Thomas Hurst was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he may have been a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy, as… Read More
William Hurst (d. 1787) 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 Hurst Jr. (d. c1787) 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
Herman Husband was born in Cecil County, Maryland on 3 October 1724 . In 1755 he moved to Orange County, North Carolina and between 1755 and 1762 acquired more than 10,000 acres in Orange and Rowan Counties. In 1762 he married Mary Pugh,… Read More
John Huske was born in Orange County on August 28, 1786. A lawyer in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he served as the president of the U.S Branch Bank in that city and also was the pension agent employed by the government to receive and disburse… Read More
Charles Milton Huskins was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on October 10, 1856. Huskins was a lifelong resident of McDowell County where he lived and worked on his family's farm in North Cove. He died in North Cove on September 27, 1934… Read More
A. Barton "Bart" Hutchens was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, on January 18, 1853. Hutchens was a farmer in Rockford Township, Surry County. A devastating July 1916 flood wiped out his entire crop that season. He died in Surry County on… Read More
Charles Hutchins was born in Burnsville (Yancey County), North Carolina, on September 3, 1889. Hutchins was an attorney in Burnsville who was employed by the Mitchell Peak Park Commission during the state's efforts to conserve Mount Mitchell in… Read More
Ernestine "Ernie" N. Olive Hutchinson (née Booker) was born on January 17, 1867, in Wake County, North Carolina. Ernestine was an educator at various public schools in Wake County as well as the State School for the Blind. In January 1920, she… Read More
Charles Egbert Hutchison was born in Mount Holly (Gaston County), North Carolina, on September 26, 1861. Hutchison was president and treasurer of the Woodlawn Manufacturing Company in Mount Holly. He died in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) on… Read More
Charlie Hyman was born in April 1899 in North Carolina. Hyman suffered from an undiagnosed psychological condition which required his admission to the state insane asylum in Raleigh in late 1919. He died the… Read More
John Hyman (1726-1794) 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
Lemuel Hyman (d. c1800) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 he took two oaths, the first an oath of secrecy and the second to promise to resist the state military draft, and became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. When the plot was… Read More
Thomas Gardner Hyman was born on April 8, 1870, in New York City, New York. Hyman was the president of the Hyman Supply Co in New Bern. During World War I, he served as chairman of the Craven County Exemption Board. Hyman died in Miami, Florida,… Read More
William Hyman (d. 1792) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1777 James Sherrard approached him… Read More
William Ann Hyman (née Savage) was born December 28, 1860, in Speed, North Carolina. Known as Ann or Annie, she married Robert Hyman on June 30, 1881. She died on December 31, 1919, from the effects of stomach cancer.
George Lake Imes was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1883. Imes was a minister and educator who was a longtime staff member (1910-1935) at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He died in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 1957.
Thornton W. Ingle was born in Rowan County in February 1867. He moved to Black Mountain (Buncombe County) by 1897, when he was appointed the town's postmaster. Ingle primarily worked as a carpenter. He died at his Black Mountain home on August 10… Read More
Needham Ingram was born in Johnston County, North Carolina, on January 1, 1855. Ingram moved to North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) in 1909, where he worked as a junk dealer. He died in North Wilkesboro on April 9, 1919.
James Innes (circa 1700-1759) was a Scotland-born colonial administrator and British army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in America (1754) and governor of Fort Cumberland (1755-1756). He was a member of the Colonial… Read More
Nancy Elizabeth Inscore (née Mathis) was born on March 10, 1865, in Yadkin County, North Carolina. She married Thomas William Inscore in November 1883. She died in Middlefork (Forsyth County) on July 12, 1947.
Thomas Clingman Inscore was born on May 7, 1895, in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Inscore was a farmer working for his mother when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was called to service on August 31, 1918, but it is… Read More
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is a labor organization established in 1891. Today the union represents approximately 775,000 active and retired electricians and linemen.
James Iredell (5 October 1751-20 October 1799) was a lawyer who resided in Edenton. A distant relation of… Read More
Charles Henry Ireland, Sr. was born on March 12, 1859, in Lovingston, Virginia. Ireland was a businessman in Lynchburg before moving to North Carolina in 1882. He was a longtime resident of Greensboro, where he was president and general manager… Read More
John Rich Ireland was born in Alamance County, North Carolina on May 18, 1841. Ireland served as the Deputy Sheriff of Alamance County in 1870, and in July of 1870, Col. George B. Bergen arrested him, along with several others for being members… Read More
Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr., was born on February 1, 1895, in Cleveland, Ohio. Ireland was a prominent businessman and philanthropist. During World War I, he served in the Naval Reserve and was assigned the task of establishing a seaplane… Read More
Henry Irwin (c1725-1777) was a a politician and soldier who represented Edgecombe County at the 4th North Carolina Provincial Congress in Halifax. He served as a Lt. Colonel first for the Halifax Minutemen and later for the 5th North Carolina… Read More
Elijah Isaacs was born in Virginia in about 1730. He later moved to Surry County and served as a captain in the Surry County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1776-1777. He then served as a captain in the Wilkes County Regiment from… Read More
Frank Teague Isbell was born on August 27, 1893, in Blackstone, North Carolina. Isbell was employed at the Ohio Blower Company in Cleveland, Ohio, when he was drafted for military service during World War I. He served with the 317th Field… Read More
Stepan Ivachko was a Russian nationalist who worked as a lumberer for the Dare Lumber Company in 1913. At the logging town of Buffalo City, in Dare county, Ivachko and two other Russian citizens were assaulted by North Carolinians, prompting an… Read More
Andrew Jackson was born circa 1885 in Wingate, Kentucky. His parents were John Jackson, born in Florida, and Narcis Woody, born in Alabama. In 1920, Jackson was accused of sexually assaulting the wife of Lon Keever near Lincolnton, North Carolina… Read More
Isaac Jackson was born in Anson County, North Carolina on March 10, 1762. He served as a private in the Anson County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1780 to 1781 and was severely wounded in the mouth during the Battle of Beatti's… Read More
John Jackson was born in about 1740. A resident of Anson County, he served in the Anson County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution. Though his daughter later reported he was a colonel, he was more likely a… Read More
Jonathan Jackson was born in Anson County in about 1755. A resident of Anson County he served under his father as a captain in the Anson County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1780 to 1781. In 1781 he was shot in the collarbone at the… Read More
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) on January 21, 1824. Jackson was a West Point graduate, army officer, educator, and enslaver who served as a general under Robert E. Lee in the Army… Read More
William Jackson (d. 1805) 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.
Robin Jacobs was an elderly African American an who resided near Leasburg in Caswell County. On May 13, 1870, while near the home of Samuel Allen, another local African American man who had been a target of the Ku Klux Klan, Jacobs was shot and… Read More
Richard James was a resident of colonial New Hanover County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.
Thomas James was a resident of Currituck Precinct, North Carolina. In 1725 John Hawkins sued James for debt after James killed one of Hawkins' cows. Any further information about this individual has not been located.
Thomas James was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs for aid in controlling an outbreak of disease that was then decimating cattle, threatening both beef and… Read More
Bond Jamison (d. 1806) 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.
Otto R. Jarrett was born on July 24, 1860, in North Carolina. Jarrett was a prominent labor leader in the Asheville area who served six stints as president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor between 1910 and 1920. During World War I, he… Read More
Samuel Jarvis (d. 1783) was a resident of Currituck County who served as a Colonel of the Currituck County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia throughout the course of the American Revolution. He also represented the county politically for… Read More
Thomas Jarvis emigrated to North Carolina by 1663, settling in Perquimans Precinct. A member of the North Carolina Council in 1672, he may have fled to Virginia following Culpeper's Rebellion, returning to North Carolina by 1684. He later served… Read More
Thomas Jordan Jarvis was born on January 18, 1836, in Jarvisburg (Currituck County), North Carolina. Jarvis was a Confederate veteran, businessman, and politician. He served as governor of North Carolina (1879 to 1885), U.S.… Read More