Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Created by the Staff of the Olivia Raney Library

Orange County

Name Place of Birth Place of Residence Life Span

Anderson, George Burgwyn

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Wake Co., Raleigh

1831 - 1862

Andrews, Robert Macon

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Guilford Co., Greensboro

1870 - 1947

Battle, Herbert Bemerton

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Wake Co., Raleigh

1862 - 1929

Bell, Martha McFarlane McGee

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1735 - 1820

Benton, Thomas Hart

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1782 - 1858

Berry, Harriet Morehead

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1877 - 1940

Berry, John

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1798 - 1870

Bingham, Robert

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1838 - 1927

Bingham, William

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1835 - 1873

Bingham, William James

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Chatham Co., Pittsboro

1802 - 1866

Boyd, James Edmund

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Mecklenburg Co., Davidson

1845 - 1935

Butler, John

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

d. 1786

Cain, William

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1847 - 1930

Cameron, Bennehan

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1854 - 1925

Carr, Julian Shakespeare

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1845 - 1924

Cochran, James

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1761 - 1817

Craig, David Irvin

Orange Co.

Rockingham Co., Reidsville

1849 - 1925

Cruikshank, Margaret Mordecai Jones

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1878 - 1955

Duke, Benjamin Newton

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1855 - 1929

Duke, James Buchanan

Orange Co.

Mecklenburg Co.

1856 - 1925

Duke, Washington

Orange Co.

Durham Co., Durham

1820 - 1905

Durham, Carl Thomas

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1892 - 1974

Emerson, Isaac Edward

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1859 - 1931

Gattis, Samuel Mallett

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1863 - 1931

Graham, Alexander Hawkins "Sandy"

Orange Co.

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1890 - 1977

Graham, Augustus Washington

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1849 - 1936

Graham, Edward Kidder, Jr.

Orange Co.

Guilford Co.

1911 - 1976

Graham, John Washington

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co.

1838 - 1928

Graham, William Alexander, Jr.

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1839 - 1923

Graves, Ernest

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1880 - 1953

Graves, Louis

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1883 - 1965

Graves, Ralph Henry, III

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1878 - 1939

Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Granville Co., Oxford

1878 - 1961

Harris, George Emrick

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1827 - 1911

Harris, Isaac Foust

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1879 - 1953

Henry, Matthew George

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1910 - 1974

Hodge (Hodges), William

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Alamance Co.

ca.1747 - 1819

Holden, William Woods

Orange Co. 

Orange Co.

1818 - 1892

Holmes, Urban Tigner, III

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1930 - 1981

Holt, Edwin Michael

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Alamance Co.

1807 - 1884

Holt, Michael, III

Orange Co.

Alamance Co.

1778 - 1842

Hooper, William

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co.

1792 - 1876

Horner, James Hunter

Orange Co. (now Durham)

Orange Co.

1822 - 1892

Hughes, Samuel Wellwood

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1815 - 1884

Huntington, William

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co., Hillsborough

1792 - 1874

Johnston, George Doherty

Orange Co., Hillsborough

moved to Alabama

1832 - 1910

Jordan, Stroud

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1885 - 1947

King, Rufus P.

Orange Co.

Guilford Co.

1843 - 1973

Kirkland, William Alexander

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1836 - 1898

Kirkland, William Wheedbee

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1833 - 1915

Lindley, Jonathan

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1756 - 1828

Lynch, Lemuel

Orange Co., Back Creek

Orange Co.

1808 - 1893

MacNider, William de Berniere

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1881 - 1951

Maddry, Charles Edward

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1876 - 1962

Mangum, Adolphus Williamson

Orange Co. (now Durham)

Orange Co.

1834 - 1890

Mangum, Willie Person

Orange Co. (now Durham)

Orange Co.

1792 - 1861

Mebane, Alexander

Orange Co. 

Orange Co.

1744 - 1795

Mebane, Benjamin Franklin

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Alamance Co.

1823 - 1884

Mebane, Benjamin Franklin, Jr.

Orange Co.

Rockingham Co.

1865 - 1926

Mebane, Giles

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Orange Co.

1809 - 1899

Mott, John James

Orange Co.

Caldwell Co.

1834 - 1919

Nash, Maria Jane

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1819 - 1907

Nash, Sally (Sarah) Kollock

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1811 - 1893

Norwood, John Wall

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1803 - 1885

Norwood, William

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1806 - 1887

O'Kelly, Berry

Orange Co.

Wake Co.

ca. 1861 - 1931

Parrish, Edward James

Orange Co. (now Durham)

Durham Co., Durham

1846 - 1922

Phillips, William Battle

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1857 - 1918

Phipps, Luther James

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1898 - 1969

Rees, Mary DeBerniere Graves

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1886 - 1950

Ruffin, Peter Browne

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Orange Co.

1821 - 1900

Ruffin, Thomas, Jr.

Orange Co., Hillsborough

Caswell Co.

1824 - 1889

Smith, James Strudwick

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1787 - 1852

Strowd, William Franklin

Orange Co.

Chatham Co.

1832 - 1911

Strudwick, Edmund Charles Fox

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1802 - 1879

Strudwick, Frederick Nash

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1833 - 1890

Strudwick, Shepperd

Orange Co.

Guilford Co.

1907 - 1983

Teer, Nello Leguy

Orange Co.

Durham Co., Durham

1888 - 1963

Thompson, John W. Orange or Johnston Co. moved to Texas 1811 - 1836

Tillinghast, John Huske

Orange Co.

Granville Co.

1835 - 1933

Trollinger, Benjamin Newton

Orange Co. (now Alamance)

Alamance Co.

1810 - 1862

Trousdale, William

Orange Co.

moved to Tennessee

1790 - 1872

Turner, Jesse

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1805 - 1894

Turner, Josiah, Jr.

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1821 - 1901

Turrentine, Morgan Clower

Orange Co.

Brunswick Co. (now Columbus)

1800 - 1881

Waddell, Alfred Moses

Orange Co.

New Hanover Co.

1834 - 1912

Waddell, Charles Edward

Orange Co.

Buncombe Co.

1877 - 1945

Webb, Thomas

Orange Co.

Orange Co.

1827 - 1894

Webb, William Alexander

Orange Co. (now Durham)

Orange Co.

1862 - 1919

Williams, Christopher (Kit) Harris

Orange Co.

Surry Co. (now Jackson)

1798 - 1857

Williams, Robert

Orange Co. (now Rockingham)

Rockingham Co.

ca. 1770 - 1836

Wilson, Thomas James, III

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1902 - 1969

Wilson, Thomas James, Jr.

Orange Co.

Mecklenburg Co.

1874 - 1945

Winston, Hollis Taylor

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

Orange Co.

1877 - 1938

Yancey, James

Orange Co. (now Caswell)

Caswell Co.

ca. 1768 - 1829