape Fear River at approximately the present-day site of Orton Plantation in Brunswick County, North… Read More
William Perkens 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.
Milton Perkins, formerly Milton Cowen, was an African American man born in Pulaski County, Kentucky in about 1846. He served as soldier in Company G, 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. A… Read More
Robert Perkins (d. 1810) 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.
Perley & Crockett was a logging enterprise that operated in the mountains of Western North Carolina in the 1910s. Pennsylvania businessmen Frederick A. Perley and William H. Crockett owned and stewarded the operation.
Frederick Allen Perley was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on December 19, 1876. Perley was a civil engineer who was co-proprietor of the logging firm Perley & Crockett. He first arrived in Black Mountain, North Carolina in 1913 to… Read More
Abraham Perry (1735-1788) 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.
Elmer Ross Perry was born on June 17, 1887, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer. He died on October 30, 1963, in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Isaac Perry 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.
John Perry (d. 1789) was a resident of Martin County. According to John Collins, in 1777 … Read More
John Perry 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.
Josiah Perry (d. 1821) 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. Later… Read More
Born in North Carolina in about 1833. Parker Perry was an African American man employed by the U.S. government as a laborer during the Civil War in Portsmouth, Virginia. He remained a resident of Portsmouth, Virginia after the war and worked as a… Read More
Samuel Perry 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 North… Read More
Theodore Heflin Perry was born on July 13, 1867, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Perry was a farmer in the Hadley Township of Chatham County. He died in Burlington, North Carolina, on November 3, 1941.
John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, near Laclede, Missouri. Pershing was a West Point graduate and career military officer who served as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He died in Washington, D.… Read More
Benjamin Person 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 Person 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.
Thomas Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
William Person was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
Edward Fitzgerald Pescud was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 20, 1855. Pescud moved to Raleigh with his family around 1868 where he owned and operated a bookstore from around 1905 until his retirement in 1929. In 1914, he was elected… Read More
Jacob Peterson was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. Elizabeth Viner testified in 1697 that while on a journey with William Lee, Dorothy Steele, John Spelman, and several others, John Spelman killed a cow that belonged to… Read More
Bartlet Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1760. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More
Laurence Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1766. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, he witnessed his sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn… Read More
Martha Pettiford was a free person of color born in North Carolina in about 1768. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, she witnessed her sister Rachel marry Valentine Locus and later made a sworn affidavit… Read More
Obie Pettiford was born on July 16, 1887, in Person County, North Carolina. When Pettiford, an African American farmer, was called for military service during World War I, his employer interceded to ensure that he was exempted from service due to… Read More
Charles Pettigrew was born in Pennsylvania on 20 March 1744. A schoolmaster in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1774 he went to England where he became a deacon in the Anglican church before returning to Edenton in 1775. There in 1778 1778 he signed… Read More
John Pettiver was a resident of Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1703. He served as a justice of the North Carolina General Court from 1713 to 1714. In 1732 Joseph Haynes murdered Pettiver with the assistance of John Pettiver's own wife Ann… Read More
Lewis Henry Petty was born June 12, 1888, in Chatham County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and later a cotton mill laborer. He lived in Chatham, Orange, and Alamance Counties. He died on July 27, 1964.
Joseph Hopkins Peyton was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on May 20, 1808. A medical doctor, he represented Sumner in the Tennessee State Senate in 1840. He then served as a Whig in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, during… Read More
William Peyton was an ensign in the North Carolina Militia who was wounded 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 November 1771. Any other… Read More
Henry Neal Pharr (born October 24, 1865) and James Ardrey Bell (born September 12, 1866), of Charlotte comprised the law firm Pharr & Bell.
Edgar Walker Pharr was born on March 4, 1889, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. An attorney in Charlotte, Pharr served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and was its speaker in 1925. He died in Washington, D.C., on… Read More
Aaron Phelps 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.
Demsey Phelps (d. 1798) 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
Richard Phelps (1744-1771) served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768. He was appointed and vacated the office in the same year.
Charles W. Phifer was born in Tennessee in January 1833. He attended the University of Mississippi and the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1854. He and other members of his graduating class were in the same circles… Read More