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) |
| Taliaferro, Hardin Edward | Surry Co. | Surry Co. | 1811 - 1875 |
| Tannahill, Mary Harvey | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1863 - 1951 |
| Tarrant, Edward H. | Caswell Co. | moved to Tennessee | ca. 1796 - 1858 |
| Tate, Frederick Nelson | Ontario, Canada | Davidson Co., Jamestown | 1867 - 1945 |
| Tate, James | Ireland | New Hanover Co. | d. 1795 |
| Tate, John Hall | Ontario, Canada | Davidson Co., Jamestown | 1861 - 1930 |
| Tate, John Hall | Davidson Co., High Point | 1861 - 1930 | |
| Tate, Samuel McDowell | Burke Co., Morganton | Burke Co. | 1830 - 1897 |
| Tatham, William | County of Cumberland, England | Robeson Co. | 1752 - 1819 |
| Tatom, Absalom | Granville Co. | Randolph Co. | 1742 - 1802 |
| Tatom, Absalom | Orange Co. | 1742 - 1802 | |
| Tatum, Howell | Halifax Co. | moved to Tennessee | 1753 - 1822 |
| Tatum, James Moore | McColl, South Carolina | Orange Co. | 1913 - 1959 |
| Taylor, Charles Elisha | Richmond, Virginia | Wake Co., Wake Forest | 1842 - 1915 |
| Taylor, Eben-Ezer | England | Chowan Precinct | ca. 1660 - 1720 |
| Taylor, Hannis | Craven Co. | Craven Co. | 1851 - 1822 |
| Taylor, Haywood Maurice | Edgecombe Co. | Orange Co. | 1898 - 1960 |
| Taylor, Haywood Maurice | Durham Co., Durham | 1898 - 1960 | |
| Taylor, Hoyt Patrick, Sr. | Hertford Co. | Hertford Co. | 1890 - 1964 |
| Taylor, Hoyt Patrick, Sr. | New Hanover Co. | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Taylor, Hoyt Patrick, Sr. | Cumberland Co. | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Taylor, Hoyt Patrick, Sr. | Anson Co. | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Taylor, Hoyt Patrick, Sr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1890 - 1964 | |
| Taylor, James Fauntleroy | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1821 - 1903 |
| Taylor, James Peyton | Chatham Co. | Chatham Co. | 1839 - 1928 |
| Taylor, John Louis | London, England | Cumberland Co. | 1769 - 1829 |
| Taylor, John Louis | Craven Co. | 1769 - 1829 | |
| Taylor, John Louis | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1769 - 1829 | |
| Taylor, Marble Nash | Bedford Co., Virginia | Orange Co. | ca. 1830 - 1894 |
| Taylor, Marble Nash | Dare Co., Hatteras | ca. 1830 - 1894 | |
| Taylor, Marble Nash | Cumberland Co. | ca. 1830 - 1894 | |
| Taylor, Marble Nash | Moore Co. | ca. 1830 - 1894 | |
| Taylor, Robert Robinson | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1868 - 1942 |
| Taylor, Simon Braton | Lenoir Co. | Onslow Co. | 1834 - 1929 |
| Taylor, Walter Frank | Duplin Co., Faison | Duplin Co. | 1889 - 1977 |
| Taylor, Walter Frank | Wayne Co. | 1889 - 1977 | |
| Taylor, William | Southampton Co., Virginia | Dobbs Co. (now Wayne) | 1743 - 1819 |
| Teach, Edward (Blackbeard the Pirate) | Bristol, England | Beaufort Co., Bath | 1680 - 1718 |
| Teer, Nello Leguy | Orange Co. | Durham Co., Durham | 1888 - 1963 |
| Telfair, Alexander | Scotland | Edgecombe Co. | ca. 1738 - 1786 |
| Telfair, Alexander | Halifax Co. | ca. 1738 - 1786 | |
| Tems (Tomes, Thomas, Toms), Francis | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | ca. 1633 - 1712 |
| Tems (Tomes, Thomas, Toms), Francis | Perquimans Precinct | ca. 1633 - 1712 | |
| Tenney, Samuel Mills | Crockett, Texas | Buncombe Co. | 1871 - 1939 |
| Terrell, Saunders (Sonny Terry) | Greeneboro, Georgia | Richmond Co., Rockingham | 1911 - 1986 |
| Terrell, Saunders (Sonny Terry) | Durham Co., Durham | 1911 - 1986 | |
| Terry, John Skally | Richmond Co., Rockingham | Richmond Co. | 1894 - 1953 |
| Terry, William Leake | Anson Co., Wadesboro | moved to Mississippi | 1850 - 1917 |
| Tew, Charles Courtenay | Charleston, South Carolina | Orange Co., Hillsborough | 1827 - 1862 |
| Thackston, James | Unknown | Orange Co. | d. 1792 |
| Thaden, Louise Marcellus McPhetridge | Bentonville, Arkansas | Davidson Co., High Point | 1905 - 1979 |
| Thomas (Tomes, Tems, Toms), Francis | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | ca. 1633 - 1712 |
| Thomas (Tomes, Tems, Toms), Francis | Perquimans Precinct | ca. 1633 - 1712 | |
| Thomas, Charles Randolph | Carteret Co., Beaufort | Craven Co. | 1827 - 1891 |
| Thomas, Charles Randolph, Jr. | Carteret Co. | Carteret Co. | 1861 - 1931 |
| Thomas, Charles Randolph, Jr. | Craven Co. | 1861 - 1931 | |
| Thomas, Charles Randolph, Jr. | Haywood Co. | 1861 - 1931 | |
| Thomas, James Augustus | Rockingham Co. | Rockingham Co. | 1862 - 1940 |
| Thomas, James Houston | Iredell Co. | moved to Tennessee | 1808 - 1876 |
| Thomas, John | Nansemond Co., Virginia | Edgecombe Co. | 1705 - 1788 |
| Thomas, John Warwick | Caswell Co. | Caswell Co. | 1800 - 1871 |
| Thomas, John Warwick | Davidson Co. | 1800 - 1871 | |
| Thomas, Micajah, Jr. | Edgecombe Co. | Nash Co. | 1757 - 1788 |
| Thomas, Perley Albert | Ontario, Canada | Davidson Co., High Point | 1874 - 1959 |
| Thomas, William Holland | Haywood Co. | Haywood Co. | 1805 - 1893 |
| Thomlinson, Thomas | Cumberland County, England | Craven Co. | 1732 - 1805 |
| Thompson, Cyrus | Onslow Co., Richlands | Onslow Co. | 1855 - 1930 |
| Thompson, David Matthew | Randolph Co. | Alamance Co. | 1844 - 1926 |
| Thompson, David Matthew | Greene Co. | 1844 - 1926 | |
| Thompson, David Matthew | Lincoln Co. | 1844 - 1926 | |
| Thompson, David Matthew | Iredell Co. | 1844 - 1926 | |
| Thompson, Holland McTyeire | Randolph Co. | Lincoln Co. | 1873 - 1940 |
| Thompson, Holland McTyeire | Iredell Co. | 1873 - 1940 | |
| Thompson, Holland McTyeire | Cabarrus Co. | 1873 - 1940 | |
| Thompson, Jacob | Caswell Co., Leasburg | Orange Co. | 1810 - 1885 |
| Thompson, Jacob | Guilford Co. | 1810 - 1885 | |
| Thompson, John | Northern Ireland | Iredell Co. | 1690 - 1753 |
| Thompson, John W. | Orange or Johnston Co. | moved to Texas | 1811 - 1836 |
| Thorington, James | New Hanover Co. | moved to Alabama | 1816 - 1887 |
| Thornton, Francis Alexander | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1797 - 1869 |
| Thornton, Mary Lindsay | Louisa Co., Virginia | Rowan Co. | 1891 - 1973 |
| Thornton, Mary Lindsay | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1891 - 1973 | |
| Thorp, Robert Taylor | Granville Co. | moved to Virginia | 1850 - 1938 |
| Thorpe, Earlie Endris | Durham Co., Durham | Durham Co. | 1924 - 1989 |
| Thorpe, James Francis | Prague, Oklahoma | Nash Co. | 1888 - 1953 |
| Thorpe, James Francis | Cumberland Co. | 1888 - 1953 | |
| Throop, George Higby (Gregory Seaworthy) | Willsboro, New York | Perquimans Co. | 1818 - 1896 |
| Throop, George Higby (Gregory Seaworthy) | Bertie Co. | 1818 - 1896 | |
| Tiernan, Frances Christine Fischer | Rowan Co., Salisbury | Rowan Co. | 1846 - 1920 |
| Tiley, Nannie May | Durham Co., Bahama | Durham Co. | 1899 - 1988 |
| Tillett, Charles Walter, Jr. | Richmond Co., Rockingham | Mecklenburg Co. | 1888 - 1952 |
| Tillett, Gladys Love Avery | Burke Co., Morganton | Mecklenburg Co. | 1892 - 1984 |
| Tillinghast, John Huske | Orange Co. | Granville Co. | 1835 - 1933 |
| Tillinghast, John Huske | New Hanover Co. | 1835 - 1933 | |
| Tillinghast, John Huske | Rutherford Co. | 1835 - 1933 | |
| Tillinghast, John Huske | Sampson Co. | 1835 - 1933 | |
| Tillinghast, John Huske | Rowan Co. | 1835 - 1933 | |
| Timberlake, Edwin Walter | Franklin Co. | Wake Co. | 1854 - 1933 |
| Tippett, James Sterling | Memphis, Missouri | Orange Co. | 1885 - 1958 |
| Tipton, John | Baltimore, Maryland | Washington Co. | 1730 - 1813 |
| Tisdale, William | Lebanon, Connecticut | Craven co. | 1734 - ca. 1796 |
| Tisdale, William | Port of Beaufort | 1734 - ca. 1796 | |
| Todd, Furney, Albert | Wake Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1921 - 1991 |
| Tolson, John Jarvis, III (Jack) | Craven Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1915 - 1991 |
| Tomes (Tems, Thomas, Toms), Francis | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | ca. 1633 - 1712 |
| Tomes (Tems, Thomas, Toms), Francis | Perquimans Precinct | ca. 1633 - 1712 | |
| Tomlinson, Ambrose Jessup | Westfield, Indiana | Cherokee Co. | 1865 - 1943 |
| Tomlinson, Sidney Halstead, Sr. | Randolph Co. | Davidson Co. | 1876 - 1949 |
| Tompkins, Daniel Augustus | Edgecombe Co. | Nash Co. | b. 1823 |
| Tompkins, Daniel Augustus | Beaufort Co. | b. 1823 | |
| Tompkins, Daniel Augustus | Wake Co. | b. 1823 | |
| Toms (Tomes, Tems, Thomas), Francis | Unknown | Albemarle Colony | ca. 1633 - 1712 |
| Toms (Tomes, Tems, Thomas), Francis | Perquimans Precinct | ca. 1633 - 1712 | |
| Toms, Clinton White | Perquimans Co. | Perquimans Co. | 1868 - 1936 |
| Toms, Clinton White | Washington Co. | 1868 - 1936 | |
| Toms, Clinton White | Durham Co. | 1868 - 1936 | |
| Toomer, Henry | Charleston, South Carolina | New Hanover Co. | 1738 - 1799 |
| Toomer, John DeRossett | New Hanover Co. | New Hanover Co. | 1784 - 1856 |
| Toomer, John DeRossett | Cumberland Co. | 1784 - 1856 | |
| Toomer, John DeRossett | Chatham Co. | 1784 - 1856 | |
| Toon, Thomas Fentress | Columbus Co. | Columbus Co. | 1840 - 1902 |
| Toon, Thomas Fentress | Robeson Co. | 1840 - 1902 | |
| Torrey, Reuben Archer | Hoboken, New Jersey | Buncombe Co. | 1856 - 1928 |
| Toten, William Theophilus | Rockingham Co. | Davidson Co. | 1862 - 1936 |
| Totten, Henry Roland | Union Co., Matthews | Orange Co. | 1892 - 1974 |
| Tourgee, Albion Winegar | Williamsfield, Ohio | Guilford Co. | 1838 - 1905 |
| Tourgee, Albion Winegar | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1838 - 1905 | |
| Towe, Kenneth Crawford | Pasquotank Co. | Pasquotank Co. | 1893 - 1978 |
| Towe, Kenneth Crawford | Halifax Co. | 1893 - 1978 | |
| Town, Ithiel | Thompson, Connecticut | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1784 - 1844 |
| Townsend, Newman Alexander | Robeson Co. | Harnett Co., Dunn | 1882 - 1951 |
| Trent, Josiah Charles | Okmulgee, Oklahoma | Durham Co., Durham | 1914 - 1948 |
| Tribble, Harold Wayland | Charlottesville, Virginia | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1899 - 1986 |
| Trigg, Harold Leonard | Lynchburg, Virginia | Guilford Co. | 1893 - 1978 |
| Trigg, Harold Leonard | Forsyth Co. | 1893 - 1978 | |
| Trigg, Harold Leonard | Pasquotank Co. | 1893 - 1978 | |
| Trigg, Harold Leonard | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1893 - 1978 | |
| Troller, John Scott | Mecklenburg Co. | Mecklenburg Co. | 1908 - 1975 |
| Trollinger, Benjamin Newton | Orange Co. (now Alamance) | Alamance Co. | 1810 - 1862 |
| Trousdale, William | Orange Co. | moved to Tennessee | 1790 - 1872 |
| Truett, George Washington | Clay Co., Hayesville | Clay Co. | 1876 - 1944 |
| Tryon, William | Surrey, England | Cape Fear Region | 1729 - 1788 |
| Tryon, William | Craven Co. | 1729 - 1788 | |
| Tsali (Charley) | Cherokee Co. | Unknown | d. 1838 |
| Tucker, Glenn Irving | Tampico, Indiana | Henderson Co., Flat Rock | 1892 - 1976 |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Virginia | Cumberland Co. | 1820 - 1968 |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Washington Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Beaufort Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Craven Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Joel W. | New Hanover Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Wilson Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Joel W. | Guilford Co. | 1820 - 1968 | |
| Tucker, Rufus Sylvester | Wake Co., Raleigh | Wake Co. | 1829 - 1894 |
| Tucker, Starling | Halifax Co. | moved to South Carolina | ca. 1766 - 1834 |
| Tucker, William Feinster | Iredell Co. | moved to Mississippi | 1827 - 1881 |
| Tufts, Edgar | Kirkwood, Georgia | Watauga Co. | 1869 - 1923 |
| Tufts, James Walker | Charlestown, Massachusetts | Moore Co. | 1835 - 1902 |
| Tufts, Leonard | Medford, Massachusetts | Moore Co. | 1870 - 1945 |
| Tull, John Graham | Lenoir Co. | Craven Co. | 1816 - 1870 |
| Turlington, Edgar Willis | Johnston Co., Smithfield | Orange Co. | 1891 - 1959 |
| Turlington, Zebulon Vance | Johnston Co. | Iredell Co. | 1877 - 1969 |
| Turner, Benjamin Sterling | Halifax Co. | moved to Alabama | 1825 - 1894 |
| Turner, Daniel | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1796 - 1860 |
| Turner, Henry Gray | Franklin Co. (now Vance) | Granville Co. | 1839 - 1904 |
| Turner, Jacob | Southampton Co., Virginia | Bute Co. (now Warren) | ca. 1745 - 1777 |
| Turner, James | Bute Co. (new Warren) | Warren Co. | 1766 - 1824 |
| Turner, Jesse | Orange Co. | Orange Co. | 1805 - 1894 |
| Turner, John | North Carolina | moved to Tennessee | ca. 1802 - 1844 |
| Turner, John Clyde | Iredell Co. | Iredell Co. | 1879 - 1974 |
| Turner, John Clyde | Durham Co., Durham | 1879 - 1974 | |
| Turner, John Clyde | Guilford Co. | 1879 - 1974 | |
| Turner, John Clyde | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1879 - 1974 | |
| Turner, Josiah, Jr. | Orange Co. | Orange Co. | 1821 - 1901 |
| Turner, Josiah, Jr. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1821 - 1901 | |
| Turner, Vines Edmunds | Franklin Co. | Vance Co., Henderson | 1837 - 1914 |
| Turner, Vines Edmunds | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1837 - 1914 | |
| Turner, Wilfred Dent | Iredell Co. | Iredell Co. | 1855 - 1933 |
| Turrentine, John William | Alamance Co. | Alamance Co. | 1880 - 1966 |
| Turrentine, Morgan Clower | Orange Co. | Brunswick Co. (now Columbus) | 1800 - 1881 |
| Turrentine, Samuel Bryant | Chatham Co. | Guilford Co. | 1861 - 1949 |
| Twitty, Panthea Massenburg | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1912 - 1977 |
| Twitty, Sallie Duke Drake | Warren Co. | Warren Co. | 1835 - 1923 |
| Twitty, Sallie Duke Drake | Wilson Co. | 1835 - 1923 | |
| Tyler, Margaret Ridley Long | Halifax Co., Roanoke Rapids | Halifax Co. | 1917 - 1991 |
| Tyler, Margaret Ridley Long | Bertie Co. | 1917 - 1991 | |
| Tyson, Bryan | Randolph Co. | Moore Co. | 1830 - 1909 |
| Tyson, Bryan | Chatham Co. | 1830 - 1909 | |
| Tyson, Lawrence Davis | Pitt Co. | moved to Tennessee | 1861 - 1929 |