William Richard Welborn was born on February 7, 1897, in Summit (Wilkes County), North Carolina. During World War I, Welborn served in the 156th Depot Brigade until honorably discharged on November 26, 1918. He died in Fresno, California, on… Read More

David Welch (d. 1788) 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.

Edward Welch (d. 1827) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.

James Welch settled in colonial North Carolina by 1704. That year he and several other colonists near present-day Bath submitted a petition against the Mattamuskeet. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

Edmund Wells was a Bay River or… Read More

Edward Wells was a resident of North Carolina who was part of the rebel group that ousted Thomas Miller from his customs position as part of Culpepper's Rebellion in 1677. Wells later served as a member of the Albemarle County Court in 1684. Any… Read More

Horace N. Wells was born in North Carolina on January 14, 1850. Wells was a physician and realtor in Murphy (Cherokee County). He died in Murphy on March 10, 1931.

John Wells Jr. was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on July 10, 1791. Originally a clerk in the 2nd Auditor's Office of the U.S. Treasury, he became a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in 1830. He continued to serve in that… Read More

Marion Boyd in Chowan County sometime in the early 1750s. The daughter of a local planter and justice of the peace, Marion married Dr. George Wells in 1767 after her father granted special permission, as Marion was still a minor at the time. The… Read More

Robert Vivian Wells was born on April 2, 1881, in Magnolia, North Carolina. Wells was clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County from 1918 to 1970. He died in Kenansville, North Carolina on September 4, 1970.

Willoughby Wells (d. 1835) was a resident of Edgecombe County. In September 1777 he was listed as a prisoner being held at the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer, possibly in relation to having been involved in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy… Read More

Jane Wellwood was a resident of Chowan County North Carolina in 1774 when she and her relative Elizabeth Wellwood Patterson signed a non-importation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. No further records pointing… Read More

Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770) was a successful merchant-turned-politician who served as Royal Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.

John Alexander Wesson was born on March 25, 1875, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and deputy sheriff of Cleveland County before moving to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he died on April 23, 1943.

George West was an American Indian man who was a servant to Henry Norman in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. It is unclear whether West was indentured to Norman or enslaved, but whatever the nature of his servitude, West ran away sometime in… Read More

Hezekiah West was born in Frederick County, Maryland on November 7, 1763. At the time of the American Revolution he resided in Camden District, South Carolina and he enlisted as a ranger in the South Carolina Militia. He served an additional two… Read More

James West (1703-1772) was a British politician who served as joint secretary to the Treasury 1746 to 1756 and 1757 to 1762.

John West 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.

Robert West was a militia officer in colonial Bertie County. He is at times confused with his father, Robert West (1677-1743), who was a politician and militia officer in Chowan County.

Robert West was born in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in 1677. In 1713 West became a land appraiser for Chowan and later served in the North Carolina Colonial Assembly from 1715 to 1728 and on the North Carolina Council from 1724 to 1730. In… Read More

Thomas West (d. 1757) was a prominent landowner who resided in Bertie County. The father-in-law of William… Read More

Thomas West was born in North Carolina in about 1685. He served as the treasurer of Chowan Precinct in 1718 and again from 1720 to 1721. He died in Chowan Precinct in about 1722.

William West was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. Later in 1780 he… Read More

William West arrived in Virginia in 1656 and settled in Isle of Wight County. Although West's father was supposedly murdered by American Indians, West still maintained a relationship with local American Indian groups and in 1667 he paid colonists… Read More

William Arthur West was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1881. West was a businessman in Marshall (Madison County) who served as an agent for the Southern Railway, clerk of the superior court, and clerk for the U.S. Marshall's… Read More

Joseph Westmore was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he produced a certificate from Craven County indicating that he had signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies… Read More

William McNeely Westmoreland was born in Statesville (Iredell County), North Carolina, on December 23, 1876. Westmoreland was an influential businessman in Statesville where he owned and operated a grocery business. He served in both the Spanish… Read More

William Weston (1721-1796) 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.

Robert Leon Wetherington was born on November 7, 1895, in Tuscarora, North Carolina. Wetherington was a farmer in Jasper when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently drafted into the service and served with the… Read More

William Wethers was a resident of colonial Johnston County. In an undated petition, he joined other members of the Johnston County militia in asking royal governor Arthur Dobbs to commission new captains for their unit.

The Weyanoke were an American Indian tribe that traditionally resided along the present-day North Carolina-Virginia border near the confluence of the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers. In fact, the Nottoway River was once called the Weyanoke in… Read More

William Whaley (1736-1819) was a resident of Duplin County. In July 1777 he submitted information to the Duplin County Court Martial Committee about… Read More

Jesse Rankin Wharton was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on September 2, 1833. Wharton attended the University of North Carolina (class of 1855), served the Confederacy during the Civil War, and later served as superintendent of education… Read More

Lacy Donnell Wharton was born on July 9, 1869, in Guilford County, North Carolina. Wharton was a physician in Smithfield, North Carolina, who served as a member of the Johnston County Exemption Board during World War I. He died in Smithfield on… Read More

According to Margaret Strozier's affidavit, John Whatman was a Protestant minister in Rowan County, North Carolina who performed the marriage ceremony between Margaret and her husband Peter Strozier in October 1758. Any other record of their… Read More

John Wheatley was a resident of Martin County. In 1777 he submitted a sworn deposition testifying about his involvement in and knowledge of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy.

Mary Ridley Jones was born in North Carolina around 1778, according to her death notice. She was the daughter of Francis Jones and Frances Yancey and granddaughter of Francis Jones and Mary Elizabeth "Betsey" Ridley. Around February 1825, she… Read More

Harry West Whedbee was born in Hertford, North Carolina, on September 22, 1872. Whedbee began his law career as an attorney in Greenville, North Carolina, and later attained a judgeship on the North Carolina… Read More

John Whedbee was born in North Carolina in about 1660. A resident of Perquimans Precinct, he served as a justice on the local court from at least 1697 to 1699. In 1698 he served on a jury that acquitted Charles, an American Indian man, of theft.… Read More

Joseph Whedbee (d. c1792) was a silversmith in Edenton. 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.

Captain John H. Wheeler was born in North Carolina around 1828. A resident of Caswell County, he served under George W. Kirk in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, and during the Kirk-Holden War, Kirk recruited his former comrade into the state… Read More

Frank William Wheless was born on April 6, 1872, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Wheless was a merchant in Louisburg, North Carolina. He died in Louisburg on November 5, 1947.

David Jordan Whichard was born on August 8, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Whichard was the editor of the Greenville Daily Reflector from 1885 until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster. He died in Greenville on July 25, 1922.… Read More

T. W. Whins was a resident of colonial North Carolina. 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