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