Silas Armistead Jones was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on January 31, 1853. Jones was for a time editor of the Tampa Daily Times and later relocated to Waynesville (Haywood County), North Carolina, where he engaged in mining and the… Read More

Sugar Jones was a militia officer and resident in Halifax District who died circa 1761.

Thomas Jones was a resident of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. In 1722 he served on a jury that heard the trial of John Cope, an American Indian man who had been charged with burglary and trespassing. Any further information about this… Read More

Thomas Atkinson Jones was born in Danville, Virginia, on October 8, 1860. A longtime resident of Asheville (Buncombe County), Jones was an attorney who served as Buncombe County criminal court judge (1893-1895), judge of the Asheville police… Read More

Thomas Atkinson Jones, Jr. was born in Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on November 27, 1892. Jones was an attorney in Asheville. In 1916, he joined the North Carolina National Guard and was subsequently deployed to the U.S.-Mexican… Read More

William Branch "Buck" Jones was born in Wake County, North Carolina on June 22, 1881. Jones was a prominent attorney in Raleigh who served one term in the state senate (1909). He died in Durham (Durham County) on September 21, 1943.

Willie Jones (25 May 1741-18 June 1801) was a planter and politician from Halifax County. His father Robert… Read More

Charles Jordan was a resident of Chowan County. According to a law passed by the North Carolina General… Read More

Claude Alvin Jordan was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, on August 12, 1874. It appears Jordan lived in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) relatively briefly, from around 1910 to 1915, where he worked as a lumber salesman. By 1917, Jordan… Read More

Dock Jackson Jordan was born on October 18, 1866, in Cuthbert, Georgia. The son of a formerly enslaved man, Jordan excelled in the realm of education, attending Allen University in South Carolina where he obtained a B.S. and law degree. He passed… Read More

Frank Marion Jordan was born in Orange County, North Carolina, on December 4, 1867. Jordan served with the state's insurance department for thirty-seven years. He died in Asheville (Buncombe County) on July 22, 1954.

Hubbard Brown Jordan was born on July 22, 1885, in South Carolina. Jordan was an employee of the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina. In 1919, he gave testimony during an investigation into alleged mistreatment of laborers by… Read More

Isaac Jordan (d. 1790) 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.

Isaac Jordan (d. 1790) 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.

Jacob Jordan (d. 1795) was a 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

James 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.

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 recruited… Read More

William Jordan Jr. (d. 1790) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1779 he signed a petition to the North… 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