James Romulus "Rom" Jordan was born in Wake County, North Carolina on October 22, 1875. Jordan was jailer at the Wake County Jail from 1912 to 1924. He died in Raleigh on March 27, 1945.
Jonathan Jordan (1754-1825) 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
Joseph Jordan (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.
Joseph Jordan 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.
Joseph Jordan 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, Jordan joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More
Joseph Jordan Jr. (d. 1800) 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.
Josiah Jordan was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he did not swear an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, but he continued to live in Chowan County after the war ended.
Peter Jordan was born around 1854 in South Carolina. He was a longtime resident of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, where he was a mail carrier.
Thomas Jordan was born in Granville County, North Carolina in about 1761. He served as a private in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from about 1780 to 1781. He later made a sworn affidavit attesting that one of his… Read More
William Jordan was a resident of Martin and possibly Chowan Counties. In 1777 Richard Fagan… Read More
Peter Couchet Jouvencel (died 1786) served as agent for the Province of North Carolina from 1761 to 1765. His middle name might also be spelled "Cuchet."
Benjamin Joy 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.
Reid Phillip Joyce was born on June 13, 1871, in Westfield, North Carolina. Joyce was deputy sheriff in Stokes County. While attempting to break up a fight on April 18, 1920, he was shot and killed. The shooter was alleged to be a Black man named… Read More
Andrew Joyner, Sr., was born August 15, 1856, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Joyner was for a good portion of his life a newspaperman and had worked with the Associated Press, New York Times, Atlanta Constitution, Raleigh… Read More
James Yadkin Joyner was born on August 7, 1862, at Yadkin College in Davidson County, North Carolina. Joyner was a farmer and educator who served as state Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1902 to 1919. He died in Kinston, North Carolina… Read More
Littleton Joyner was born in North Carolina on April 4, 1782. A resident of Haywood County, Tennessee, he was the longtime clerk of the local county court. He died in Haywood County in December 1852.
Moses Joyner 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.
Solomon Joyner was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined others in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to appoint another justice to serve their section of the county.
William Henry Joyner was born on September 16, 1867, in Enfield, North Carolina. Joyner served as a mayor of Garysburg (Northampton County) for nineteen years, as legislator elected in 1916 and 1932, and as a member of the state prison board and… Read More
William Thomas Joyner was born April 11, 1891, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Joyner was a lawyer by training. During World War I, he attended the officers' training course at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, was commissioned a captain, and served with… Read More
Edith I. Judd (née Royster) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on August 25, 1874. Judd was an educator who served as assistant superintendent of public instruction for Wake County schools (1910–1915), a professor of history at Peace Institute… Read More
Alfred Blythe Justice was born in Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina on May 28, 1866. Justice was an educator and attorney in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) who served as a trustee of the Caswell Training School (formerly the North… Read More
Michael Hoke Justice was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina on February 13, 1844. Hoke was a Confederate veteran, attorney, and state legislator (1897, 1899, and 1901 sessions) who served as superior court judge for the eighteenth judicial… Read More
John Kane was born in County Londonderry (County Derry), Ireland around 1805. Kane was a stonemason by trade who came to Raleigh in the 1830s to work on the construction of the state capitol. He later owned and operated what he called "The… Read More
William Kearley was born in Tennessee on January 21, 1808. A physician, he also served as a justice of the peace for Smith County, Tennessee. He died and was buried in Trousdale County, Tennessee on October 1, 1889.
Dennis Fleet Keel was born on March 17, 1890, in Farmville, North Carolina. Keel was a dental surgeon in the Scotland Neck community of Halifax County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into… Read More
James Nathaniel Keelin was born on January 10, 1894, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Keelin was the deputy clerk of the superior court in Wake County, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. In August 1917, he… Read More
Alma Faye Keen (née Pierce) was born on November 1, 1892, in North Carolina. She married Lonnie Calvin Keen on December 27, 1917. She died in Johnston County, North Carolina, on December 25, 1984.
Lonnie Calvin Keen was born on February 1, 1892, in Four Oaks, North Carolina. Keen was a salesman for the R. C. Lassiter Company in the Four Oaks community of Johnston County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died… Read More
John Willard Keerans was born on September 7, 1860, in Randolph County, North Carolina. Keerans was an attorney in Charlotte. He died there on June 15, 1934.
Elijah Keese was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina on April 20, 1766. During the American Revolution he witnessed the marriage between William Guest and Anna Allen in his father's home, and attested to the fact in an affidavit in support of… Read More
John Keese was born in about 1735. A resident of Surry and later Wilkes County, North Carolina, he served as a captain of the Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1779 to 1782. In 1779 William Guest, a soldier in his regiment… Read More
Benjamin Franklin Keith was born in New Hanover County, North Carolina, on March 31, 1888. Keith was a proprietor of a lime and fertilizer production company in Wilmington, North Carolina. He died in Currie (Pender County) on March 21, 1959.
Cornelius Keith was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, members of the Johnston County militia asked royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission Keith a captain in that organization.
William Lafoon Keith was born in Pickens County, South Carolina on September 7, 1791. A farmer, he also served as the clerk of the Pickens County Court throughout the 1830's and 1840's. He died in Pickens County on May 20, 1856.
Edd L. Kelley, born c. 1876, was a farmer in Broad River Township in McDowell County.
Albert Young Kelly was born on May 19, 1882, in Mocksville, North Carolina. He worked variously for the Parlor Furniture Company in Salem, Erwin Cotton Mills Company, and Pilot Cotton Mills Company in Raleigh. At the latter place, he rose to the… Read More
Edward Kelly 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
Michael Kelly was an Irishman who was arrested and jailed in New Bern for robbery some time in 1777. On September 11, 1777, he escaped out of prison wearing a green jacket. There was a reward of $5 offered for his capture, but any further… Read More
Terrance A. Kelly was born in Ireland around 1813. Kelly was a stonecutter from Baltimore, Maryland who worked on the construction of the state capitol in Raleigh in the early 1830s. He died there on August 31, 1838.
William Kelly (d. c1815) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially refusing, he ultimately signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten… Read More
John Kelse 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
Joseph Kelse 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
Joh Kelsey 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
Luke Kemp was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.
Felix Kenan (d. 1785) was a resident of Duplin County who served as a local politician and sheriff. However, when he took up arms with the loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in 1776, he was removed from office. In 1777 he was ordered… Read More
James Kenan (1740-1810) was a politician and soldier from Duplin County. In addition to serving on the Duplin County Court Martial Committee, he also served as a colonel in the Duplin County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He also served… Read More
James Graham Kenan was born in Kenansville (Duplin County), North Carolina on November 20, 1883. Kenan was an attorney in Wilmington (New Hanover County) from 1906 until his relocation to New York in 1918. He died in New York City on February 5,… Read More