William Marion Bond was born on July 14, 1858, in Chowan County, North Carolina. Bond was a superior court judge from 1913 to 1928. He died in Durham, North Carolina, on March 31, 1928.
Charles Bondfield (d. 1781) was a a prominent lawyer of Edenton. Together with other residents, he wrote a petition to… Read More
Rebecca Bondfield was a signer of a nonimportation agreement in 1774 that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. Some historians have identified Rebecca Bondfield as a possible wife of… Read More
Edwin Boner was born in Davidson County on September 27, 1849. Boner spent most of his life in Forsyth County, where he worked as a farmer and day laborer. He died at his home in Lewisville on January 2, 1917, after a three year battle with… Read More
Lusettie Elizabeth Boner was born in Forsyth County on April 29, 1849. Boner lived most of her life in Lewisville, where she supported herself by weaving baskets and other goods. She moved in with her nephew… Read More
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William Henry Boner was born in Clemmons (Forsyth County), North Carolina on October 1, 1875. Boner was variously an accountant, carpenter, and farmer in Forsyth and later Davidson County. He died in Lexington (Davidson County) on April 20, 1953… Read More
James Alexander Bonner was born on March 7, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia. In his youth, Bonner moved to Goldsboro where he attended public schools. He next entered Lincoln University, where he remained eight years, completing both a bachelor's (… Read More
Lydia Bonner was born in Chowan County in about 1753. The daughter of a local judge, in 1774 she, along with her mother, and fourty-nine other local women signed a nonimportation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves… Read More
Mary Roberts was born in about 1732 and was a resident of Chowan County, North Carolina by the time she married judge Thomas Bonner in about 1752. The Bonners had at least one child together. In 1774 Mary Bonner, her daughter Lydia, and forty-… Read More
Thomas Bonner (1744-1785) was a resident of Chowan County who served as a Colonel in the Chowan County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1775 to 1779. A justice of the peace in Chowan, he served as a jury foreman in the indictment of… Read More
Jay Allen Bonsteel was born on April 13, 1873, in West Virginia. Bonsteel was a longtime New York resident who served as a soil scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He died in New York on May 1, 1943.
Edward Bonwicke was born in England in about 1671. He later established himself as a lawyer in colonial North Carolina. He served as the attorney general of the colony from June 1712 to 1714. He died in Virginia in 1715.
Joseph Boon was born in Johnston County, North Carolina in about 1752. He served as colonel of the Johnston County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia from 1777 to 1778 and in March 1778 he officiated the marriage ceremony between one of his… Read More
Floyd McKinley Boone was born on March 29, 1899 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Boone was an automobile machinist in Asheville, North Carolina, when he enlisted in the 1st North Carolina National Guard in May 1917 for service during World War… Read More
Thomas Boone (circa 1730-1812) was a colonial administrator who served as royal governor of New Jersey (1759-1760) and South Carolina (1760-1764).
Richard Booth was born in about 1643 and arrived in Virginia by 1661. There he lived in the vicinity of the Blackwater River near the contested Virginia-North Carolina border and had occasional interactions with the Weyanoke, Nottoway, and… Read More
Samuel David Booth was born in Virginia on March 11, 1852. Booth was a physician in Oxford (Granville County). He died in Oxford on June 28, 1916.
Thomas Boothe (d. c1787) was a resident of Bertie County. In 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 Carolina's independence.
Ralph Boozman was a resident of Perquiman's Precinct, North Carolina. In 1705 he served on a jury that freed Sanders, an American Indian man who had been indentured to Juliana Laker. The following year he became a constable for Perquimans. He… Read More
St. Johns, Perry Co., Ill
William Borritz (d. 1803) was a a sea captain and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North… Read More
James Borroughs 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.
Edward Boscawen (August 19, 1711 - January 10, 1761) was a British naval officer who rose to the rank of vice admiral in the 1750s. In 1755, Boscawen and his fleet were charged with intercepting French vessels attempting to resupply their forces… Read More
Edward Robert Bostic was born in South Carolina on September 27, 1883. Bostic was for many years a clerk for the United States Postal Service in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He died on September 20, 1972.… Read More
Green Williamson lived along the Yadkin River in Marsh Township (Surry County), North Carolina in 1916. That July, a devastating flood pushed the Yadkin beyond its banks, washing away all of Bostic's possessions. No further information could be… Read More
Henry Bouquet (1719 - 1765) was a Swiss-born British army officer who joined the Royal American Regiment in 1754. During the Seven Years War, Bouquet participated in the attack on Fort Duquesne (1758), but he is best remembered for his victory at… Read More
Norfolk County, Virginia
Francis Churchill Bourne was born in Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina on March 31, 1894. Bourne was a wholesaler and merchant in Asheville. During World War I, he served as a commissioned officer with the 316th Field Artillery and saw… Read More
Joseph Dozier Boushall was born in Camden County, North Carolina on February 19, 1864. Boushall was an insurance agent in Raleigh (Wake County) who served as a member of the executive committee and later on the board of trustees for the Caswell… Read More
John Bowdon 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 Bowdon 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 Bowdon, 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.
William B. Bowe was the county commissioner for Caswell County in 1870. However, he was in Hillsborough reading law when Colonel's George W. Kirk and George B. Bergen arrested six suspected members of the Ku Klux Klan in July 1870.
John Sydney Bowen was born on September 6, 1866, in Edwards, Mississippi. The son of Confederate general John Stevens Bowen, John Sydney Bowen relocated from Savannah, Georgia, to Alta Pass in Mitchell County, North Carolina, sometime after 1900… Read More
Benjamin Bowers Jr. was a resident of Edenton District and later Pitt County. In 1778 he signed a bond promising that he would appear before the Edenton District Superior Court in May 1778 to give evidence against… Read More
John Preston Bowers was born on August 3, 1884, in Anson County, North Carolina. Bowers was an electrical engineer who worked for a variety of plants during the course of his life, including the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina.… Read More
Thomas Contee Bowie was born on July 27, 1876, in Lake St. Joseph, Louisiana. A lawyer by trade, Bowie was an on-again, off-again Democratic member of the state’s General Assembly from about 1908 to 1935. He… Read More
John William Bowles was born in Wilkes County in January 1875. He spent much of his adulthood in West Jefferson (Ashe County), where he owned a wholesale feed and produce store. He settled in North Wilkesboro permanently in 1927, where he worked… Read More
Albert Jesse Bowley was born on November 24, 1875, in California. Bowley was a career military officer who held command of Camp Bragg (later Fort Bragg) from 1921 to 1928. He died in Northumberland County, Virginia, on May 23, 1945.
Job Boyce (d. 1779) 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 Boyce (d. 1817) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 after initially being unable to due to illness, he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might… Read More
Daniel Boyd served as a clerk in the U.S Pension Office in 1833. No further records about this individual have been located.
James Edmond Boyd was born on in Alamance, North Carolina on February 14, 1845. A lawyer and former Confederate soldier, Col. George B. Bergen arrested him in July 1870 on charges of being a member in the Ku Klux Klan. He was transferred to… Read More
Lucy Bailey Boyd was born in Virginia in about 1775. Later a resident of Bath County, Kentucky, in 1839 she made a sworn affidavit in support of her sister Mary Yarborough's widow's pension application. She died sometime after 1850.
Nancy Bailey Boyd was born in Virginia in about 1770. Later a resident of Kentucky, she married William Boyd and resided in Bath County. She gave several affidavits in support of her sister Mary's widow's pension application. She died, likely in… Read More
Thomas Boyd was an attorney in Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina by 1697. He held several colonial offices in North Carolina throughout his career, including provost marshal in 1706, general court judge in 1708, and member of the North Carolina… Read More
William Boyd (d. 1780) was a justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 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… Read More
William Boyd was born in about 1754. A resident of Virginia, he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He later moved to Fleming and Bath County, Kentucky where he worked as a shoemaker and made a sworn affidavit in… Read More