Theodore Atha May was born on December 26, 1863, in North Carolina. May was a longtime resident of Elon College in Alamance County where he worked as a mail carrier. He died in Elon College on October 29, 1952.
William May Jr. was a resident of Pitt County. In 1777 he was approached by William Tyler and… Read More
Charles Mayer was born in Henrico County, Virginia on July 8, 1862. Mayer was an attorney and shipping magnate who maintained residences in Manhattan and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In the 1910s, he served as general counsel for the London-based… Read More
Richard H. Maynard was born in Cary (Wake County), North Carolina, on October 3, 1855. Maynard was a professional photographer in North Wilkesboro from 1910 until his death there on October 19, 1924.
Edgar Carlton Mayo was born in Madison County, North Carolina on October 29, 1895. Mayo was a veteran of World War I who for forty-six years served as a fireman with the Southern Railway Company. He died at Oteen in Buncombe County on October 15… Read More
Nathan Mayo (1742-1811) was a resident of Martin, Pitt, and later Edgecombe Counties. He and his brother… Read More
James Nicholas Mayrant was a French Huguenot who was born in about 1688 and arrived in South Carolina by 1697. A plantation owner, he resided in Winyaw Parish and was a member of the South Carolina Colonial Assembly from 1721 to 1722 and from… Read More
James Mays 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
Rufus Yancey McAden was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, on March 4, 1833. McAden was a legislator and financier. He died in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on January 29, 1889.
William Gibbs McAdoo was born October 31, 1863, in Marietta, Georgia. McAdoo served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918. He was also Woodrow Wilson's son-in-law. He died in Washington, D.C., on February 1… Read More
Alexander Worth McAlister was born on March 21, 1862, in Asheboro, North Carolina. McAlister was an insurance executive in Greensboro who served as a member of the State Board of Public Welfare (1916-1944). During World War I, he served as the… Read More
William McArthur was born on September 12, 1888, in Cumberland County, North Carolina. At the outbreak of World War I, McArthur was employed at the Aspen Manufacturing Company in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
James Aulay McAulay was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina, on April 26, 1860. McAulay was a merchant, banker, and public official in Mount Gilead (Montgomery County), North Carolina. He died there on August 26, 1929.
John Calhoun McBee was born on August 19, 1876, in North Carolina. McBee was an attorney in Bakersville, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Mitchell County Exemption Board. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on May 29, 1960.
Louis Burgin McBrayer was born on December 27, 1868, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. McBrayer was a physician and medical administrator who served as superintendent of the North Carolina Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis as well as… Read More
Henry Pinckney McCain was born on January 23, 1861, in Carroll County, Mississippi. McCain was a career army officer who served as, among many other roles, Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1914 to 1918. He died in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Charles Alexander McCall was born in North Carolina on July 16, 1881. McCall was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County, North Carolina. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on January 12, 1973.
Johnston Davis McCall was born circa 1862 in Union County, North Carolina. McCall was for several decades an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he also served as mayor from 1899 to 1901. He died in Charlotte on April 30, 1939.
Robert Sevier McCall was born in North Carolina on March 25, 1857. McCall was an attorney and Republican politician who served as solicitor for the criminal court district encompassing Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, and Madison counties from 1895… Read More
William McCall was born in North Cove Township, McDowell County, North Carolina, on November 9, 1846. McCall was a farmer in North Cove. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on May 26, 1929.
John Moore McCalla was born near Lexington, Kentucky in 1793. A lawyer, he rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Kentucky Militia and served with distinction in the War of 1812. From 1830-1841 he worked as a U.S. Marshal for Kentucky and… Read More
John Jay McCampbell was born on June 12, 1868, in Abingdon, Virginia. A physician by training, McCampbell served as superintendent of the state hospital at Morganton from 1907 until 1938. He died in Davis (Iredell County), North Carolina on… Read More
Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless was born on December 12, 1895, in Salisbury, North Carolina. McCanless was a manager of a farm when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the army in August 1918 and… Read More
Thomas Bouldin McCargo, Jr. was born on December 28, 1888, in Reidsville, North Carolina. McCargo voluntarily joined the North Carolina National Guard in May 1917, about one month following the country's war… Read More
Cormick McCaughrey 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,… Read More
Mary Wheaton Barbee was born in Raleigh (Wake County) on October 1, 1841. She married David McCauley in Orange County on September 18, 1871, and the couple resided in Chapel Hill until their deaths. She died there on March 21, 1921.
William McCauley was born in about September 1738 in County Antrim, Ireland. A resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he served as a major in the Orange County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1780 to 1783 and was briefly captured… Read More
James McClain was a loyalist who refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the state of North Carolina, opting to leave the state instead. In July 1777, his name along with the names of six other loyalists appeared in a … Read More
Josiah Scott McClain was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1799. The clerk of the Wilson County Court for over forty years, he died in Lebanon, Tennessee on April 6, 1876.
Arthur McCluer 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,… Read More
Alexander McClure was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in about 1769. A member of the Sugar Creek Presbyterian Congregation, in 1851 he made a sworn affidavit in support of fellow congregant Susanna Alexander's widow's pension… Read More
James McColloch 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, he joined others from the Salisbury District in… Read More
William McConnell 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, McConnell joined others from the Salisbury… Read More
William McConniell 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, McConniell joined others from the Salisbury… Read More
John A. McCormick was born on July 12, 1867 in Rowland, North Carolina. McCormick was a prominent farmer and businessman who served as a town commissioner of Pembroke by gubernatorial appointment starting in 1917. He died in Rowland on September… Read More
James McCoy was a resident of either Hyde or Beaufort Precinct, North Carolina. During the Tuscarora War in 1714, the colonial government established a garrison at his home for the protection of white inhabitants of the region. Any further… Read More
Robert McCrakan (died 1766) was a shoemaker in colonial Wilmington. 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… Read More
Doctor Bulla McCrary was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, on April 11, 1874. McCrary was a prominent textile manufacturer who advocated for good roads and served on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. He died in Asheboro on… Read More
John McCrohon (d. c1791) was a resident of Carteret County. In May 1778 he came before the Edenton District Superior Court, where he filed a recognizance, or bond, promising to keep the peace and maintain good behavior.
Mary McCrorey (née Jackson) was born on November 9, 1867, in Athens, Georgia. She was a lifelong educator and civic leader and longtime resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, where her husband Dr. Henry L. McCrorey was president of Johnson C.… Read More
Alexander McCulloch (died 1798) was a politician, government official, militia officer, and enslaver. He served as auditor (1757-1759), a member of the colonial Assembly representing Halifax County (1760), and as a member of the North Carolina… Read More
Eusebius Fernando McCulloch was born on October 16, 1861, in Guilford County, North Carolina. McCulloch served as chief clerk of the prison board during the administrations of Governor Locke Craig (1913-1917) and Governor Thomas W. Bickett (1917-… Read More
Henry McCulloch (d. October 27, 1755) served as secretary of North Carolina, judge of the vice admiralty court, and member of the Provincial Court from 1754 until his death.
Henry McCulloh (circa 1700 to June 17, 1779) was appointed to serve as "commissioner for supervising, inspecting, and comptrolling our revenues and grants of land in South and North Carolina" in 1739. He was the second largest landholder in North… Read More
Henry Eustace McCulloh (1737-1810) was the son of Henry McCulloh, the North Carolina land speculator. In 1761 he became the collector of the port of Beaufort.
Dennis McCurdy was born in County Antrim, Ireland in about 1789. After working twenty-two years as a teacher, he became a clerk in the U.S pension office from 1834 to 1840. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he published a book on… Read More