Abraham Hamilton Rowland was born on September 5, 1889 in North Carolina. Rowland was a farmer in the Marble community of Cherokee, North Carolina, who served in the 322nd Infantry and the 105th Engineers in World War I. After serving overseas… Read More
Minnie Azalee Rowland (née Barton) was born on September 29, 1895, in Marble, North Carolina. She married Abraham H. Rowland in 1912. She died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on October 15, 1941.
William Rowley (circa 1690-1768) was a British politician and navy officer who served as a lord of Admiralty from 1751 to 1757.
William Rowzee was born in North Carolina in 1810. In the 1850s he began operating the Mansion House, a hotel in Salisbury. In 1870 George W. Kirk's troops visited Salisbury, Rowan County after arresting someone on insurrection charges, and… Read More
W. R. Royal was a day laborer who lived along the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of the possessions of Royal, his wife, and their three… Read More
Beverly Sampson Royster was born in Granville County, North Carolina, on January 17, 1865. Royster, a lawyer by training and profession, was a long-time member of the North Carolina National Guard, joining the… Read More
Gordon H. Rudisill was born in Catawba County, North Carolina on 28 August 1901. In 1919 he was caught making illegal moonshine and sentenced to working on the state road crew for six months. Upon reviewing his case, Governor Thomas W. Bickett… Read More
Jacob Andrew Rudisill was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on August 18, 1884. Rudisill was a professor who later worked as a bookkeeper for Duke Power Company. He briefly worked as a teacher in Northampton County in the 1910s. Rudisill… Read More
Annie Haywood Ruffin was born in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina on March 28, 1829. The daughter of a prominent lawyer and later U.S. Senator, she and her siblings were members of Raleigh's elite social scene. She married Samuel Ruffin, a… Read More
Thomas Ruffin was born on September 21, 1824, in Hillsborough (Orange County) North Carolina. He was a lawyer, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice (1881 to 1883), and a Confederate veteran. He helped to prepare the contract for the sale of the… Read More
William Cain Ruffin was born on September 29, 1865, in Graham, North Carolina. Ruffin was a banker and cotton manufacturer connected with various cotton mills in North Carolina and Virginia. During World War I, he served as the chairman of the… Read More
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Frederick Kelsey Rupprecht was born on July 30 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. Rupprecht was the president of the Consolidated Textile Corporation, a collective of twenty-five mills throughout New England and the South. The corporation included… Read More
James Russel was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, Russel joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More
Daniel Lindsay Russell was born near Wilmington (Brunswick County), North Carolina on August 7, 1845. Russell was a Confederate veteran, Republican politician, and attorney who served as a state legislator (1862-1866), a member of the U.S. House… Read More
David Samuel Russell was born in Carteret County, North Carolina, on June 24, 1856. Russell was a farmer, merchant, and real estate agent who served as a longtime mayor of Andrews (Cherokee County). He died in Andrews on March 19, 1940.
George Russell (d. 1781) 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.
Robert Russell was a resident of colonial Salisbury. Around 1763, William Strother and Oliver Wallace were accused of horse stealing, found guilty, and sentenced to death. In an undated petition, Russell joined others from the Salisbury District… Read More
Griffith Rutherford was born in Ireland in approximately 1721. He settled in Rowan County, where he worked as a surveyor before serving as a captain in the state militia during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution he enlisted… Read More
John William Rutherford was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 26, 1867. Rutherford was a prominent dairy farmer and lumberman who served as a member of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from 1910 to 1916. He died in… Read More
John Rutherford Jr. was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on October 18, 1789. Rutherford donated a large tract of land to what became Rutherford College. He is mentioned in a letter from his wife,… Read More
John Rutherfurd (1724-1782) was a merchant and politician from New Hanover County who served as a member of the North Carolina Council (1752-1757 & 1762-1775) and as receiver general (1751-1757, 1761-1762, & 1762-1776).
William Edward Rutledge was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, on November 13, 1887. Rutledge was a publisher and newspaper editor in Yadkinville. He died there on April 2, 1966.
Norman W. Rutter was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 7, 1873. He remained a resident of Portsmouth throughout his life and worked as a ship joiner at the U.S. Navy Yard. He died February 20, 1920.
George Ryan (d. c1791) was a captain in the Bertie County Militia and was directed to administer the oath of allegiance to all of his troops in response to news of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.
William Ryans was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.
William Henry Ryder was born on February 28, 1894, in Glasgow, Virginia. Ryder was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit. In July 1920, he deployed with his company to Alamance County on orders from the governor to… Read More
Elisabeth Rye was born in about 1770 in North Carolina. During the time of the American Revolution she lived in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sometime after the war she moved to Chambers County, Alabama, where she made a sworn affidavit in support of… Read More
Samuel Sackett was a resident of colonial America who owned a sloop called Hester in 1761.
Lionel Sackville (1688-1765), 1st Duke of Dorset, was a British politician and nobleman who served as Lord President of the Council (1745-1751) and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1730-1737 & 1750-1755).
John Sale was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In May 1722 he signed a note acknowledging that he owed eleven pounds to John Hoyter, chief of the Chowanoke Indians. Sale died sometime between October 1722 and March 1723, at which… Read More
John Sallis (c. 1717- c. 1759) was a Captain in the Granville County militia. His reputation as a serious drill master annoyed the rank and file. He was also a member of the Commission of Peace.
James Armstrong Salter was born in Wisconsin on April 23, 1874. A prominent architect in Raleigh, Salter served as State Architect of North Carolina from May 1919 to March 1921. Salter died on December 18, 1939.
John Salter was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.
Robert Salter (d. 1779) was a soldier and politician from Pitt County. A member of the Pitt County Committee of Safety in 1774, he represented Pitt in the Third Provincial Congress and was a state senator in 1777-8. He served as a Lt. Colonel in… Read More
John Sampson (died 1784) was an Ireland-born planter, colonial administrator, militia officer, and nephew of George Vaughan. He held numerous offices during the course of his career: justice of the peace in New Hanover County (1740), town… Read More
John Robert Sams was born in Union County, Tennessee, on July 15, 1848. Sams was a prominent farmer in Mars Hill (Madison County) who served as a member of the Madison County Board of Education, as farm agent for Polk and Madison counties, and as… Read More
William Marsh Sanders was born on February 13, 1858, near Smithfield, North Carolina. Sanders was a banker, businessman, and farmer who served on the executive board of the state fair, a term as president of the North Carolina Cotton Growers… Read More
Worth Sanders (born ca. 1899) was a Black man accused of participating in the murder of white Wendell (Johnston County) resident… Read More
Richard Sanderson was raised in Currituck Precinct, North Carolina, the son of a member of the North Carolina Council. After a career in the maritime industry, Sanderson became a justice of the North Carolina General Court in 1712 and later held… Read More
Samuel Sandys was a British politician who held several influential offices, including Chancellor of the Exchequer (1742-1743), Speaker of the House of Lords (1756-1757), and First Lord of Trade (1761-1763).
Henry Clement Satterfield was born on March 8, 1882, in Person County, North Carolina. A longtime resident of Durham, North Carolina, Satterfield was engaged in the lumber industry, eventually working his way up to president of the Cary Lumber… Read More
Charles Saunders (circa 1713-1775) was a British naval officer who, with the rank of rear admiral, commanded the British fleet in the capture of Quebec (1759) during the Seven Years' War.
Florida Call Saunders (née Cotten) was born September 29, 1841. Saunders was the wife of Confederate veteran and suspected Ku Klux Klan leader William L. Saunders. She died in Chapel Hill (Orange County) on July 9, 1865.
Jesse Saunders was born in Virginia on July 22, 1743. A resident of Granville County, North Carolina, from 1775 to 1776 he served as a captain in the Hillsborough District Minutemen and then in 1776 he became a captain in the 6th North Carolina… Read More