Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
Created by the Staff of the Olivia Raney Library
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| Last, First Name | Co./Country of Birth | Resided | Life Span (if Known) |
| Faduma, Orishatukeh aka William James Davies | Cleveland Co., Kings Mountain | 1855 - 1946 | |
| Faduma, Orishatukeh aka William James Davies | Guyana, South America | Montgomery Co., Troy | 1855 - 1946 |
| Faircloth, William Turner | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1829 - 1900 |
| Faircloth, William Turner | Greene Co. | 1829 - 1900 | |
| Faircloth, William Turner | Wayne Co. | 1829 - 1900 | |
| Faison, John Miller | Duplin Co., Faison | Duplin Co., Faison | 1862 - 1915 |
| Faison, Samson Lane | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1860 - 1940 |
| Falkener, Sarah DeRippe | London, England | Warren Co. | 1755 - 1819 |
| Falkener, William | London, England | Warren Co. | 1751 - 1819 |
| Fanning, David | Amelia Co., Virginia | Johnston Co. (now Wake) | 1755 - 1825 |
| Fanning, David | Orange Co. | 1755 - 1825 | |
| Fanning, Edmund | Suffolk Co., New York | Orange Co., Hillsborough | 1737 - 1818 |
| Fanning, William | Long Island, New York | Northampton Co. | 1728 - 1782 |
| Faris, William | Virginia | New Hanover Co. | ca. 1705 - 1757 |
| Farmer, Foy Elizabeth Johnson | Scotland Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1887 - 1971 |
| Farragut, George Anthony Magin | Ciuda della, Minorca | Knox Co. | 1755 - 1817 |
| Fels, Joseph | Halifax Co., Virginia | Caswell Co., Yanceyville | 1853 - 1914 |
| Fenner, Richard | Carteret Co. | d. ca. 1766 | |
| Fenner, Richard | Dublin, Ireland | Craven Co., New Bern | d. ca. 1766 |
| Fenner, Richard | Franklin Co. | 1758 - 1828 | |
| Fenner, Richard | Craven Co. | Halifax Co. | 1758 - 1828 |
| Fenner, Robert | Craven Co. | Halifax Co. | ca. 1755 - 1816 |
| Ferebee, Dennis Dozier | Currituck Co. | Camden Co. | 1815 - 1884 |
| Ferebee, Percy Bell | Pasquotank Co., Elizabeth City | Cherokee Co., Andrews | 1891 - 1970 |
| Fergus, John | Brunswick Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1741 - 1802 |
| Ferguson, Garland Sevier, Jr. | Haywood Co., Waynesville | Haywood Co., Waynesville | 1878 - 1963 |
| Ferguson, Harley Bascus | Haywood Co., Waynesville | Haywood Co. | 1875 - 1968 |
| Ferguson, Robert | Unknown | Orange Co., Hillsborough | fled 1785 - 1793 |
| Fernandes (Fernando), Simon or Simao | Alcuna, Azores | Roanoke Island | ca. 1538 - 1600 |
| Fernando (Fernandes), Simon or Simao | Alcuna, Azores | Roanoke Island | ca. 1538 - 1600 |
| Ferrand, Stephen Lee | Onslow Co., Swansboro | Rowan Co. | 1787 - 1830 |
| Ferrand, William Pugh, Sr. | Craven Co. | 1789 - 1874 | |
| Ferrand, William Pugh, Sr. | Onslow Co., Swansboro | Onslow Co. | 1789 - 1874 |
| Ferrell, John Atkinson | Duplin Co. | 1880 - 1965 | |
| Ferrell, John Atkinson | Sampson Co., Clinton | Sampson Co. | 1880 - 1965 |
| Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey | Quebec, Canada | Davie Co. | 1866 - 1932 |
| Fetter, Manuel | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1809 - 1889 |
| Few, James | Maryland | Orange Co., Hillsborough | 1746 - 1771 |
| Few, William Preston | Greenville Co., South Carolina | Durham Co., Durham | 1867 - 1940 |
| Few, William, Jr | Baltimore, Maryland | Orange Co., Hillsborough | 1748 - 1828 |
| Field, Ada Martitia | Randolph Co., Climax | Guilford Co. | 1887 - 1972 |
| Fifer (Phifer, Fiffer), Martin | Switzerland | Mecklenburg Co. | 1720 - 1791 |
| Finch, Josiah John | Chowan Co. | 1814 - 1850 | |
| Finch, Josiah John | Craven Co. | 1814 - 1850 | |
| Finch, Josiah John | Franklin Co. | Franklin Co. | 1814 - 1850 |
| Finch, Josiah John | Wake Co. | 1814 - 1850 | |
| Finch, Thomas Austin, Sr. | Randolph Co. | Davidson Co. | 1890 - 1943 |
| Finch, Thomas Jefferson | Davidson Co. | 1861 - 1929 | |
| Finch, Thomas Jefferson | Randolph Co. | Randolph Co. | 1861 - 1929 |
| Finckley, Thomas | Unknown | Perquimans Precinct | d. ca. 1695 |
| Finger, Sidney Michael | Lincoln Co. | Catawba Co. | 1837 - 1896 |
| Finger, Sidney Michael | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1837 - 1896 | |
| Finley, James Bradley | North Carolina | Anson Co. | 1781 - 1856 |
| Finley, Robert Corpening | McDowell Co., Marion | Buncombe Co. | 1905 - 1976 |
| Fischer, Charles | Rowan Co., Salisbury | Rowan Co. | 1789 - 1849 |
| Fischer, Charles Frederick | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1816 - 1861 |
| Fischer, Edward Carrington | Richmond, Virginia | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1809 - 1890 |
| Fish (Fremont), Sewall Lawrence | Bellows Falls, Vermont | New Hanover Co. | 1816 - 1886 |
| Fitch, William Edwards | Alamance Co., Burlington | Alamance Co. | 1867 - 1949 |
| FitzGerald, Frederick | Chowan Co. | 1825 - 1866 | |
| FitzGerald, Frederick | Northampton Co. | 1825 - 1866 | |
| FitzGerald, Frederick | Wake Co. | 1825 - 1866 | |
| FitzGerald, Frederick | London, England | Washington Co., Scuppernog | 1825 - 1866 |
| FitzGerald, Frederick | Wayne Co. | 1825 - 1866 | |
| Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn | Caswell Co. | Rockingham Co. | 1829 - 1911 |
| Fitzgerald, Robert George | New Castle Co., Delaware | Durham Co., Durham | 1840 - 1919 |
| Flake, Nancy | Forsyth Co. | Forsyth Co. | 1917 - 1968 |
| Flanagan, Edward Gaskill | Pitt Co., Greenville | Pitt Co., Greenville | 1875 - 1942 |
| Flanagan, John | Martin Co., Hamilton | 1829 - 1902 | |
| Flanagan, John | Pitt Co. | Pitt Co. | 1829 - 1902 |
| Flannagan, Eric Goodyear | Albemarle Co., Virginia | Warren Co., Henderson | 1892 - 1970 |
| Fletcher, (Minna) Inglis | Alton, Illinois | Chowan Co. | 1879 - 1969 |
| Flowers, Robert Lee | Alexander Co. | Alexander Co. | 1870 - 1951 |
| Flowers, Robert Lee | Durham Co. | 1870 - 1951 | |
| Flowers, Robert Lee | Randolph Co. | 1870 - 1951 | |
| Flowers, William Washington | Durham Co. | 1874 - 1941 | |
| Flowers, William Washington | Alexander Co., Taylorsville | Randolph Co. | 1874 - 1941 |
| Floyd, Dolphin Ward | North Carolina | moved to Texas | 1807 - 1836 |
| Foard, Frederick Theophilus, Jr. | Catawba Co. | Catawba Co. | 1889 - 1966 |
| Foard, Frederick Theophilus, Jr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1889 - 1966 | |
| Foard, John Frederick | Iredell Co. | 1827 - 1909 | |
| Foard, John Frederick | Rowan Co. (now Davie) | Person Co. | 1827 - 1909 |
| Foard, John Frederick | Rowan Co. | 1827 - 1909 | |
| Foard, John Hanby | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1901 - 1977 |
| Foard, Osborne Giles | Catawba Co., Newton | 1820 - 1882 | |
| Foard, Osborne Giles | Iredell Co. | 1820 - 1882 | |
| Foard, Osborne Giles | Davie Co. | Rowan Co. | 1820 - 1882 |
| Folger, Alonzo Dillard | Surry Co., Dobson | Surry Co. | 1888 - 1941 |
| Folger, John Hamlin | Surry Co., Rockford | Surry Co. | 1880 - 1963 |
| Folk, George Nathaniel | Caldwell Co., Lenoir | 1831 - 1896 | |
| Folk, George Nathaniel | Isle of Wight Co., Virginia | Mecklenburg Co. | 1831 - 1896 |
| Folk, George Nathaniel | Watauga Co. | 1831 - 1896 | |
| Fontaine, Peter | Taunton, England | NC/VA Dividing Line Commission | 1691 - 1757 |
| Foote, Eli | Colchester, Connecticut | Chowan Co. | 1747 - 1792 |
| Foote, Percy Wright | Mecklenburg Co. | 1879 - 1961 | |
| Foote, Percy Wright | Wilkes Co. | North Carolina Missionary | 1879 - 1961 |
| Foote, Percy Wright | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1879 - 1961 | |
| Foote, William Henry | Colchester, Connecticut | North Carolina Missionary | 1794 - 1869 |
| Forbus, Wiley Davis | Zeiglerville, Mississippi | Durham Co., Durham | 1894 - 1976 |
| Forey, Martin Rudolph | Troy, New York | Craven Co., New Bern | 1817 - 1881 |
| Forey, Martin Rudolph | Hertford Co., Murfreesboro | 1817 - 1881 | |
| Forman, Joshua | Dutchess Co., New York | Rutherford Co. | 1777 - 1848 |
| Forney, Daniel Munroe | Lincoln Co. | Lincoln Co. | 1784 - 1847 |
| Forney, John Horace | Lincoln Co. | Lincoln Co. | 1829 - 1902 |
| Forney, Peter | Anson Co. (now Lincoln) | Lincoln Co. | 1756 - 1834 |
| Forney, William Henry | Lincoln Co. | Lincoln Co. | 1823 - 1894 |
| Forster (Foster), Diana Harris | Unknown | Perquimans Precinct | b. ca. 1644 |
| Forster (Foster), Richard | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | b. ca. 1622 |
| Forster (Foster), Richard | Currituck Precinct | b. ca. 1622 | |
| Forster, Anthony | Brunswick Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1785 - 1820 |
| Forsyth, Benjamin | Stokes Co. | Stokes Co. | 1760 - 1814 |
| Fortsen (Fortson), Mary | Virginia | Albemarle Co. | d. ca. 1664 |
| Fortson, (Fortsen) Mary | Virginia | Albemarle Co. | d. ca. 1664 |
| Fortune, Roma Coxey | Buncombe Co., Black Mountain | Buncombe Co. | 1879 - 1942 |
| Fortune, Roma Coxey | Durham Co., Durham | 1879 - 1942 | |
| Foster (Forster), Diana Harris | Unknown | Perquimans Precinct | b. ca. 1644 |
| Foster (Forster), Richard | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | b. ca. 1622 |
| Foster (Forster), Richard | Currituck Precinct | b. ca. 1622 | |
| Foster, Charles | Orono, Maine | Hertford Co., Murfreesboro | 1830 - 1882 |
| Foster, Francis | Accomack, Virgina | Perquimans Precinct | d. after 1735 |
| Fountain, Richard Tillman | Edgecombe Co., Tarboro | Edgecombe Co. | 1885 - 1945 |
| Foust, Julius Isaac | Alamance Co., Graham | Alamance Co. | 1865 - 1946 |
| Foust, Julius Isaac | Guilford Co. | 1865 - 1946 | |
| Foust, Julius Isaac | Orange Co. | 1865 - 1946 | |
| Foust, Julius Isaac | Wayne Co. | 1865 - 1946 | |
| Foust, Julius Isaac | Wilson Co. | 1865 - 1946 | |
| Fowle, Daniel Gould | Beaufort Co., Washington | Beaufort Co. | 1831 - 1891 |
| Fowle, Daniel Gould | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1831 - 1891 | |
| Fowler, Charles Lewis | Union Co., Monroe | Union Co. | 1877 - 1974 |
| Fowler, John Edgar | Sampson Co. | Sampson Co. | 1865 - 1930 |
| Fox, Michael Leonard | Alamance Co. | 1825 - 1888 | |
| Fox, Michael Leonard | Catawba Co., Conover | 1825 - 1888 | |
| Fox, Michael Leonard | Guilford Co. | 1825 - 1888 | |
| Fox, Michael Leonard | Randolph Co. | Randolph Co. | 1825 - 1888 |
| Foy, James | Onslow Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1772 - 1823 |
| Francisco, Peter | Spanish or Portuguese | Guilford Co. | ca. 1760 - 1831 |
| Franck, John Martin | Europe | Craven Co., New Bern | ca. 1680 - 1745 |
| Franklin, Jesse | Orange Co., Virginia | Surry Co. | 1760 - 1823 |
| Franklin, Jesse | Wilkes Co. | 1760 - 1823 | |
| Franklin, Meshack | Orange Co., Virginia | Surry Co. | 1772 - 1839 |
| Frazer, William Henry | Lafayette, Alabama | Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte | 1873 - 1953 |
| Freeman, Edmund B. | Sandwich, Massachusetts | Halifax Co. | 1795 - 1868 |
| Freeman, Edmund B. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1795 - 1868 | |
| Freeman, George Washington | Craven Co. | 1789 - 1858 | |
| Freeman, George Washington | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1789 - 1858 | |
| Freeman, George Washington | Sandwich, Massachusetts | Warren Co. | 1789 - 1858 |
| Freeman, Ralf | Anson Co. | Anson Co. | fled 1807 - 1831 |
| Fremont (Fish), Sewall Lawrence | Bellows Falls, Vermont | New Hanover Co. | 1816 - 1886 |
| French, John Robert | Belknap Co., New Hampshire | Chowan Co., Edenton | 1818 - 1890 |
| Frerichs, William Charles Anthony | Carteret Co., Williston | 1829 - 1905 | |
| Frerichs, William Charles Anthony | Ghent, Netherlands | Guilford Co. | 1829 - 1905 |
| Friar, Daniel Boone | Bertie Co. | Bertie Co. | 1800 - 1858 |
| Fries, Adelaide Lisetta | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1871 - 1949 |
| Fries, Francis (Franz) Levin | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1812 - 1863 |
| Fries, Francis Henry | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1855 - 1931 |
| Fries, Henry Elias | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1857 - 1949 |
| Fries, John William | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1846 - 1927 |
| Frohock, John | England | Rowan Co. | d. 1772 |
| Frontis, Stephen | Cognac, France | Granville Co., Oxford | 1792 - 1867 |
| Frontis, Stephen | Iredell Co. | 1792 - 1867 | |
| Frontis, Stephen | Rowan Co. | 1792 - 1867 | |
| Frontis, Stephen | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1792 - 1867 | |
| Fulenwider, John | Lincoln Co. | ca. 1756 - 1826 | |
| Fulenwider, John | Switzerland | Rowan Co. | ca. 1756 - 1826 |
| Fuller, Bartholomew | Cumberland Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1829 - 1882 |
| Fuller, Bartholomew | Durham Co. | 1829 - 1882 | |
| Fuller, Edwin Wiley | Franklin Co., Louisburg | Franklin Co. | 1847 - 1876 |
| Fuller, Robert Thomas | Caswell Co., Leasburg | Caswell Co. | b. ca. 1824 |
| Fuller, Thomas Blount | Cumberland Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1857 - 1927 |
| Fuller, Thomas Blount | Durham Co., Durham | 1857 - 1927 | |
| Fuller, Thomas Charles | Cumberland Co. | 1832 - 1901 | |
| Fuller, Thomas Charles | Cumberland Co. | Franklin Co. | 1832 - 1901 |
| Fuller, Thomas Charles | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1832 - 1901 | |
| Fuller, Thomas Oscar | Franklin Co. | Franklin Co. | 1807 - 1942 |
| Fuller, Thomas Oscar | Granville Co., Oxford | 1807 - 1942 | |
| Fuller, Williamson Whitehead | Cumberland Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1858 - 1934 |
| Fuller, Williamson Whitehead | Durham Co., Durham | 1858 - 1934 | |
| Fuller, Williamson Whitehead | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1858 - 1934 | |
| Fulton, David Bryant | Cumberland Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1863 - 1941 |
| Fulton, David Bryant | New Hanover Co. | 1863 - 1941 | |
| Fulton, Hamilton | Great Britain | Wake Co., Raleigh | d. 1834 |
| Furches, David Moffatt | Davie Co. | Davie Co. | 1832 - 1908 |
| Furches, David Moffatt | Iredell Co. | 1832 - 1908 | |
| Furches, David Moffatt | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1832 - 1908 | |
| Furman, Robert McKnight | Franklin Co., Louisburg | Franklin Co. | 1846 - 1904 |
| Furman, Robert McKnight | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1846 - 1904 |