Aaron Frissell 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.
Elizabeth Pugh was a Quaker born in Pennsylvania in about 1738. Later a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, she married to John Fruit, a prominent Regulator leader, sometime before 1771. Both… Read More
John Fruit was born In Pennsylvania in about November 1738. A resident of Orange County, North Carolina, Fruit was a prominent Regulator leader and on 11 March 1771 he was tried in New Bern for participating in the Hillsborough Riot. Later that… Read More
William Fry was born in about 1739. Likely a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina, on May 24, 1757 he saw Elizabeth Knott's body on the side of the road and alerted her traveling companion, John Liscomb. Fry later served as a witness for the… Read More
Lillian Frye (née Rowe) was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on May 5, 1873. Frye was only the second woman in the state of North Carolina to be admitted to the bar (1911). In addition to practicing law with the firm Frye, Gantt and Frye, she… Read More
William Fryly was born in Virginia in about 1685. He arrived in North Carolina by 1700, settling in Bath County. In 1702 he sued William Hancock for debt, stating that Hancock owed him the possession of an eight-year-old enslaved American Indian… Read More
Shadrack Fulcher was a Lieutenant in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. In July 1777 Lt. Fulcher and a group of men under his command went from Craven County to Ocracoke Island in pursuit of… Read More
Daniel Fulford was a resident of Currituck County. In 1777 he associated with known loyalist agitator, … Read More
David Henry Fuller was born on March 28, 1891, in Lumberton, North Carolina. During World War I, Fuller served as a commissioned officer in the headquarters company of the 136th Heavy Field Artillery and later… Read More
Elijah Fuller was born in Franklin County, North Carolina in 1810. The operator of a mercantile business in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he also acted as a pension agent and would pursue claims on behalf of Revolutionary War veterans and widows… Read More
Jones Fuller was born in Granville County, North Carolina in about 1735. A veteran of the French and Indian War, he served as a captain in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He may have needed to resign his commission… Read More
Thomas Blount Fuller was born on July 28, 1857, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Fuller was president and treasurer of the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company as well as president of the Durham Building & Investment Company in Durham, North… Read More
Thomas Fullington (d. 1785) 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
Lee Winston Fulton was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, on November 4, 1852. Fulton was a farmer and lifelong resident of Forsyth County. He died at his home outside Clemmons on December 20, 1922.
R. J. Furlong was born in Illinois in 1871. He was working as a rail road clerk in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) when he died from tuberculosis on November 9, 1916. No other information about him (including his full name) is known.
Thomas Gage (1718-1787) was a British military officer who served as Commander in Chief of the forces in North America from 1763-1775.
John Gains 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.
Julia Gaither was born on January 10th, 1829. Gaither is mentioned in a letter from James W. Wilson to Zebulon B. Vance. Gaither died in Burke County, North Carolina, on February 22nd, 1878.
Christopher Gale 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.
Christopher Gale was born in England in about 1679. He emigrated to North Carolina by 1701, where he initially established himself as a trader. His mercantile career was short-lived and he quickly attained a career in politics, serving as a… Read More
Edmund Gale was born in England and arrived in North Carolina by 1715. Originally a resident of Pasquotank Precinct, Gale benefitted from his brother Christopher's position as the colony's chief justice to attain a seat in the North Carolina… Read More
George Gale 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.
Alexander Henderson Galloway, Jr. was born on September 15, 1870, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Galloway was a real estate developer and president of the Winston-Salem Board of Trade. During World War I, he served on the state's western … Read More
John Gannaway was born in Virginia in about 1781. A farmer, he served as a justice of the peace for Wythe County, Virginia. He died in Wythe County in abut December 1850.
Richard Gantt was born in Maryland on August 2, 1767. A judge for the South Carolina Court of Appeals for much of his life, Gantt resided in Greenville, South Carolina but traveled throughout the state on his legal circuit. He died in Greenville… Read More
Alexander Gardner 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 Gardner was a resident of Bath County, North Carolina. In March 1723 while he was visiting colonist Richard Nixson's house, Gardner witnessed Christopher Dudley assault Sighacka Blount, a Tuscarora man. Gardner made a deposition on behalf of… Read More
John Gardner Jr. (d. 1828) 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 Gardner (d. 1790) 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 Washington O'Connell Gardner was born on December 31, 1873, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was bookkeeper of the Avon and Ozark Mills and later for the town of Mount Holly, all in Gaston County, North Carolina. He died on… Read More
Danill Garet (or Daniel Garrett) was a resident of Rowan County who signed a petition to Arthur Dobbs in 1762 requesting that he appoint a justice of the peace for Rowan County.
John Wesley Garland was born in Yancey County, North Carolina on September 5, 1807. A resident of Yancey County, he served as the clerk of the local county court. He died in Unicoi County, Tennessee on August 5, 1887.
Hubert Andrew Garner was born on November 30, 1900, in Durham County, North Carolina. Following World War I, Garner joined the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit, with the rank of private. In July 1920, he deployed with his company… Read More
Thomas Garner 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 Garrett was born in Virginia in about 1792. He served as the clerk of the court in Morgan County, Kentucky between 1850 and 1860. He died sometime before 1870.
Jesse Garrett (d. 1797) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he served as a grand juror in the fall session of the … Read More
John Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 after being approached by Daniel Leggett… Read More
John Garrett Jr. (b. aft. 1757) was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777, likely after being recruited by his… Read More
Stephen Garrett was a resident of Tyrrell County. In 1777 he, along with several other Garretts (likely his family members) became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and promised to resist the state's military draft. When the conspiracy was… Read More
Thomas Garrett was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina by 1694. In 1706 he wrote a letter to Thomas Pollock about the Meherrin. He died in Chowan sometime after 1720.
Thomas Garrett Jr. was a resident of Chowan and possibly Tyrrell County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina despite it being required by law.
Thomas Garrett Jr. was a resident of Chowan County. In 1734 he purchased a plot of land from the Chowanoke Nation. He died later that year.
William Washington Garrett was born on June 26, 1868, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Garrett was proprietor of the Graham Hotel, Cafe, and Pool Room, a key scene in an attempted lynching in Graham, North Carolina, in July 1920. Garrett later… Read More
Thomas Garrish enlisted in the North Carolina militia and was wounded and disabled during the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771. He later petitioned the North Carolina Colonial Assembly and was successful in receiving a pension in November 1771.… Read More