Simon Turner (d. 1800) was a resident of Bertie County who served as a justice for the Bertie County Court… Read More

Wilfred Dent Turner was born on January 30, 1855, in Turnersburg, North Carolina. A lawyer by training, Turner served as a legislator (sessions starting 1887, 1889, 1891, and 1917) and lieutenant governor (1901-1905). In 1917, he led a joint… Read More

William Sherman Turner was born on September 1, 1882, in Stokes County, North Carolina. Turner was a professor at Shaw University and minister of the Baptist faith. He died on December 15, 1930, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Before the arrival of European colonists, the Tuscarora people's homeland included much of North Carolina's coastal plain. The historic nation was composed of separate factions, and by 1710 the most notable of these were the Upper Town Tuscarora… Read More

Thomas Tutle was a resident of Craven County who enlisted in the North Carolina Militia and was wounded in the shoulder during the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771. He later petitioned the North Carolina Colonial Assembly and was successful in… Read More

John Twine (d. 1783) was a resident of Chowan and Perquimans 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

Lillie Mae Twitty was born in July 1897 in North Carolina. Twitty attended Shaw University, from which place she received certificates in domestic science and plain sewing in May 1917.… Read More

William Morris Tye was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on October 21, 1871. Tye was a stock broker who lived in Charlotte for several years before moving to Greensboro in the latter part of his life. He died in Greensboro (Guilford… Read More

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Peter Tyler was a resident of northeastern North Carolina, likely Martin or Pitt County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and may have become a warden authorized to recruit new members, as he approached… Read More

William Tyler was a planter in Martin County. In 1777 he became a member of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy and likely took on a leadership role, as he had the authority to recruit new members. In June he was arrested after… Read More

Nicholas Tylor was an attorney residing in Bath County, North Carolina near Pamlico by 1697. In 1701 Governor Henderson Walker authorized several Bath County residents including Tylor to make negotiations with the nearby Bay River Indians. He… Read More

Alfred Forbes Tyson was born in Greenville (Pitt County) on December 9, 1880. He lived in Black Mountain for over fifty years, where he worked as a car salesman and hotel manager. He died in Black Mountain on September 17, 1954.

Louis Ulrich was born in New York City on November  24, 1862. Ulrich moved to North Carolina around 1900. For the next few decades, he lived in various North Carolina towns, including High Point, New Bern, Concord, and Wilkesboro, working as a… Read More

Joseph Underhill (d. 1790) 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

John Underwood 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.

John Underwood was born on February 5, 1868, in North Carolina. Underwood was an insurance agent who served as mayor of Fayetteville (elected in 1914 and 1919) and represented Cumberland County in the state legislature (seated 1909). He died in… Read More

Although early pension requests were processed through the United States Congress, an expansion of benefits and an expanded eligibility pool precipitated the need for a special pensions processing unit by 1810. This unit, originally… Read More

Andrew was an enslaved African American man. Laura Placida Cotten was presumably Andrew's enslaver, but no records have been located which can confirm this hypothesis. Andrew may have lived with the Cotten family in Raleigh, and in July 1854… Read More

Ann and her daughter two two American Indians of unknown tribal origin. Ann's enslaver, the merchant mariner Blish put Ann and her daughter on a ship bound for New England in April 1713, intending to sell them, likely in Boston. Somehow however,… Read More

Anne was an American Indian woman who was enslaved by Richard Ball in Winyah Parish, South Carolina. Anne and her enslaver traveled to Carteret Precinct, North Carolina on Jacob and Anne Johnson's boat. During their voyage, the group stopped at… Read More

Charles was an enslaved American Indian man of an unknown tribal origin. In March 1698 he came before the court to answer charges of theft. The court alleged that Charles, along with several other residents of North Carolina's outer banks, looted… Read More

Charles was an enslaved African American man. The first record of Charles' enslavement comes from a 1695 estate inventory of North Carolina governor Seth Sothel, indicating that Sothel enslaved him sometime prior to his death in 1694. Charles'… Read More

Cyrus was an enslaved American Indian carpenter born in about 1698. In June 1735 he left his enslaver's property in South Carolina and ended up in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina at John Glover's property. In 1736 Cyrus' former enslaver Andrew… Read More

Davy was an enslaved African American man. Laura Placida Cotten was presumably Davy's enslaver, but no records have been located which can confirm this hypothesis. Davy lived with the Cotten family in Raleigh, where some of his responsibilities… Read More

Dinah was an American Indian woman of an unknown tribal origin. The first record of Dinah's enslavement comes from a 1695 estate inventory of North Carolina governor Seth Sothel, which listed Dinah as being pregnant. The inventory indicates that… Read More

Frank was an American American woman. Frank and her husband Manuel were enslaved by John Lear and his wife Anna. When the Lears died in 1695, Thomas Pollock took over the management of their estate and with it, assumed ownership of Frank and… Read More

Harry was an American Indian boy of an unknown tribal origin born in about 1695. The first record of Harry's enslavement comes from a 1695 estate inventory of North Carolina governor Seth Sothel, indicating that Sothel enslaved him sometime prior… Read More

Henrietta was an enslaved African American woman. Laura Placida Cotten was presumably Henrietta's enslaver, but no records have been located which can confirm this hypothesis. Henrietta lived with the Cotten family in Raleigh, and also may have… Read More

James was a Tuscarora Indian man who assisted the North Carolina colonial government in 1721. In… Read More

Langstone was an American Indian man of unknown tribal identity who filed a suit against colonist Richard Skinner for debt in 1701. Any further information about this individual has not been located.

Manuel was an African American man. Manuel and his wife Frank were enslaved by John Lear and his wife Anna. When the Lears died in 1695, Thomas Pollock took over the management of their estate and with it, assumed ownership of Manuel and Frank,… Read More