Wallace Carl Riddick was born on August 5, 1864, in Wake County, North Carolina. An engineer, Riddick was a professor, vice-president (1908-1916), and later president (1916-1923) of North Carolina State University. He died in Baltimore, Maryland… Read More
Eula Virginia Riddle (née Long) was born on April 10, 1885 in North Carolina. Riddle completed four years of graduate coursework at Cooper Union Art School in New York City, at which place she also taught. In 1912, she left Cooper Union to take… Read More
Pearson K, Riddle was born in Pensacola (Yancey County), North Carolina on April 5, 1897. Riddle, a grandson of mountain guide "Big Tom" Wilson, was a World War I veteran and farmer. He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on April 15, 1987.
William Lloyd Riddle, Sr. was born on September 7, 1857, in Wake County, North Carolina. Lloyd was for thirty-three years a pattern maker for an iron works company in Wilmington, North Carolina. His experience in that line of work drove him… Read More
John Rieusset (died 1763) was Irish immigrant, militia officer, and colonial official who served as a member of the North Carolina Council from 1753 until about the time of his death.
Richard Rigby (1722 - 1788) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1755 to 1760.
Francis Riggan 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.
William Finley Rike was born on November 21, 1880 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Rike was an army officer during World War I. In 1920, he served as adjutant of the 21st Field Artillery while it was stationed at Camp Bragg. He was honorably… Read More
Miles Charles Riley was born April 11, 1877, in Toronto, Canada. An attorney by training, Riley helped draft the Federal Trade Commission Act (1911), lectured at the University of Wisconsin (1917-1953), served as legislative draftsman for the… Read More
Thomas R. Rimer (Rymer) was born in Swannanoa (Buncombe County) on May 4, 1861. Rimer lived most of his life in Black Mountain, where he owned a farm. He died in Asheville on May 13, 1931.
Edward Rippy was born in Orange County, North Carolina on March 23, 1764. A resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, he worked as a farmer and justice of the peace. He died in Rutherford County on December 9, 1853.
Marvin Lee Ritch was born in Union County, North Carolina, on March 7, 1889. Ritch served as an attorney for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1915 to 1917. He died in Charlotte on June 7, 1971.… Read More
Albert Beren "Texas" Ritchie was born on August 12, 1881 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Marlin and Margaret Ritchie (Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, 25 August 1942). Richie was a performer, strongman, and serial grifter from about 1905… Read More
Marvel Ritchie was born on September 10, 1845, near Richfield, North Carolina. Ritchie served in the Confederate army (28th Regiment North Carolina State Troops) during the Civil War, from July 1861 to the surrender in April 1865. He was a farmer… Read More
James Rivers was a secretary to the Lords Justices in 1755.
Robert Campbell Rivers was born in Carter County, Tennessee, on December 26, 1861. Rivers purchased the Watauga Democrat in 1889, serving as editor of the paper until his death in Statesville (Iredell County) on September 18, 1933. He… Read More
Edward Roach was born around 1902. Originally from Reidsville, Roach relocated to Person County where he had secured a job as a laborer on the construction of a section of Highway 501 in southern Person County. On July 7, 1920, Roach was lynched… Read More
Charles Thomas Roane was born on May 20, 1858, in Macon County, North Carolina. Roane served as sheriff of Macon County for eight years and later as a deputy United States Marshal. He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on October 21, 1934.
William Roane was a lawyer in Burke County, North Carolina. In 1827 he wrote a letter to the U.S. Secretary of War in support of John Jenkins' pension claim. He died in Burke County in about 1847.
Joshua Robarts 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.
John Roberds 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.
Hoyt Goddard Roberson was born on November 7, 1885, in Martin County, North Carolina. Roberson was a farmer and merchant in the Pollocksville community of Jones County, North Carolina. He died in Raleigh (Wake County) on May 21, 1954.
James Harvey Roberson, Jr., was born in Martin County, North Carolina, on February 11, 1873. Roberson was a merchant, farmer, and fertilizer manufacturer in Robersonville (Martin County) who served on the board of trustees for Robersonville… Read More
Eddie W. Roberts was born in Stanly County, North Carolina on September 20, 1892. A resident of Wadeville, Montgomery County, in 1918 he and his brothers-in-law were arrested for violating the prohibition law. They were sentenced to time on the… Read More
Edward Gallatin Roberts was born in Flat Creek (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on October 26, 1878. Roberts was an attorney who served as county attorney (1911-1912), a member of the legislature representing Buncombe County (sessions 1911,… Read More
Elizabeth Roberts was born in Chowan County sometime sometime after 1748 as her father noted in his 1766 will that she was under the age of eighteen at the time of his death. In 1774 Elizabeth Roberts and several other members of her family… Read More
Elizabeth Liles was born in about 1710 and resided in Chowan County, North Carolina. In about 1730 she married Charles Roberts, also of Chowan County, and the couple had several children together. She survived her husband's death in 1766 and in… Read More
Elizabeth Hardy was born in about 1738 and married Henry Bonner in Chowan County, North Carolina in 1758. After her husband's death in 1766, she remarried, this time to planter William Roberts in 1767. The couple resided in Chowan County, where… Read More
Guy Vernon Roberts was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on May 26, 1976. Roberts was an attorney who advocated for the construction of roads in Madison County during the governorship of Locke Craig. He died in Marshall (Madison County),… Read More
James Roberts (d. 1793) 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.
James Roberts was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina in about 1802. A postmaster and justice of the peace for Cleveland County, North Carolina, he assisted Sarah Jenkins with her application for a widow's pension. He died in Cleveland… Read More
John Roberts (circa 1711-1772) was a British politician who served as a member of the Board of Trade from 1761 to 1762 and from 1765 until his death in 1772.
John Roberts 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.
Thomas Roberts was a resident of Chowan County. According to a law passed by the North Carolina… Read More
William Roberts (d. 1794) was a justice of the peace in Chowan County and an overseer of a district within the county. In 1777 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous… Read More
William Paul Roberts was born in Gates County, North Carolina, on July 11, 1841. Roberts was a farmer, state legislator, and a general in the Confederate Army. He represented Gates County in the constitutional conventions of 1868 and 1875, and… Read More
Walter DeLeon Robertson was born on March 2, 1895, in Wilson County, North Carolina. Robertson was a farmer in Selma, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He died in Durham (Durham County) on June 17, 1944… Read More
John Robeson was a resident of 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 beef and leather… Read More
Thomas Robeson Jr. was born in Bladen County, North Carolina on January 11, 1740. In 1775 he became a colonel in the Bladen County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia and led troops at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in 1776. He resigned his… Read More
Jennie - alias Amy Robinson
Charles Robinson Jr. was a resident of colonial North Carolina. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.
David Wallace Robinson was born on August 25, 1868, in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Robinson was an attorney in Columbia, South Carolina. He died in Columbia on April 17, 1935.
Edmund Pendleton Robinson was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on June 25, 1885. Robinson served for a time as assistant manager of the United Fruit Growers Association of Western North Carolina. He later served in the World War.… Read More
James B. Robinson was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, in February 1867. Robinson enlisted in the all-Black 9th U.S. Cavalry on May 21, 1895 at Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory. At the time of his enlistment, he was twenty-eight years old and… Read More
John Robinson was born in South Carolina in about 1820. A merchant, he also served as the clerk of the county court of Meriwether, Georgia. He died in Meriwether in about October 1858.
Nona Robinson (née Thomason) was born on February 8, 1899 in Davidson County, North Carolina. Robinson was a teacher in Lexington. She died in Raleigh on June 23, 1967.