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) |
| Lacy, Benjamin Rice | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1854 - 1929 |
| Lacy, Benjamin Rice | Mecklenburg Co. | 1854 - 1929 | |
| Lacy, Benjamin Rice, Jr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1886 - 1981 |
| Lacy, Benjamin Rice, Jr. | Johnston Co. | 1886 - 1981 | |
| Lacy, Drury, Jr. | Prince Edward Co., Virginia | Craven Co. | 1802 - 1884 |
| Lacy, Drury, Jr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1802 - 1884 | |
| Lacy, Drury, Jr. | Mecklenburg Co. | 1802 - 1884 | |
| Lacy, William Sterling | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1842 - 1899 |
| Lacy, William Sterling | Moore Co. | 1842 - 1899 | |
| Laflin, Byron | Lee, Massachusetts | Pitt Co. | 1829 - 1901 |
| Laker, Benjamin | Surry County, England | Perquimans Precinct | d. 1701 |
| Lamb, Gideon | Salisbury, Connecticut | Pasquotank Co. | 1741 - 1781 |
| Lamb, Gideon | Currituck Co. | 1741 - 1781 | |
| Lamb, John Calhoun | Camden Co. | Martin Co. | 1836 - 1864 |
| Lamb, William | Norfolk, Virginia | New Hanover Co., Wilmington | 1835 - 1909 |
| Lamb, Wilson Gray, Jr. | Pasquotank Co. | Martin Co. | 1842 - 1922 |
| Lambeth, John Walter, Jr. | Davidson Co. | Davidson Co. | 1896 - 1961 |
| Lambeth, John Walter, Sr. | Davidson Co. | Davidson Co. | 1868 - 1934 |
| Lamon, Juncan | Unknown | Edgecombe Co. (now Nash) | d.ca. 1798 |
| Lander, Samuel | Lincoln Co., Lincolnton | Lincoln Co. | 1833 - 1904 |
| Lander, Samuel | Guilford Co. | 1833 - 1904 | |
| Lander, William | County Tipperary, Ireland | Lincoln Co. | 1817 - 1868 |
| Lane, James Henry | Matthews Court House, Virginia | Mecklenburg Co. | 1833 - 1907 |
| Lane, James Henry | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1833 - 1907 | |
| Lane, Joel | Halifax Co. (now Edgecombe) | Halifax Co. | ca. 1740 - 1795 |
| Lane, Joel | Johnston Co. | ca. 1740 - 1795 | |
| Lane, Joel | Wake Co., Raleigh | ca. 1740 - 1795 | |
| Lane, John Randolph | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1835 - 1908 |
| Lane, Joseph | Buncombe Co., Asheville | Buncombe Co. | 1801 - 1881 |
| Lane, Lunsford | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1803 - ca. 1863 |
| Lane, Sir Ralph | Devonshire, England | Roanoke Island | ca. 1530 - 1603 |
| Lang, John Albert, Jr. | Moore Co., Carthage | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1910 - 1974 |
| Lang, John Albert, Jr. | Pitt Co., Granville | 1910 - 1974 | |
| Langeley, Katherine Emeline Gudger | Madison Co. | Madison Co. | 1888 - 1948 |
| Langston, John Dallas | Beaufort Co. | Beaufort Co. | 1881 - 1963 |
| Langston, John Dallas | Wayne Co. | 1881 - 1963 | |
| Lanier, Edwin Sidney | Metter, Georgia | Davidson Co. | 1901 - 1983 |
| Lanier, Edwin Sidney | Orange Co. | 1901 - 1983 | |
| Lanier, James Franklin Doughty | Beaufort Co. | Beaufort Co. | 1800 - 1881 |
| Lanier, Sidney Clopton | Macon, Georgia | New Hanover Co. | 1842 - 1881 |
| Lanier, Sidney Clopton | Polk Co., Lynn | 1842 - 1881 | |
| Lanneau, Sophie Stevens | Lexington, Missouri | Wake Co., Wake Forest | 1881 - 1963 |
| Lanning, John Tate | Davidson Co. | Durham Co., Durham | 1902 - 1976 |
| LaPierre, John | France | New Hanover Co. | 1681 - 1755 |
| LaPierre, John | Craven Co. | 1681 - 1755 | |
| Laprade, William Thomas | Franklin Co., Virginia | Durham Co., Durham | 1883 - 1975 |
| Larkin, Thomas Oliver | Charlestown, Massachusetts | New Hanover Co. | 1802 - 1858 |
| Larkin, Thomas Oliver | Duplin Co. | 1802 - 1858 | |
| Larkins, John Davis, Jr. | Morristown, Tennessee | Cumberland Co. | 1909 - 1990 |
| Larkins, John Davis, Jr. | Guilford Co. | 1909 - 1990 | |
| Larkins, John Davis, Jr. | Jones Co. | 1909 - 1990 | |
| Larkins, John Rodman | New Hanover Co. | Warren Co. | 1913 - 1980 |
| Larkins, John Rodman | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1913 - 1980 | |
| Lash (Loesch), Jacob | Forsyth Co. | Forsyth Co. | 1760 - 1821 |
| Lash (Loesch), Jacob | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1760 - 1821 | |
| Lash, Israel George | Forsyth Co., Bethania | Forsyth Co. | 1810 - 1878 |
| Lassiter, Rena Bingham | Johnston Co. | Johnston Co. | 1886 - 1960 |
| Latham, Louis Charles | Washington Co. | Washington Co. | 1840 - 1895 |
| Latham, Louis Charles | Pitt Co. | 1840 - 1895 | |
| Latham, Maude Moore | Craven Co. | Craven Co. | 1871 - 1951 |
| Latham, Maude Moore | Guilford Co. | 1871 - 1951 | |
| Lathrop, Virginia Terrell | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1902 - 1974 |
| Lathrop, Virginia Terrell | Buncombe Co. | 1902 - 1974 | |
| Latta, Edward Dilworth | Pendleton, South Carolina | Mecklenburg Co. | 1851 - 1925 |
| Latta, Edward Dilworth | Buncombe Co. | 1851 - 1925 | |
| Latten (Luten, Leuten, Luton), Thomas | Unknown | Chowan Precinct | d. ca. 1731 |
| Laughinghouse, Charles O'Hagan | Pitt Co. | Pitt Co. | 1871 - 1930 |
| Law, Sallie Chapman Gordon | Wilkes Co. | Wilkes Co. | 1805 - 1894 |
| Lawler, Joab | Union Co. | Union Co. | 1796 - 1838 |
| Lawrence, Joseph Joshua | Nash Co., Rocky Mount | Wilson Co., Wilson | 1836 - 1909 |
| Lawrence, Joseph Joshua | Wayne Co. | 1836 - 1909 | |
| Lawrence, Joshua | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1778 - 1843 |
| Laws, Romulus Don | Wilkes Co. | Wilkes Co. | 1868 - 1951 |
| Lawson, Hugh | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | ca. 1697 - 1772 |
| Lawson, John | Yorkshire, England | Bath Co. | 1674 - 1711 |
| Lawson, John | Craven Co. | 1674 - 1711 | |
| Lay, George William | Huntsville, Alabama | Carteret Co., Beaufort | 1860 - 1932 |
| Lazarus, Rachel Mordecai | Goochland Co., Virginia | Warren Co. | 1788 - 1838 |
| Lea, Luke | Nashville, Tennessee | Buncombe Co. | 1879 - 1945 |
| Lea, Luke | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1879 - 1945 | |
| Lea, Solomon | Caswell Co. | Warren Co. | 1807 - 1897 |
| Lea, Solomon | Guilford Co. | 1807 - 1897 | |
| Leach, James Madison Brown | Randolph Co. | Davidson Co. | 1875 - 1891 |
| Leach, James Thomas | Johnston Co. | Johnston Co. | 1805 - 1883 |
| Leake, Walter Francis | Richmond Co. | Richmond Co. | 1799 - 1879 |
| Leavitt, Sturgis Elleno | Newhall, Maine | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1888 - 1976 |
| Leazar, Augustus | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1843 - 1905 |
| Leazar, Augustus | Iredell Co. | 1843 - 1905 | |
| Leazar, Augustus | Catawba Co., Mooresville | 1843 - 1905 | |
| Lee, Arthur Carl | Anderson Co., South Carolina | Durham Co., Durham | 1886 - 1974 |
| Lee, Arthur Carl | Mecklenburg Co. | 1886 - 1974 | |
| Lee, Charles Cochrane | Charleston, South Carolina | Mecklenburg Co. | 1834 - 1862 |
| Lee, Jesse | Prince George Co., Virginia | Halifax Co. | 1758 - 1816 |
| Lee, Stephen | Charleston, South Carolina | Buncombe Co. | 1801 - 1879 |
| Lee, Thomas Bailey | Davie Co., Mocksville | Buncombe Co. | 1873 - 1948 |
| Lee, William Carey | Harnett Co., Dunn | Harnett Co. | 1895 - 1948 |
| Leech, Joseph | Craven Co. | Craven Co. | 1720 - 1803 |
| Lefler, Hugh Talmage | Davie Co., Cooleemee | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1901 - 1981 |
| Lefler, Hugh Talmage | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1901 - 1981 | |
| Leggett, John | Bladen Co. | Bladen Co. | 1742 - 1812 |
| Lehman, Emma Augusta | Forsyth Co., Bethania | Forsyth Co. | 1841 - 1922 |
| Leigh, John | Virginia | Edgecombe Co. | ca. 1755 - 1796 |
| Leinbach, Traugott | Forsyth Co., Salem | Forsyth Co. | 1796 - 1863 |
| Lemay, Thomas J. | Granville Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1802 - 1863 |
| Lemly, Samuel | Unknown | Craven Co. | 1791 - 1848 |
| Lemly, Samuel | Rowan Co. | 1791 - 1848 | |
| Lenoir, Walter Waightstill | Wilkes Co. (now Caldwell) | Caldwell Co. | 1823 - 1890 |
| Lenoir, Walter Waightstill | Haywood Co. | 1823 - 1890 | |
| Lenoir, Walter Waightstill | Watauga Co. | 1823 - 1890 | |
| Lenoir, William | Brunswick Co., Virginia | Edgecombe Co. | 1751 - 1839 |
| Lenoir, William | Halifax Co. | 1751 - 1839 | |
| Lenoir, William | Wilkes Co. | 1751 - 1839 | |
| Lente, Frederick Divoux (Devereaux) | Craven Co. | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1823 - 1883 |
| Leper (Lepper), Thomas | Unknown | County of Albemarle | d. 1718 |
| Leper (Lepper), Thomas | Perquimans Precinct | d. 1718 | |
| Leper (Lepper), Thomas | Bath Co. | d. 1718 | |
| Leslie, James | Northern Ireland | Edgecombe Co. | ca. 1780 |
| Leslie, James | Halifax Co. | ca. 1780 | |
| Leuten (Luten, Luton, Latten), Thomas | Unknown | Chowan Precinct | d. ca. 1731 |
| Leventhorpe, Collett | Devonshire, England | Rutherford Co. | 1815 - 1889 |
| Lewelling, John | Norfolk Co., Virginia | Martin Co. | ca. 1715 - 1794 |
| Lewelling, John | Tyrrell Co. | ca. 1715 - 1794 | |
| Lewis, Exum Percival | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1863 - 1926 |
| Lewis, Helen Morris | Charleston, South Carolina | Buncombe Co. | 1852 - 1933 |
| Lewis, Henry Wilkins | Brunswick Co., Virginia | Northampton Co. | 1856 - 1936 |
| Lewis, Kemp Plummer | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1880 - 1952 |
| Lewis, Kemp Plummer | Durham Co., Durham | 1880 - 1952 | |
| Lewis, McDaniel | Buncombe Co. | Lenoir Co., Kinston | 1894 - 1978 |
| Lewis, Nell (Cornelia), Battle | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1893 - 1956 |
| Lewis, Richard Henry | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1832 - 1917 |
| Lewis, Richard Henry | Lenoir Co. | 1832 - 1917 | |
| Lewis, Richard Henry | Pitt Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1850 - 1926 |
| Lewis, William Gaston | Edgecombe Co. | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1835 - 1901 |
| Lewis, William Gaston | Wayne Co. | 1835 - 1901 | |
| Lichtenstein, Gaston | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1879 - 1954 |
| Liddell, Anna Forbes | Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte | Mecklenburg Co. | 1891 - 1979 |
| Lillington, Alexander | Great Britain | Albemarle Co. | 1643 - 1697 |
| Lillington, John Alexander | Beaufort Precinct | Albemarle Sound | 1720 - 1786 |
| Lillington, John Alexander | New Hanover Co. | 1720 - 1786 | |
| Lindley, James | Chester Co., Pennsylvania | Orange Co. (now Chatham) | 1735 - 1779 |
| Lindley, John Van | Monrovia, Indiana | Guilford Co. | 1838 - 1918 |
| Lindley, Jonathan | Orange Co. | Orange Co. | 1756 - 1828 |
| Lindsay, Colin | Scotland | Scotland | 1744 - 1817 |
| Lineberry, Gustavus Ernest | Chatham Co. | Robeson Co. | 1870 - 1952 |
| Lineberry, Gustavus Ernest | Pitt Co. | 1870 - 1952 | |
| Lineberry, Gustavus Ernest | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1870 - 1952 | |
| Lingle, Walter Lee | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1868 - 1956 |
| Lingle, Walter Lee | Mecklenburg Co. | 1868 - 1956 | |
| Linn, Stahle | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1886 - 1959 |
| Linney, Romulus Zachariah | Rutherford Co. | Watauga Co. | 1841 - 1910 |
| Little, Edward Herman | Mecklenburg Co. | Mecklenburg Co. | 1881 - 1981 |
| Little, George | Chowan Co. | Hertford Co. | 1731 - 1800 |
| Little, William | Marshfield, Massachusetts | Chowan Co. | 1691 - 1734 |
| Little, William | Cumberland Co., England | Anson Co. | 1775 - 1848 |
| Little, William Person | Hertford Co. | Warren Co. | 1765 - 1829 |
| Littlefield, Milton Smith | Jefferson Co., New York | North Carolina | 1830 - 1899 |
| Livermon, Carl Ruby | Bertie Co., Roxobel | Bertie Co., Roxobel | 1883 - 1968 |
| Lloyd (Loyd, Loyde), Thomas | Prince George Co., Virginia | Orange Co. | ca. 1710 - 1792 |
| Lloyd, Thomas | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New Hanover Co. | d. 1770 |
| Lobb, Jacob | England | Columbus Co., Brunswick | d. 1773 |
| Locke, Francis | Northern Ireland | Rowan Co. | 1772 - 1796 |
| Locke, Matthew | Northern Ireland | Rowan Co. | 1730 - 1801 |
| Lockhart, James Alexander | Anson Co. | Anson Co. | 1850 - 1905 |
| Loesch (Lash), Jacob | Forsyth Co. | Forsyth Co. | 1760 - 1821 |
| Loesch (Lash), Jacob | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1760 - 1821 | |
| Loesch, Jacob | Schoharie, New York | Forsyth Co. | 1722 - 1782 |
| Logan, George washington | Rutherford Co. | Rutherford Co. | 1815 - 1889 |
| London, Arthur Hill, Jr. | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1903 - 1976 |
| London, Arthur Hill, Jr. | Durham Co., Durham | 1903 - 1976 | |
| London, Arthur Hill, Sr. | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1874 - 1969 |
| London, Frank Marsden | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1876 - 1945 |
| London, Fritz Wolfgang | Breslau, Germany | Durham Co., Durham | 1900 - 1954 |
| London, Henry Adolphus | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1808 - 1882 |
| London, Henry Adolphus | Chatham Co. | 1808 - 1882 | |
| London, Henry Armand | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1846 - 1918 |
| London, Henry Mauger | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1879 - 1939 |
| London, Henry Mauger | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1879 - 1939 | |
| London, John | Holborn, London | New Hanover Co. | 1747 - 1816 |
| London, William Lord | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1838 - 1916 |
| Long Lance, Buffalo Child (Long, Sylvester Clark) | Forsyth Co. | Forsyth Co. | 1890 - 1932 |
| Long, Andrew Theodore | Iredell Co. | Iredell Co. | 1866 - 1946 |
| Long, Benjamin Franklin | Alamance Co. | Alamance Co. | 1852 - 1925 |
| Long, Benjamin Franklin | Iredell Co. | 1852 - 1925 | |
| Long, Daniel Albright | Alamance Co., Graham | Alamance Co. | 1844 - 1933 |
| Long, Daniel Albright | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1844 - 1933 | |
| Long, Jacob Alson | Alamance Co. | Alamance Co. | 1846 - 1923 |
| Long, Jacob Elmer | Caswell Co. | Alamance Co. | 1880 - 1955 |
| Long, Jacob Elmer | Durham Co., Durham | 1880 - 1955 | |
| Long, John Wesley | Randolph Co. | Randolph Co. | 1859 - 1926 |
| Long, John Wesley | Guilford Co. | 1859 - 1926 | |
| Long, John, Jr. | Loudoun Co., Virginia | Randolph Co. | 1785 - 1857 |
| Long, Nicholas | Virginia | Halifax Co. | ca. 1726 - 1797 |
| Long, Sylvester Clark (Long Lance, Buffalo Child) | Forsyth Co. | Forsyth Co. | 1890 - 1932 |
| Long, Thomas William Mason | Northampton Co. | Northampton Co. | 1886 - 1941 |
| Long, Thomas William Mason | Halifax Co. | 1886 - 1941 | |
| Long, Westray Battle | Edgecombe Co. | Edgecombe Co. | 1901 - 1972 |
| Long, William Lunsford | Northampton Co. | Halifax Co. | 1890 - 1964 |
| Long, William Lunsford | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Long, William Lunsford | Warren Co. | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Long, William Samuel | Alamance Co., Graham | Alamance Co. | 1839 - 1924 |
| Loretz, Andrew | Chur, Switzerland | Lincoln Co. | 1762 - 1812 |
| Loretz, Andrew | Rowan Co. | 1762 - 1812 | |
| Loring, William Wing | New Hanover Co. | moved to Florida | 1818 - 1886 |
| Love, James Spencer | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Gaston Co., Gastonia | 1896 - 1962 |
| Love, James Spencer | Guilford Co. | 1896 - 1962 | |
| Love, Robert Calvin Grier | Gaston Co. | Gaston Co. | 1840 - 1907 |
| Love, William Carter | Norfolk, Virginia | Orange Co. | 1784 - 1824 |
| Love, William Carter | Rowan Co. | 1784 - 1824 | |
| Lovejoy, Jefferson Marshall | Sharon, Vermont | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1814 - 1877 |
| Lovick, John | Unknown | Chowan Co. | d. 1733 |
| Lovick, Thomas | Chowan Co. | Chowan Co. | 1680 - 1759 |
| Lovick, Thomas | Carteret Co. | 1680 - 1759 | |
| Lovill, Edward Francis | Surry Co. | Watauga Co. | 1842 - 1925 |
| Lowdermilk, Walter Caly | Randolph Co. | moved to Missouri | 1888 - 1974 |
| Lowe, Thomas G. | Halifax Co. | Halifax Co. | 1815 - 1869 |
| Lowry, Henry Berry | Robeson Co. | Robeson Co. | ca. 1846 - 1872 |
| Loyd (Lloyd, Loyde), Thomas | Prince George Co., Virginia | Orange Co. | ca. 1710 - 1792 |
| Ludlow, Jacob lott | Spring Lake, New Jersey | Forsyth Co. | 1862 - 1930 |
| Ludwell, Phillip | Somersetshire, England | North Carolina | ca. 1638 - 1773 |
| Luelling, Henderson | Randolph Co. | Guilford Co. | 1809 - 1878 |
| Luis, Don de Velasco (Indian Chief) | Unknown | Albemarle/Currituck Sound | fled 1561 - 1571 |
| Lundsford, Bascom Lamar | Madison Co. | Madison Co. | 1882 - 1973 |
| Lundsford, Bascom Lamar | Buncombe Co. | 1882 - 1973 | |
| Luten (Leuten, Luton, Latten), Thomas | Unknown | Chowan Precinct | d. ca. 1731 |
| Luton (Luten, Leuten, Latten), Thomas | Unknown | Chowan Precinct | d. ca. 1731 |
| Lutterloh, Thomas S. | Chatham Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1816 - 1900 |
| Lyerly, Jacob Martin Luther | Rowan Co. | Rowan Co. | 1862 - 1923 |
| Lyman., Theodore Benedict | Brighton, Massachusetts | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1815 - 1893 |
| Lynch, Lemuel | Orange Co., Back Creek | Orange Co. | 1808 - 1893 |
| Lynch, Lemuel | Guilford Co. | 1808 - 1893 | |
| Lyon, Francis Strother | Stokes Co. | moved to Alabama | 1800 - 1882 |
| Lyon, George Leonidas | Durham Co., Durham | Durham Co., Durham | 1881 - 1916 |
| Lyon, Homer Legrand | Bladen Co. | Bladen Co. | 1879 - 1956 |
| Lyon, John | Scotland | Buncombe Co. | 1765 - 1814 |
| Lyon, Zachariah Inge | Granville Co. | Granville Co. | 1815 - 1887 |
| Lyon, Zachariah Inge | Durham Co., Durham | 1815 - 1887 | |
| Lytch, James | Cumberland Co. | Richmond Co. (now Scotland) | 1814 - 1890 |
| Lytle, Archibald | Scotland | Orange Co., Hillsborough | 1730 - 1790 |