Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Created by the Staff of the Olivia Raney Library

New Hanover County

Name Place of Birth Place of Residence Life Span

Alderman, Edwin Anderson

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

Guilford Co., Greensboro

1861 - 1931

Anderson, Edwin Alexander

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1860 - 1933

Ashe, John Baptist

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1748 - 1802

Ashe, Samuel A'Court

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1840 - 1938

Ashe, William Shepperd

New Hanover Co., Rocky Point

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1814 - 1802

Barry, John Decatur

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1839 - 1887

Bellamy, John Dillard

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1853 - 1942

Bloodworth, Timothy

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1736 - 1814

Bryan, Joseph Shepard

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1894 - 1974

Burgwin, George William Bush

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1787 - 1854

Burgwin, John Henry King

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1810 - 1847

Burgwin, Nathaniel Hill

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1825 - 1898

Cadbourn, James Harmon

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1853 - 1913

Campbell, Samuel

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

d. ca. 1790

Clark, Thomas

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1741 - 1792

Cone, Laura Weil

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1888 - 1970

Connor, Henry Groves

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

Wilson Co., Wilson

1852 - 1924

Davis, George

New Hanover Co. (now Pender)

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1820 - 1896

Davis, Junius

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte

1845 - 1916

Davis, Thomas Frederick

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co.

1804 - 1871

DeRosett (DeRosset), Armand John

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1767 - 1859

DeRosset (DeRosett), Armand John

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

1767 - 1859

DeRosset, William Lord

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co.

1832 - 1910

Dickson, James Henderson

New Hanover Co., Wilmington

New Hanover Co.

1806 - 1862

Drane, Robert Brent

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1851 - 1939

Dudley, James Benson

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1859 - 1925

Foard, John Hanby

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1901 - 1977

Graham, Mary Owen

New Hanover Co.

Mecklenburg Co.

1872 - 1957

Green, William Mercer

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1798 - 1887

Hall, Edward Dudley

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1823 - 1896

Henderson, Isabelle Bowen

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1899 - 1969

Hill, Frederick Jones

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1792 - 1861

Hill, Joseph Alston

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1800 - 1835

Hooper, Archibald Maclaine

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1775 - 1853

Hooper, Johnson Jones

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1815 - 1862

Howe, George

New Hanover Co.

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1876 - 1936

Howe, Robert

New Hanover Co.(now Brunswick)

Bladen Co.

1732 - 1786

James, Hinton

New Hanover Co. (now Pender)

New Hanover Co.

1776 - 1847

Jones, Penbroke

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1858 - 1919

Kenan, SarahGraham

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1876 - 1968

Kenan, William Rand, Jr.

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1872 - 1965

Larkins, John Rodman

New Hanover Co.

Warren Co.

1913 - 1980

London, Henry Adolphus

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1808 - 1882

Loring, William Wing

New Hanover Co.

moved to Florida

1818 - 1886

MacRae, William

New Hanover Co.

Union Co.

1834 - 1882

McClammy, Charles Washington

New Hanover/Pender Co.

Pender Co.

1839 - 1896

McKoy, William Berry

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1852 - 1928

McNeill, William Gibbs

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1801 - 1853

McRee, Griffith John

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1819 - 1872

McRee, William

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1787 - 1833

Meares, Oliver Pendleton

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1818 - 1906

Meares, William Belvidere

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1787 - 1841

Meares, William Belvidere, II

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1826 - 1896

Mendelsohn, Charles Jastrow

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1880 - 1939

Merritt, Hiram Houston, Jr.

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1902 - 1979

Metts, John Van Bokkelen

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1876 - 1959

Moore, Alfred

New Hanover Co.

Brunswick Co.

1775 - 1810

Moore, James

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1737 - 1777

Moore, Louis Toomer

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1885 - 1961

Moore, Maurice, Jr.

New Hanover Co.

Rowan Co.

1735 - 1777

Moore, Roger

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1839 - 1900

Murphy, George Moseley

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1903 - 1968

Nixon, Nicholas Nichols

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1800 - 1868

Parsley, Elizabeth Hall Nutt (Hallie)

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1842 - 1920

Post, James Francis

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1851 - 1918

Price, Thomas Frederick

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1860 - 1919

Purnell, Thomas Richard

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1846 - 1908

Purviance, Samuel Densmore

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1774 - ca. 1806

Rehder, Jessie Clifford

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1908 - 1967

Richardson, Willis

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1889 - 1977

Ruark, Robert (Bobby) Chester, Jr.

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1915 - 1965

Russell, Lindsay

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1870 - 1949

Rutherfurd, William Gordon

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1764 - 1818

Scott, Armond Wendell

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1873 - 1960

Shaw, Herbert Bell

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1908 - 1980

Strange, Robert

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1857 - 1914

Strudwick, William Francis

New Hanover Co.

Orange Co.

1770 - 1810

Taylor, Robert Robinson

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1868 - 1942

Thorington, James

New Hanover Co.

moved to Alabama

1816 - 1887

Toomer, John DeRossett

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1784 - 1856

Walker, David

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1785 - 1830

Walker, Hugh

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

ca. 1740 - 1800

Walker, Platt dickinson

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1899 - 1923

Whistler, Anna Mathilda McNeill

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1804 - 1881

Winslow, John Ancrum

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1811 - 1873

Wood, Edward Jenner

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1878 - 1928

Wood, Thomas Fanning

New Hanover Co.

New Hanover Co.

1841 - 1892

Worth, Kathryn

New Hanover Co.

Mecklenburg Co.

1898 - 1969