Jeremiah Pate was born in Virginia in about 1745. A resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he served as a captain in the Bedford County Regiment of the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. He died in Botetourt County, Virginia in about… Read More

David Paton was born in Edinburg, Scotland on May 23, 1801. Paton served as supervising architect for the construction of the state capitol from September 16, 1834 to May 23, 1840. He died in Brooklyn, New York on March 25, 1882.

Andrew Patterson was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on February 1, 1778. A resident of Greene County, Tennessee, he served as the clerk of the county court. He later moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where he died on May 24, 1849.

Elizabeth Wellwood was a resident of Chowan County by 1771 when she married Robert Patterson. In 1774 she signed a non-importation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. After surviving her husband's death in 1780… Read More

Franklin Dewitt Patterson was born on June 3, 1878, in North Carolina. Patterson was a prominent farmer in the China Grove area of Rowan County. He died in Atwell (Rowan County) on January 28, 1946.

James N. Patterson was born in Orange County, North Carolina on January 28, 1806. A local politician and planter, by 1850 he was the second largest slaveholder in Orange County. He died there on May 21, 1865.

Neill Thomas Patterson was born April 14, 1878, in Harnett County, North Carolina. He was president of the Bank of Coats. In the turmoil of a faltering economy just after World War I, a state bank examiner shut the bank's doors. The development… Read More

Robert Patterson (d. 1780) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 Samuel Dicksinson noted… Read More

James Patton 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

William Patton 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

William B. Patton was born in North Carolina in 1812. A farmer in Alamance County, in 1870 Patton was arrested by Col. George B. Bergen on suspicion of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Democratic newspapers of the time claimed that Patton was… Read More

M. Payne was a signer of a 1774 nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. Due to the incomplete nature of the signature, this person's identity has not been conclusively identified.

Merryman Payne was born in Virginia in about 1788. He served as the clerk of court for Greene County, Tennessee in 1834. He died in Greene County on February 10, 1844.

Michael Payne was a lawyer and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 & 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… Read More

Warren L. Payne was born in Virginia on August 18, 1785. A farmer in Robertson County, Tennessee, he served as a local justice of the peace. He died in Robertson County on September 5, 1850.

Emily Frances Pearce (née Miller) was born on November 27, 1856, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Hezekiah Pearce on May 19, 1881. She died on June 29, 1929.

Hezekiah E. Pearce was born on May 19, 1857, in Boon Hill (Johnston County), North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Johnston County. He died in Boon Hill on December 8, 1920.

Isaac Pearce 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

James Burrell Pearce was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, on April 27, 1859. Pearce was a founder of Boylan-Pearce, Inc., a popular Raleigh department store. He served as a member of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants'… Read More

Jeremiah Pearce (d. 1801) 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.

John William Pearce was born on May 22, 1893, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Princeton, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in September… Read More

Luther Martin Pearce (or Pierce) was born on January 26, 1898, in Wayne County, North Carolina. Pearce was a farmer in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Richard Pearce 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.

Patrick Murphy Pearsall was born on August 28, 1859, in Sampson County, North Carolina. An attorney by training, Pearsall served as the executive secretary of Governor Charles B. Aycock (1901-1905) and later as chairman of the state board of… Read More

John Pearson was an attorney in Bertie County, North Carolina. In 1757 he wrote the grand jury's indictment of James Strawberry, an American Indian man, for the murder of Elizabeth Knott. In the 1760s he married Margaret Duckenfield and the… Read More

Margaret Jolly was born in Lancashire, England in August 1719 and married Nathaniel Duckenfield in London in 1745. Soon after their marriage Nathaniel left for North Carolina, where he died in 1749. Margaret Duckenfield first arrived in North… Read More

Richmond Pearson was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina on January 26, 1852. Pearson was an attorney and Republican politician who served as a member of the state legislature (1885-1887), as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1895-… Read More

Richmond Mumford Pearson was born June 28, 1808, in Rowan County. A politician and lawyer, he became the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1859, a post he held for nearly two decades. During the Kirk-Holden War, Judge Pearson… Read More

Samuel Pearson was born in Georgia in about 1807. A resident of Chambers County, Alabama, he served as the clerk of the county court from 1848 to 1850 and then became the judge of the Chambers County Probate Court. He died sometime after 1856.… Read More

William Pearson served as "messenger in extraordinary" in 1765.

William Cruso Pearson was born in Wilkes County on February 14, 1874. He worked as a farmer and building contractor in North Wilkesboro. He was the co-founder of Kenerly and Pearson Contracting. He also owned an apple orchard in Brushy Mountain.… Read More

William Gaston Pearson was born in Durham, North Carolina, on April 11, 1858. Gaston was a Shaw University alum, a Harmon award winning businessman, philanthropist, and cofounder of Durham's Mechanics and… Read More

Lillie Dell Peatross (née Critcher) was born February 22, 1899, in Pitt County, North Carolina. She married Oscar Bruce Peatross in June 1919. She died in Volusia County, Florida, on November 26, 1982.

Nat Peebles 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.

Homer Peele was born on December 9, 1889, in Williamston, North Carolina. Peele was a teller with the state treasury office when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was drafted into the service in May 1918 and served with… Read More

Jesse Willis Peele was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on November 25, 1881. Peele was a Biddle University graduate, a professor, and assistant principal of the grade schools in Goldsboro. He died there on… Read More

Sallie Jane Peele (née Mooney) was born in Surry County, North Carolina in 1861. She married William H. Peele in 1884, and the couple had four children. Peele died in Siloam (Surry County) on October 4, 1917.

Daniel Pegram 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.

Daniel Pegram, Jr., 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.

Thomas Peirce was born on September 8, 1669 and arrived in the colony of North Carolina by 1679. A Quaker, he split his time between Perquimans Precinct and Pamlico Precinct, taking an active part in various colonial meetings and assemblies. In… Read More

Henry Pelham was born in London on September 26, 1694. Pelham was a lifelong politician with strong allegiances to the Whigs who served as First Lord of the Treasury (prime minister, by convention) from 1743 until his death in London on March 6,… Read More

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was born in Sussex in July 1693. Pelham-Holles, a lifelong Whig, served as First Lord of the Treasury, (prime minister, by convention) from March 1754 to November 1756 and again from June 1757 until… Read More

George Pierce Pell was born on June 19, 1870, in Wake County, North Carolina. Pell was a newspaperman, librarian, and jurist. In 1912, he was elected to the North Carolina Corporation Commission, which position he held until the commission was… Read More

Solomon Pender was a resident of Bertie County. In November 1777 he was ordered to leave the state within sixty days, presumably because he refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

Thomas Pender 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 Pender (d. 1796) 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.