John Bryan Grimes was born on June 3, 1868, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Grimes is best known for his long tenure (1901 to 1923) as North Carolina Secretary of State. He was commonly known, and signed his name, as J. Bryan Grimes. He died in… Read More
John Gray Blount Grimes was born in Washington (Beaufort County), North Carolina on January 1, 1834. Grimes was a University of North Carolina graduate (1854) who was a planter, enslaver, and Confederate veteran. He died on May 18, 1909.
John William Grimes was born on March 15, 1872, in James City, North Carolina. Grimes was a Methodist minister in Washington, North Carolina. He died there on July 11, 1938.… Read More
Lucy Olivia (née Blount) Grimes was born in North Carolina on April 8, 1799. She married Bryan Grimes in 1831 and had five known children with him. A resident of Raleigh, her children were friends with Margaret Eliza Cotten, and are often… Read More
Olivia Blount Grimes was born in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina on February 2, 1840. She and her sister, Anna Grimes, attended St. Mary's school in Raleigh alongside their friend Margaret Eliza Cotten. Grimes eventually moved to… Read More
Willie Franklin Grimes was born in North Carolina on June 25, 1875. Grimes was a grocer and banker who served as sheriff of Johnston County. He died in Smithfield (Johnston County) on July 7, 1958.
Joseph Grisham was born in Pickens County, South Carolina on May 17, 1789. The son of a Revolutionary War veteran, and a colonel during the War of 1812, he established himself as a wealthy landowner and mill owner in Pickens. In 1835 he signed an… Read More
William Steele Grisham was born in South Carolina on November 24, 1824. A resident of Pickens District, he served as the county's postmaster, and as a notary. He died in Fulton County, Georgia on February 7, 1878.
Catherine Groom was a resident of Bertie Precinct, North Carolina and likely lived on a farm with her husband Thomas, who was a planter. On July 25, 1726 George Seneca, an American Indian man residing with the Meherrin, murdered Catherine and the… Read More
Thomas Groom was a planter in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina. In July 1726 George Seneca, an American Indian man residing with the Meherrin murdered Groom's wife Catherine and their two children. Seneca was later executed for the crime. Any… Read More
James Swinhow Grover (d. 1818) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed two oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's… Read More
James Alonzo Groves was born on November 26, 1873 near Lowell, North Carolina. Groves was a businessman and public servant. From 1903 to 1945, he was secretary-treasurer of the Wiscassett Mills in Albemarle, North Carolina. Groves served as mayor… Read More
James Madison Gudger, Jr., was born in Marshall (Madison County), North Carolina, on October 22, 1855. Gudger was a farmer and attorney who served as a state legislator (elected 1900), solicitor of the Fifteenth Judicial District (appointed 1901… Read More
Anna Allen Guest was born, likely in Orange County, North Carolina, in about 1763. A resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina, she married William Guest in July 1779. Guest had already served one tour in the Wilkes County Regiment of the North… Read More
Moses Guest was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in January 1750. A resident of Wilkes County, he served as a captain in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution, leading men in the Rowan and Wilkes County regiments. He was a… Read More
Squire Guest was born in Wilkes County on April 14, 1780. A farmer in South Carolina, he was the son of a Revolutionary War veteran. He died in Greenville, South Carolina on May 3, 1860.
William Guest was born in Frederick County, Virginia on December 30, 1762. A resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina, in June 1777 he enlisted in the county militia and guarded Fort Defiance on the Yadkin River for a term of about three months… Read More
Epenetus P. Guion was born in Westchester County, New York on November 24, 1793. He operated the Guion Hotel in downtown Raleigh for several years. He died in Raleigh on October 28, 1859.
Julius Guion was born in 1830. He lived in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, where his father operated a prominent hotel. He attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1851. He later worked as a school teacher in Yazoo City,… Read More
Owen Haywood Guion was born on June 21, 1861, in New Bern, North Carolina. Guion was twice elected to the North Carolina General Assembly (1902 and 1904) and served as a superior court judge until his retirement in 1920. He died in Baltimore,… Read More
John Gaston Gulley was born in North Carolina on April 21, 1793. A resident of Johnston County, North Carolina he was a farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster for present-day Clayton. In 1855 the United States passed a law stating that all… Read More
Hadassie Clarice Guthrie (née Foster) was born July 3, 1901, in North Carolina. In 1920, Guthrie provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. She married Henry Clayborn Guthrie, a combat veteran of the… Read More
William Anderson Guthrie was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on February 6, 1846. Guthrie was a Confederate veteran, attorney, influential Populist Party leader, and longtime resident of Durham. He died in Durham on October 14, 1916.
Daniel Gwinn (d. 1800) 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 Gwinn 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 Gwinn (d. 1781) 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
Richard Walter Gwyn was born in Surry County, North Carolina, on April 25, 1874. Gwyn was a longtime resident of Wilkes County, where he served as cashier of the Bank of North Wilkesboro for more than fifty years. He died there on December 24,… Read More
Ephraim Bryan Hackburn was born in Beaufort (Carteret County), North Carolina, on February 1, 1853. His family moved to New Bern during his childhood, where he lived the rest of his life. He became a dry goods merchant, and in 1914, he… Read More
Dan Hacket 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, Hacket joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More
Frank Dobbin Hackett was born on June 14, 1857, in North Carolina. Hackett was an attorney who held several public offices, including mayor of North Wilkesboro, deputy collector for the Internal Revenue Service, and State Bank examiner. During… Read More
James Gordon Hackett was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on August 7, 1864. Hackett was an influential industrialist and public servant who served as mayor of both Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro for several terms. He died in… Read More
Richard Nathaniel Hackett was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on December 4, 1866. Hackett was an attorney and politician who served as mayor of Wilkesboro (1894-1896) and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1907… Read More
Arthur Twining Hadley was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April 23, 1856. Hadley was a career educator who served as president of Yale University from 1899 to 1921. He died in Japan on March 6, 1930.
Thomas McKinley Hadley was born on November 22, 1897, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Hadley was a longtime employee of the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing Co. in Graham, North Carolina. During the influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919, Hadley… Read More
Smith Hagaman was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on May 6, 1868. Hagaman was a farmer in the Vilas community who served as a representative in the General Assembly (1909-1911), as superintendent of Watauga County schools (ca. 1914-1934… Read More
Peter Hagner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1772. A longtime civil servant, he served as the third auditor of the United States Treasury from 1817 to 1849. In this role, Hagner was responsible for making sure public funds… Read More
Green Henderson Haigler was born in Cherokee County, North Carolina, on November 21, 1855. Haigler was a cashier, accountant, and banker in Hayesville (Clay County). He died in Hayesville on December 31, 1944.
Bunk Hairston was an African American teenager accused of murdering Stokes County deputy sheriff Reid P. Joyce in April 1920. Following Joyce's death, law enforcement swiftly transported Hairston out of Stokes to prevent the formation of a lynch… Read More
Peter Wilson Hairston was born on February 11, 1871, at Oak Hill Plantation in Virginia. Hairston was a farmer and landowner in Davie County, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Davie County Exemption Board during World War I. He died… Read More
Rufus Sigmond Hairston was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on August 7, 1894. Following graduation from Shaw in May 1917, Hairston became the first African American pharmacist in Winston-Salem. Though he… Read More
William Riley Hairston was born May 1, 1860, in Davidson County, North Carolina. Hairston was a prominent citizen in Lexington, North Carolina, where he was a barber and educator. He died in Lexington on April… Read More
Jesse Hale 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.
Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Hale (née Badger) was born in Raleigh (Wake County), North Carolina on December 11, 1836. She married Peter Mallett Hale in 1855 and was a close friend of Margaret Eliza Cotten and the Cotten family. Hale died in Raleigh on… Read More
Joseph Washington Halford was born on July 17, 1870, in South Carolina. Halford was a physician in Lillington, North Carolina. During World War I, he served as the chairman of the local draft board. Halford died in Lillington on November 28, 1942… Read More
Peter Halkett (1695-1755) was a British politician and army officer who commanded troops in the ill-fated campaign against Fort Duquesne during the Seven Years' War. He was killed during that expedition, on July 9, 1755.
Anne Hall was born in Chowan County, North Carolina in about 1755. The daughter of an Anglican missionary, Anne Hall enjoyed a quality education that other young women of her era were not always afforded. In 1774 she, along with her mother and… Read More
Chester Albert Hall was born on August 2, 1892, in Cedar Creek, North Carolina. At the outbreak of World War I, Hall was employed as a laborer at the Delson Manufacturing Company in Cedar Creek, North Carolina. He died in Cumberland County on… Read More
Clement Hall (1706-1759) was an England-born ordained Anglican missionary and itinerant minister in colonial Edenton.
Enoch Hall served as chief justice of the Province of North Carolina from his appointment on April 21, 1744, until his death in England on October 18, 1753.