Elizabeth Pugh was born in Pennsylvania in about 1709 and later became a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina. Following the Battle of Alamance Pugh made a deposition in support of her son John Pugh… Read More
Francis Pugh (d. 1807) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
John Pugh 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.
John Pugh was a Quaker born in about 1738 in Pennsylvania. A prominent Regulator leader, in 1769 Pugh was one of several Orange County residents to sign Regulators' Advertisement No. 9 which called upon Governor Tryon and the North Carolina… Read More
Thomas Pugh (d. 1806) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a justice of the peace and served on the Bertie County Court, in which role he received the depositions of several men involved in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. He also… Read More
Robert Pulliam was born in Franklin County, Georgia in about 1792. A farmer and plantation owner, he was one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Franklin County before he moved to Mississippi by 1850. He died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi… Read More
James Purcell (circa 1716 - 1759) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of the Virgin Islands from 1750 to 1759.
Ivy Purdy (d. 1797) 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.
Thomas Richard Purnell was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on August 10, 1846. Purnell was an attorney who served as state librarian (1873-1876), legislator (1876-1877 & 1883-1884), and judge for the U.S. District Court in the Eastern… Read More
William Pursell (d. 1778) 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 Purviance was a militia officer, justice of the peace, and member of the safety committee in colonial and Revolutionary-era New Hanover County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in… Read More
Richard C. Puryear was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, on January 21, 1848. For forty years, Puryear was an attorney in Yadkinville. He died in Salisbury (Rowan County) on January 7, 1923.
William Puryear was an African American man who resided in Alamance County. In 1870 after supposedly witnessing the the Ku Klux Klan lynch county constable Wyatt Outlaw, Puryear reportedly followed some of the perpetrators home. When Puryear… Read More
Queen Anne was born in London, England on February 6, 1665. She succeeded King William III as ruler of Great Britain and Ireland in 1707. She ruled until her death in London on August 1, 1714, when her second cousin King George I succeeded her.… Read More
Lessie Carmine Query (née Hendren) was born in North Carolina on May 5, 1890. Prior to her marriage to Thomas Lester Query, Lessie was a resident of Winston-Salem where she worked as a clerk for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. She graduated… Read More
Richard Quince (1714-1778) resided in Brunswick and served as a justice of the peace for Brunswick County and a judge of the superior court for North Carolina.
Milton Reed Quinerly was born on September 10, 1893, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Quinerly was a farmer in Grifton, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in… Read More
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was a tobacco manufacturing operation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was chartered in 1890 and for a period of time (1899 to 1912) was part of the American Tobacco Company trust owned by James B. Duke. The… Read More
George Washington Raby was born on April 20, 1870, in Lenoir (Caldwell County), North Carolina. Raby was a practicing physician in Hickory, North Carolina. He died in Hickory on May 31, 1935.
Jesse Radford was born in Virginia in about 1790. A farmer in Buncombe (later Yancey) County, North Carolina, he married Anna Edwards in about 1813. Anna's mother, Ruth Crabtree Edwards lived with them and when Ruth died Radford acted as the… Read More
John Pittman Ragan was born on January 6, 1883, in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Ragan was an employee of the Tallassee Power Company plant at Badin, North Carolina, around 1919. He died in Fayetteville, North… Read More
Thomas Orell Ragan was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on June 2, 1891. Ragan moved to Badin after being employed by the Tallassee Power Company in February 1918. In July 1919, he provided testimony… Read More
Thomas Ragland was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on November 17, 1800. He served as the clerk of the Chatham County Court in 1833 and also worked as a farmer. He died in Chatham County on June 20, 1862.
William Thomas Rainey was born on July 7, 1892, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Rainey was a physician in Badin, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Durham (Durham County) on September 22, 1961.… Read More
The Raleigh Sentinel was a Democratic newspaper that was established in 1865, and run by William E. Pell, and… Read More
Lawrence Rambo was a resident of colonial Orange County. In an undated petition, Alexander Mebane requested Rambo be commissioned a captain in the county militia.
Mary Ramsay was a signer of a 1774 nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. She may have been a relative of… Read More
James Coleman Ramsey was born in Walnut (Madison County), North Carolina, on August 10, 1879. Ramsey was an attorney in Marshall (Madison County) who served as judge of the recorder's court, legislator, and mayor of Marshall. He died in Marshall… Read More
John Ramsey (d. 1806) 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.
William Ramsey was a lawyer residing in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1852 Thomas Yarborough appointed Ramsey as the power of attorney for Mary Yarborough's pension application. Ramsey may have moved elsewhere, as he was not listed as a resident of… Read More
Erwin Mark Randall was born February 22, 1891, in Worley, North Carolina. Randall was a laborer in Hot Springs, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in May 1918… Read More
Stephen A. Randall was a Shaw University student who signed a letter to the governor of North Carolina pledging allegiance and support of the United States following its entrance into World War I. His… Read More
Peter Randolph (1717-1767) was a Virginia-born politician who served as a member of the Council of Virginia from 1752 to 1767 and as Surveyor General for the Southern District of America from 1752 up through 1762.
Thomas Richmond Randolph was born in Yancey County in April 1863. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) by 1900, where he worked as a farmer. Randolph evidently fell on hard times during the Great Depression, as by 1930 he was living in… Read More
James Eugene Rankin was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, on April 27, 1845. Rankin was a prominent banker in Asheville, where he served as mayor, as Chairman of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, and as president of the Buncombe County… Read More
John C. Rankin was born April 27, 1853, near Mount Holly in Gaston County, North Carolina. Rankin was a prominent textile mill executive, serving as President of Avon Mills in Gastonia, among others. He died on May 3, 1928, in Mecklenburg County… Read More
Watson Smith Rankin was born on January 18, 1879, near Mooresville, North Carolina. Rankin was a physician and professor who served as the state's chief public health officer and secretary of the State Board of Health from 1909 to 1925. He died… Read More
James Ransom 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.
Edward Rasor was a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina. A sheriff for Bertie, he also served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Bertie in about 1775.
Martin Frederick Rasor was born in Germany in about 1680. A Lutheran schoolteacher, he immigrated first to England in 1709 and later to North Carolina, settling in Chowan Precinct by 1711. In 1721 he was part of the grand jury that indicted John… Read More
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings was born in Ireland on December 9, 1754. Originally a lieutenant in the British 5th Regiment of the Foot, he saw combat at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. He then served as General Sir Henry Clinton's… Read More
James Rawlings (b. c1737) moved to Martin County around 1775, where he established himself as a lay reader in the local Protestant church. Rawlings was among the first men to join the Gourd Patch Conspiracy when… Read More
Priscilla Blount Rawlings was a resident of Martin County along with her husband James Rawlings, a… Read More
Amos Lafayette Ray was born in North Carolina on November 15, 1802. Ray was a farmer in Pensacola Township (Yancey County) who owned several thousand acres on Mount Mitchell. He died on December 14, 1888.