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) |
| Kalberlahn, Hans Martin | Drontheim, Norway | Rowan Co. | 1722 - 1759 |
| Kapp, John Jacob | Switzerland | Forsyth Co., Bethabara | 1729 -1807 |
| Katchmaid (Catchmaid,Catchmaie,Catchmeyd),George | Albemarle Colony | d. 1667 | |
| Katchmaid (Catchmaid,Catchmaie,Catchmeyd),George | Monmouthshire, England | Perquimans Co. | d. 1667 |
| Keen, Thomas William | Pittsylvania Co., Virginia | Rockingham Co. | 1823 - 1886 |
| Keen, Thomas William | Rowan Co. | 1823 - 1886 | |
| Keener, Walter Key | Lincoln Co. | Lincoln Co. | 1880 - 1931 |
| Keener, Walter Key | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1880 - 1931 | |
| Keener, Walter Key | Durham Co., Durham | 1880 - 1931 | |
| Keener, Walter Key | Mecklenburg Co. | 1880 - 1931 | |
| Keith, Robert | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Craven Co. | fled 1782 - 1785 |
| Kemp, James Hal | Marion, Alabama | Mecklenburg Co. | 1904 - 1940 |
| Kenan, Daniel Love | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1780 - 1840 |
| Kenan, Felix | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | d. 1785 |
| Kenan, James | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1740 - 1810 |
| Kenan, Owen Hill | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1872 - 1963 |
| Kenan, Owen Hill | New Hanover Co. | 1872 - 1963 | |
| Kenan, SarahGraham | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1876 - 1968 |
| Kenan, Thomas | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1771 - 1843 |
| Kenan, Thomas Stephen | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1838 - 1911 |
| Kenan, Thomas Stephen | Wilson Co. | 1838 - 1911 | |
| Kenan, Thomas Stephen | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1838 - 1911 | |
| Kenan, William Rand | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1885 - 1903 |
| Kenan, William Rand | New Hanover Co. | 1885 - 1903 | |
| Kenan, William Rand, Jr. | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1872 - 1965 |
| Kenan, William Rand, Jr. | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1872 - 1965 | |
| Kenan,Owen Rand | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1804 - 1887 |
| Kendall, Henry Eli, Jr. | Cleveland Co., Shelby | Cleveland Co. | 1905 - 1981 |
| Kendall, Henry Eli, Jr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1905 - 1981 | |
| Kendall, Henry Wiseman | Cleveland Co. | Cleveland Co. | 1897 - 1968 |
| Kendall, Henry Wiseman | Nash Co. | 1897 - 1968 | |
| Kendall, Henry Wiseman | Guilford Co. | 1897 - 1968 | |
| Kendrick, Banjamin Burks | Talbot Co., Georgia | Guilford Co. | 1884 - 1946 |
| Kennedy, David | Unknown | Moore Co. | 1768 - 1837 |
| Kennedy, John Bryan (Jack) | Wayne Co. | Wayne Co. | 1845 - 1915 |
| Kennedy, John Thomas | Wayne Co. | Wayne Co. | 1824 - 1913 |
| Kennedy, John Thomas | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1824 - 1913 | |
| Kennedy, William | Beaufort Co. | Pitt Co. | 1768 - 1834 |
| Kennedy, William | Beaufort Co. | 1768 - 1834 | |
| Kephart, Horace Sowers | East Salem, Pennsylvania | Swain Co. | 1862 - 1931 |
| Ker, David | Ireland | Cumberland Co. | 1758 - 1805 |
| Ker, David | Orange Co. | 1758 - 1805 | |
| Ker, David | Robeson Co., Lumberton | 1758 - 1805 | |
| Kern, Paul Bentley | Alexandria, Virginia | Haywood Co., Lake Junaluska | 1882 - 1953 |
| Kerr, Daniel Wilson | Cumberland Co., Virginia | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1796 - 1850 |
| Kerr, Daniel Wilson | Orange Co. | 1796 - 1850 | |
| Kerr, Daniel Wilson | Chatham Co. | 1796 - 1850 | |
| Kerr, John | Caswell Co. | Caswell Co. | 1782 - 1842 |
| Kerr, John Hosea | Caswell Co. | Caswell Co. | 1873 - 1958 |
| Kerr, John Hosea | Warren Co. | 1873 - 1958 | |
| Kerr, John Hosea, Jr. | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1900 - 1968 |
| Kerr, John Hosea, Jr. | Edgecombe Co. | 1900 - 1968 | |
| Kerr, John, Jr. | Halifax Co., Virginia | Caswell Co. | 1811 - 1879 |
| Kerr, John, Jr. | Rockingham Co., Reidsville | 1811 - 1879 | |
| Kerr, Washington Caruthers | Guilford Co. | Orange Co. | 1827 - 1885 |
| Kerr, Washington Caruthers | Martin Co. | 1827 - 1885 | |
| Kerr, Washington Caruthers | Mecklenburg Co. | 1827 - 1885 | |
| Kerr, Washington Caruthers | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1827 - 1885 | |
| Kester, Howard Anderson (Buck) | Henry Co., Virginia | Buncombe Co., Black Mountain | 1904 - 1977 |
| Kester, Howard Anderson (Buck) | Clay Co., Brasstown | 1904 - 1977 | |
| Kilgo, John Carlisle | Laurens, South Carolina | Durham Co., Durham | 1861 - 1922 |
| Kilgo, John Carlisle | Mecklenburg Co. | 1861 - 1922 | |
| Kimberly, John | Brooklyn, New York | Northampton Co., Murfreesboro | 1817 - 1882 |
| Kimberly, John | Orange Co. | 1817 - 1882 | |
| Kimberly, John | Buncombe co. | 1817 - 1882 | |
| Kinchen, John | Halifax Co. | Halifax Co. | ca. 1745 - 1794 |
| Kinchen, John | Orange Co. | ca. 1745 - 1794 | |
| Kinchen, John | Franklin Co. | ca. 1745 - 1794 | |
| King, Carl Howie | Mecklenburg Co. | Mecklenburg Co. | 1898 - 1967 |
| King, Carl Howie | Rowan Co. | 1898 - 1967 | |
| King, Carl Howie | Iredell Co. | 1898 - 1967 | |
| King, Mary Elizabeth Eskridge | Pocahontas Co.,West Virginia | Mecklenburg Co. | 1901 - 1973 |
| King, Pendelton | Guilford Co. | Guilford Co. | 1844 - 1913 |
| King, Rufus P. | Orange Co. | Guilford Co. | 1843 - 1973 |
| King, William Rufus Devane | Sampson Co. | Sampson co. | 1786 - 1853 |
| Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant | Wake Co., Raleigh | Warren Co. | 1828 - 1913 |
| Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1828 - 1913 | |
| Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant | New Hanover Co. | 1828 - 1913 | |
| Kirk, George W. | Greene Co., Tennessee | Buncombe Co. | 1837 - 1905 |
| Kirk, George W. | Rutherford Co. | 1837 - 1905 | |
| Kirkland, William Alexander | Orange Co. | Orange Co. | 1836 - 1898 |
| Kirkland, William Wheedbee | Orange Co. | Orange Co. | 1833 - 1915 |
| Kirkland, Winifred Margarette | Columbia, Pennsylvania | Buncombe Co. | 1872 - 1943 |
| Kitchin, Alvin Paul | Halifax Co., Scotland Neck | Halifax Co. | 1908 - 1983 |
| Kitchin, Alvin Paul | Anson Co. | 1908 - 1983 | |
| Kitchin, Claude | Halifax Co. | Halifax Co. | 1869 - 1923 |
| Kitchin, Thurman Delna | Halifax Co. | Halifax Co. | 1885 - 1955 |
| Kitchin, Thurman Delna | Robeson Co., Lumberton | 1885 - 1955 | |
| Kitchin, Thurman Delna | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1885 - 1955 | |
| Kitchin, William Hodge | Lauderdale Co., Alabama | Halifax Co. | 1837 - 1901 |
| Kitchin, William Walton | Halifax co. | Halifax Co. | 1866 - 1924 |
| Kitchin, William Walton | Person Co. | 1866 - 1924 | |
| Kitchin, William Walton | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1866 - 1924 | |
| Kluttz, Theodore Franklin | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1848 - 1918 |
| Knapp, Joseph Palmer | Brooklyn, New York | Currituck Co. | 1864 - 1951 |
| Knight, Edgar Wallace | Northampton Co. | Pitt Co. | 1886 - 1953 |
| Knight, Edgar Wallace | Wake Co. | 1886 - 1953 | |
| Knight, Edgar Wallace | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1886 - 1953 | |
| Knight, Tobias | Unknown | Beaufort Co., Bath | d. 1719 |
| Knox, Andrew | Unknown | Perquimans Co. | ca. 1733 - 1776 |
| Koch, Frederick Henry | Covington, Kentucky | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1877 - 1944 |
| Koopman, Augustus | Mecklenburg Co. | Mecklenburg Co. | 1869 - 1941 |
| Kornegay, Wade Hampton | Duplin Co. | Duplin Co. | 1865 - 1939 |
| Kramsch, Samuel Gottlieb | Rudelstaedt, Silesia | Forsyth Co., Salem | 1756 - 1824 |
| Krider, Jacob | Pennsylvania | Rowan Co. | 1788 - 1874 |
| Kyser, James Kern (Kay) | Nash Co., Rocky Mount | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1906 - 1985 |