James Clinton Smoot was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 1, 1857. Smoot was a businessman connected with the tannery operation C. C. Smoot & Sons Company in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County). He later moved to Charlotte (Mecklenburg… Read More

John Smyth was born near present-day Smithfield in Isle of White County, Virginia in about 1644. In 1673 Smyth moved near the Blackwater River. In 1707 he gave a deposition in support of North Carolina's boundary claim with Virginia. He died… Read More

Stephen K. Sneed was born in North Carolina on July 2, 1794. He worked as the clerk of the county court for Granville County, North Carolina. He later resided in Fayette County, Tennessee, where he died on March 14, 1841.

William Morgan Sneed was born in North Carolina in about 1780. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace in Granville County, North Carolina. He died in about 1849.

Roger Snell was born in England in about 1647. He immigrated first to Maryland in 1661 and later to North Carolina by 1694, establishing himself in Perquimans Precinct. In 1697 he served as a witness in the case against Dorothy Steele, a colonist… Read More

Charles H. "Charlie" Snider was born in North Carolina on January 23, 1889. On December 14, 1918, Snider—freshly discharged from the army at Camp Greene—slashed the throat of Southern Railway engineer Hugh Alexander Winders (1892-1918) and cut… Read More

Thomas Snoden first appears in North Carolina colonial court records in 1693. An attorney, he served as the clerk of the North Carolina General Court from March 1703 to July 1705. He served as the colony's attorney general from July 1705 to 1708… Read More

Cindy Snow was a Black woman who was described as "very old" in 1916. That July, she was living along the Yadkin River in Marsh Township (Surry County) when a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks and washed away all of her… Read More

George Snyder was born circa 1885 in North Carolina. As a child, Snyder was stricken with an unnamed disease that left him paralyzed down one side of his body. Despite the impediment, he proved himself to be a good worker and secured work as a… Read More

Chartered in 1701, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts organized missionary work in colonial British America.

John Solley was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1713. There he served as a justice of the North Carolina General Court from 1722 to 1723 and later served as a justice of the peace for Pasquotank. He died sometime after 1735… Read More

Michael Sope 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, Seneca… Read More

Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) was a German princess whose marriage to King George III in 1761 made her Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), a position she held until… Read More

Alonzo Herman Sorrell was born on January 23, 1894, in Sumner, Georgia. During World War I, Sorrell served with Company A of the 317th Machine Gun Battalion and was deployed overseas from July 1918 to June 1919. He was honorably discharged from… Read More

Seth Sothel was born in England and became a Proprietor of Carolina in 1677. In 1678, while en route to North Carolina to become the governor there, Sothel was captured by pirates and held for ransom in Algiers. After being released in September… Read More

Andrew South 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.

Charles Sowell (d. 1802) 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.

Francis Sowell (d. 1796) 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

Richard Spaight (1730-1763) was a colonial official in New Bern who served as secretary and clerk of the crown for North Carolina (1755-circa 1762). During the French and Indian War, he served as paymaster for the North Carolina regiment. He was… Read More

Joseph Bingman Sparger was born in Surry County, North Carolina, on November 22, 1864. Sparger was a longtime resident of Mount Airy, where he served as postmaster (1924-1936), county commissioner, and as chairman of the Surry County Highway… Read More

Jesse Sparkman (1745-1781) 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 Sparkman (d. 1784) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More

Rufus Armenius Spaugh was born on November 5, 1865, in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Spaugh served as vice president of the Forsyth Manufacturing Company from 1903 to 1921. He died in Winston-Salem on April 8, 1953.

Charles Clinton Spaulding was born in Columbus County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1874. Spaulding's prolific career with North Carolina Mutual—a Black-owned, Durham-based company that focused its business on… Read More

Josiah Speight (d. 1783) 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. Later… Read More

William Speir was a resident of colonial Pitt County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions. His name may also be found spelled as "Spier" or "Speer."

Henry Spellar (c1720-1807)  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. … Read More

John Spelman was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1688. Employed in the maritime trade, Spelman worked as a sawyer. In 1697 Dorothy Steele left her husband and hired William Lee and John Spelman to take her to South Carolina.… Read More

Daniel Spence was born in Surry County, North Carolina on July 20, 1794. A Methodist preacher, he resided in Union County, Illinois. In 1836 he made a sworn affidavit in support of Rosana Murray's widow's pension application. He died in Union… Read More

Union Lee Spence was born on August 20, 1867, in Stanly County, North Carolina. Spence was an attorney in Carthage, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Moore County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Pinehurst (Moore County… Read More

Calvin Finley Spencer was born in Patterson (Caldwell County), North Carolina, on July 13, 1879. Spencer was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County, North Carolina. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on December 15, 1934.

Charles Evander Spencer was born on September 12, 1871, in North Carolina. He held various jobs over the course of his life, including sawyer, filling station proprietor, and laborer at an aluminum plant. In 1919, while a foreman employed by the… Read More

John Richard Spencer was born on August 16, 1873 in Engelhard (Hyde County), North Carolina. [Note: His birthdate on his headstone reads September 5, 1885, but that would have made him about 11 when his eldest… Read More

Noah W. Spencer was born on May 22, 1873, in Lake Landing, North Carolina. For several decades he was a resident of Washington, North Carolina, where he was a minister and prominent grocery merchant. Spencer… Read More

Samuel Spencer (d. 1795) 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.

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Charles Booker Spicer was born on April 9, 1886, in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. Spicer was an attorney who served as Government Appeal Agent for Ashe County during World War I. He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 20, 1972.

Albert Gottlieb Spingler was born in Newport, Rhode Island on March 30, 1861. Spingler was a Raleigh-based optometrist who served as president of the Carolina Prisoner's Aid Society, as president of the Raleigh Juvenile Association, and as… Read More

Thomas Spires was a planter in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1721 he received compensation for assisting in the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. Spires later served as the deputy… Read More

Abraham Spivey (d. 1810) 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

Champen Spivey (d. 1787)  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.

Jacob Spivey (d. c1788) 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.

Jesse Spivey (d. 1793) 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

Nathaniel Spivey 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

Thomas Spivey born in England in about 1657 and was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1701. There, he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary… Read More

Thomas Spivey (d. 1786) 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

William Spivey 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 independence… Read More

William Luther Spoon was born on March 18, 1862, in Burlington, North Carolina. Spoon was the highway engineer for Forsyth County (1911-1913) and the senior highway engineer with the public roads office (1913-1920). He died in Coble (Alamance… Read More