Edward Brown 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.

Elizabeth Bright Brown was born in about 1725. She married George Brown in 1746 and the two resided in Bladen County, North Carolina, where they owned a plantation. She died in Bladen County by 1760.

Francis Brown 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.

Frederick William Brown was born on February 17, 1872, in New Canaan, Connecticut. Brown was an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad who helped lead a movement to combat profiteering and overinflation in food, clothing, and housing in… Read More

George Brown was a justice of the peace in colonial Bladen County. In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and planters in petitioning the Board of Trade for relief on trade restrictions.

George Brown was born in Scotland in about 1720. A plantation owner in Bladen County, North Carolina, he married Elizabeth Bright in 1746 and they had several children. He died in Bladen County in about 1801.

George Brown was born in about 1785. A resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, he served as a justice of the peace. He died in Wilson County in December 1856.

Henry Seawell Brown was born in Ashford (McDowell County), North Carolina, on May 10, 1875. Brown was a farmer in the North Cove Township of McDowell County. He died there on October 22, 1949.

Homer John Brown was born on January 8, 1866 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Brown served as a commissioner of conciliation for the U.S. Department of Labor. His job was to deescalate labor tensions and disputes throughout the nation. This work… Read More

John Brown 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.

John Brown 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

John Belton Brown was born in Newberry, South Carolina, on April 23, 1872. Brown was an episcopal minister who was called to service in Ayden, Washington, Aurora, Haddocks Cross Roads, Belhaven, and Roper (all… Read More

John Bright Brown was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1786. The son of a Revolutionary War colonel, he worked as a lawyer and justice of the peace for Bladen County. In 1839 he helped his mother apply for a widow's pension. He died in… Read More

John E. Brown was born on October 28, 1881, near Sparta, North Carolina. Brown was a longtime resident of Boone who served as postmaster of Boone (1913-1917 and 1919-1923), state senator (1925-1929), and as an attorney for the Federal Alcohol… Read More

Joseph Aaron Brown was born in Germany on May 31, 1853. Brown immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was fourteen years old. The family settled in Philadelphia upon their arrival, but as a young man, Brown relocated to Long… Read More

Joseph Gill Brown was born on November 5, 1854, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brown was a prominent businessman and banker who served in a variety of leadership roles, including as chairman of the board of directors for the state hospital system.… Read More

Lucy Bradley Brown was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family in August 21, 1756. As a child she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, where she married Colonel Thomas Brown in January 1780. A year after their marriage, Col. Brown… Read More

Presley Elmer Brown was born in Wilkes County on March 2, 1879. He served as sheriff of Wilkes County from 1906 to 1914. In 1916, he ran as the Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District. He served in the North Carolina… Read More

Robert Brown was born on January 5, 1893, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Brown was a prisoner in Buncombe County, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He listed Marshall, North Carolina, as his residence at the… Read More

Roy Melton Brown was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, on December 11, 1878. Brown was a teacher in Boone and later a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He served as head of the Public Welfare and Social Work… Read More

Samuel Lee Brown was born in North Cove (McDowell County), North Carolina, on June 15, 1853. Brown was a farmer in the North Cove community. He died in Marion (McDowell County) on April 3, 1938.

Sidney Glenn Brown, or S. Glenn Brown, was born June 27, 1883, in North Carolina. Glenn was a trained lawyer who served as a judge on the Greensboro Municipal Court. During World War I, he volunteered for service and received officer's training… Read More

Solomon Brown was a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. According to Isaac Barbree, members of the… Read More

Thomas Brown was a resident of 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 independence.

Thomas Brown was born in Bladen County, North Carolina on August 11, 1747. In 1766 he signed his name to a list of men from Bladen County who were protesting the Stamp Act. Then in 1771 he joined the force under General Hugh Waddell who went on… Read More

Thomas Albertus "Bert" Brown was born in Black Mountain (Buncombe County) on March 19, 1873. After serving in the Spanish-American War, Brown worked as a rail road conductor and was employed in building the Panama Canal. By 1910, he returned to… Read More

Thomas Caney "Cousin Caney" Brown was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on March 21, 1838. Brown was a farmer and merchant who served as chairman of the board of county commissioners for Buncombe from 1896 to 1898. He died in Asheville on… Read More

Thomas Brown Jr. was born in Bladen County, North Carolina on December 24, 1784. Originally a resident of Bladen County, he moved to Mississippi sometime in the 1830s. On December 29, 1839 he died and was buried in Bladen County.

Walter Joseph Brown was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on March 12, 1880. Brown worked as a farmer and mill operator. He died in North Cove (McDowell County) on January 1, 1931.

Ward Fulton Brown was born in Bells Mills, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 1869. Brown was a prominent lumberman from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who served as president and manager of Brown Brothers Lumber Company. He purchased a 12,000 acre tract… Read More

William Brown (d. 1814) 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 Browne was born in about 1638 and arrived in Virginia in 1659 or 1660. Although he initially resided in Henrico County, he later moved south, settling near the Blackwater River near the Virginia-North Carolina Boundary. There he occasional… Read More

Samuel Browne (d. 1795) 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.

George Brownrigg was a resident of Edenton. Together with other residents, he wrote a petition to Arthur Dobbs requesting that the colony reduce its duties on exporting wine and other alcohol from North Carolina.

George Bruere (1744-1786) was the Lt. Governor of Bermuda from 1780 to 1781.

William Brunkett was a stonecutter in Raleigh (Wake County) who worked on the construction of the state capitol in the 1830s. He married Jane England in December 1836. No other records could be found.

Henry Bruton was born on December 25, 1872, in Stanly County, North Carolina. During the Spanish-American War, he served with the 3rd North Carolina Infantry as a corporal. A longtime resident of Stanly County, he worked as a hotel porter in… Read More

John Fletcher Bruton was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on May 29, 1861. Bruton was an educator, attorney, and banker who served as a member of a committee charged with overseeing relief funds for Western North Carolina survivors of… Read More

Stephen Bruts [last name unclear] 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… Read More

Ann Bryan was a resident of Craven County and resided on a plantation along with her husband William Bryan… Read More

Dean Stanley Bryan was born in North Carolina on April 15, 1885. Bryan was a farmer who worked as an overseer at the prison farm at Tillery in Halifax County around 1918 and 1919. An investigation into alleged prison abuses in May 1919 revealed… Read More

J. Bryan was a resident of Tennessee who served as a pension agent for Rachel Debow's widow's pension application in 1852. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

John Bryan (1734-1801) was a colonel of the Craven County Militia from 1775 to 1779. In 1777 he served as the high sheriff for the State of North Carolina. In 1779 he became a colonel of the newly-created Jones County Militia, a position he… Read More

Lucy Davis Haywood Bryan was born in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina on June 15, 1805. The daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and state senate clerk, she married John Stevens Bryan in 1829 and the couple had at least seven children. She… Read More

Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) was a soldier and politician from Jones County. In 1777 he served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Samuel Bryan was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in about 1726. In 1748 he moved to Anson County, North Carolina and by 1753 he had established his own prosperous farm, mill, and ferry in Rowan County along the Yadkin River. A veteran of… Read More

William Bryan was a resident of Craven County, North Carolina by 1762. A plantation owner, during the War of Regulation Bryan became an ensign in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia and was shot and killed during the Battle… Read More

William Bryan (1747-1800) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County… Read More