Joshua Springer was born in Illinois on December 15, 1841. He was a farmer and prominent figure in Jackson County, Illinois. He died November 7, 1913.

Dempsey Spruill was born on February 28, 1838, in Washington County, North Carolina. Spruill was a Confederate veteran and farmer who served as sheriff for Washington County. He died there on October 15, 1918.

Hezekiah Spruill (1732-1804) was a planter and militia officer who served as a captain in a regiment of Tyrrell County militia in 1754.

Samuel Spruitt, Jr., was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

James Sprunt was born on June 9, 1846, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1854, Sprunt immigrated to North Carolina with his parents, Alexander and Jane Sprunt. The family eventually settled in Wilmington, where Sprunt became a prominent businessman and… Read More

James Laurence Sprunt was born on July 4, 1886, in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Sprunt was the son of James Sprunt, a prominent cotton merchant and exporter in Wilmington, North Carolina. During World War I, Gov. Thomas W. Bickett put his… Read More

Peter Squier 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 St. Clair (died 1767) was a British army officer who served with the 60th Regiment of Foot during the Seven Years' War. In 1755, he served as deputy quartermaster general and chief commissary for Edward Braddock during his campaign against… Read More

Amos Morehead Stack was born on February 12, 1863, in Union County, North Carolina. Stack was a longtime attorney in Monroe, North Carolina, with the firm Stack & Parker (and later Stack, Parker & Craig). He was a superior court judge… Read More

Walter Parker Stacy was born on December 26, 1884 in Ansonville, North Carolina. Stacy was a lawyer and legislator who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1926 until his death in Raleigh, North Carolina on September… Read More

Elias Franklin Stafford was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, on September 15, 1856. Stafford moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) as a young adult, where he owned a sawmill. In 1903, he co-founded Oak Furniture Company, a furniture… Read More

Walter Eugene Stafford was born on November 29, 1875, in North Carolina. Stafford was a mill superintendent and later insurance agent. He died on June 27, 1929, in Burlington (Alamance County).

Elias Stalling (d. 1797) 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.

Nicholas Stallings (d. 1800) 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.… Read More

Nicholas Stallings was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1700. In 1702 he and several other residents of Chowan Precinct submitted a petition to the North Carolina Council regarding a land boundary dispute between the colonists and… Read More

Seth Stallings 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

Thomas Stanback (d. 1779) 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.

James Decatur Stanberry was born in North Carolina on December 14, 1871. Stanberry was a lifelong railroad employee, working for the Southern Railway for fifty years before his retirement. He died in Bryson City (Swain County) on June 9, 1972. … Read More

Henderson Standin (d. 1781) was a member of the Chowan County Committee of Safety. 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… Read More

David Standley (d. 1795) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County Court… Read More

Edmond Standley (d. 1793) 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.

Richard Alexander Stanford was born on April 12, 1898, in Person County, North Carolina. Stanford was a farmer employed by William L. Spoon in Burlington, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft in September 1918. He died in Graham (… Read More

John Stanger was born in Germany on June 10, 1765. A Lutheran minister, he founded the Zion Lutheran Church in Wythe County, Virginia in 1790. In 1809 he led the funeral service for Peter Kinder, and later attested to that fact in support of… Read More

Albert Stanley was born November 23, 1888, in Beaufort, North Carolina. Stanley was employed as a cook for Jack S. Parkin, the captain of a fishing boat, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. … Read More

H. F. Stanley was an employee of the state prison system approximately 1908 to 1917. During the administration of Governor Locke Craig, he supervised the work of incarcerated laborers on the construction of roads in various parts of the state.… Read More

Hallise Stanley (née Ellison) was born circa 1893 in Beaufort, North Carolina. She married Albert Stanley on November 27, 1910, and was a public school teacher all of her life. Hallise died in Goldsboro (Wayne County) on November 28, 1930.

Richard Stanley was a resident of colonial Currituck County. In an undated petition, he joined other Currituck County magistrates in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for relief from the "Emcumbrancys" of having the registers office located… Read More

David Absolom Stanton was born on May 24, 1859, in Level Creek (Randolph County), North Carolina. Stanton was a medical doctor and mayor of High Point from 1918 to 1921. He died in High Point on September 5, 1946.

John Stanwix (1690 - 1766) was a British politician and high ranking army officer. In 1756, Stanwix was sent the American colony where commanded the Royal American Regiment and oversaw the construction of Fort Stanwix and Fort Pitt. In 1759, he… Read More

John Stark (1728-1822) was an American general during the French and Indian War and during the American Revolution. In August 1777 as a leader in the New Hampshire Militia, he led the Patriot forces to victory at the Battle of Bennington in New… Read More

African American family in Carbondale, St. Clair Co., Ill

Edward Starkey (d. 1789) was a politician from Onslow County. After getting his start as his county's justice of the peace, Starkey served in the… Read More

John Starkey (circa 1697-1765) was an Onslow County planter and attorney who held various public offices in colonial North Carolina. His county offices included militia colonel (1754), justice of the peace (1734-1765), coroner (1741), chairman of… Read More

George Wellington Starnes was born on February 22, 1889, in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Starnes was a truck driver for the Hickory, North Carolina, fire department, and, later, an employee of the city water works. He died in Hickory on… Read More

John Staten was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and helped recruit… Read More

William Henry Stayton was born in Smyna, Delaware, on March 28, 1861. Stayton was a prominent attorney, businessman, and Navy veteran who is best remembered for leading the movement against the 18th amendment, earning him the moniker "father of… Read More

Benjamin Stead (died 1776) was a prominent merchant in colonial Charles Town, present-day Charleston, South Carolina, from 1739 to 1759. In 1759, Stead moved back to England where he was an import-export trader and broker for the wealthy South… Read More

Charles Manly Stedman was born in Pittsboro (Chatham County), North Carolina on January 29, 1841. Stedman was an attorney and Confederate veteran who served as lieutenant governor of North Carolina (1885-1889), a trustee for the University of… Read More

John Portfield Stedman was born in Fayetteville (Cumberland County), North Carolina on February 26, 1854. Stedman was a drug manufacturer in Oxford (Granville County) who served as town commissioner and county commissioner. He died in Morganton (… Read More

James Guy Steed was born on March 15, 1871, in Asheboro, North Carolina. Steed was for much of his life a salesman in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. During the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Steed served as the state compliance… Read More

Dorothy Steele was a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina. Sometime prior to 1697, Dorothy married William Steele, who was involved in the colony's maritime trade. In June of that year, Dorothy hired mariners William Lee and John… Read More

Earl Thaddeus Steele was born in Kansas on May 16, 1888. By 1900, Steele had moved with his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina. He lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) while working for J. C. Steele, a local plumbing company. By… Read More

William Steele was a resident of colonial North Carolina, possibly as early as 1677. He may have served as the colony's overseer and surveyor of the roads for Pasquotank Precinct from 1683 to 1684. Involved in the maritime trade, he had an… Read More

William Davis Steele was born in South Carolina on December 24, 1817. He served as the judge of the Court of the Ordinary for Pickens, South Carolina. He died in Pickens County, South Carolina on December 20, 1854. 

John Walter Stephens was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on October 14, 1834.  Prominent in the tobacco business and representing groups such as the Republican Party, the Freedman's Bureau, and the Union League, Stephens served in the… Read More

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Matt Ransom Stephenson was born on November 14, 1859, in Northampton County, North Carolina. Stephenson was a physician in the Seaboard community of Northampton County. He died in Seaboard on October 23, 1924.

Garland Vester Stepp, born September 12, 1882, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Black Mountain (Buncombe County). His father was George Washington Stepp, Black Mountain's longtime postmaster. He died in Asheville on December 1, 1963.

George Washington Stepp was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on January 19, 1858. Stepp was a prominent farmer in Black Mountain where he served as mayor and postmaster for several years. He died in Black Mountain on September 21, 1926.… Read More