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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Duplin County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1750 from New Hanover County. It was named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin (later 9th Earl of Kinnoull), as he was known when he served on the Board of Trade and Plantations in England in the 1740s. In 1784 the western part of Duplin County became Sampson Cou...
Asheville is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina. Official Website Before the Europeans arrived in what is now North Carolina , the land around Asheville was a part of the Cherokee nation. After the American Revolution , Colonel Samuel Davidson...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Official Website Buncombe County was organized in the home of Col. William Davidson, who was a cousin of William Lee Davidson and the county's first state senator. The first meeting of the county government took place in April 1792 in Col. Davidson's barn on the present-day Biltmore Estate. At first...
Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, non-sectarian, coeducational research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtow...
This project is used to relate all units from North Carolina who served in the Confederate Army.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, North Carolina. Official Website This area was part of Cherokee Nation homelands at the time of European encounter. While most Cherokee were forced out of the area through succeeding treaties for land cessions, followed by removal to Indian Territory in the late 1830s, hundreds of Cherokee stayed in Western North Car...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Burke County, North Carolina. Official Website Native Americans of the Mississippian culture inhabited the county long before Europeans arrived in the New World. The largest Mound Builder settlement was at Joara, a 12-acre site and regional chiefdom near present-day Morganton. It was the center of the largest Native American settlem...
This subportal is part of the State of North Carolina Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities Asheville Charlotte Durham Fayetteville Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty)
Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery is located in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Find a Grave
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Polk County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1855 and was named for William Polk, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Greenville County, South Carolina Henderson County Rutherford County Spartanburg County, South Carolina Cities, Towns & Townships Columbus (County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Macon County, North Carolina. Macon County was formed in 1828 and was named for Nathaniel Macon, an early nineteenth-century North Carolina political leader who served as both a U.S. senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. It was part of the homeland of the Cherokee tribe, who had towns throughout the river valleys....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Official Website The North Carolina General Assembly apportioned Transylvania County on February 15, 1861 and was named by representative Joseph P. Jordan. Beginning in the early 20th century, with Joseph Silverstein's tannery in what was renamed as Rosman in 1905, a manufacturing economy began...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Graham County, North Carolina. Official Website Master Project: Graham Name Study The county was formed January 30, 1872 and was named for William A. Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849). The county is home to the Snowbird Cherokee Community. Portions of the m...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gaston County, North Carolina. Official Website The earliest European settlers of Gaston County were principally Scots Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and English. It was founded in 1846 and is named for William Gaston, member of the state supreme court. Adjacent Counties Cleveland County Lincoln County York County, South Carolin...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1841 from parts of Lincoln and Rutherford counties. It was named for Benjamin Cleveland, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, who took part in the Battle of King's Mountain . From 1841 to 1887 "Cleaveland" was the spelling used; the present spelling ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clay County, North Carolina. Official Website This area was occupied by the Cherokee Nation at the time of European settlement. Migrants into the area were primarily of Scots-Irish descent, who had moved into the backcountry of the Appalachians from eastern areas. They moved south from Pennsylvania and Virginia after the American Re...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Cherokee County, North Carolina. This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples who settled in the river valleys. It was part of the historic Cherokee homelands, a large territory composed of areas of what are now western Virginia, western North and South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. The c...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Yancey County, North Carolina. Official Website In December 1833, the General Assembly established a new western county, named Yancey. It was named in honor of Bartlett Yancey, of Caswell County. As a U.S. Congressman (1813–1817) and as speaker of the N.C. Senate (1817–1827), he was instrumental in many accomplishments that benefite...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Madison County, North Carolina. Official Website Madison County was established in 1851 and was named after President James Madison. Adjacent Counties Greene County, Tennessee Cocke County, Tennessee Haywood County Buncombe County Yancey County Unicoi County, Tennessee Towns, Townships & Communities
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Haywood County, North Carolina. Official Website Haywood county was officially separated from Buncombe County through a bill introduced by General Thomas Love that became law on Dec 23 1808. The new county of Haywood became official in Mar 1808. By the time Haywood county was separated from Buncombe, more than 300 families were liv...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Swain County, North Carolina. Official Website Established in 1871, the county is named for David L. Swain, governor of North Carolina from 1832 to 1835. 29 percent of the population today are the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the only federally recognized tribe in the state. Adjacent Counties Sevier County, Tennessee ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hoke County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1911 and was named for Robert F. Hoke, a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Adjacent Counties Cumberland County Robeson County Moore County Scotland County Cities, Townships & Communities Allendale Antioch Ashley Heights Blue Spr...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scotland County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was founded in 1899. The county name documents the strong historic and cultural influence from the early settlers from Scotland. Adjacent Counties Hoke County Robeson County Marlboro County, South Carolina Richmond County Moore County Cities, Towns, Townshi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Robeson County, North Carolina. History The county was formed in 1787 from part of Bladen County. It was named in honor of Col. Thomas Robeson of Tar Heel, a hero of the Revolutionary War. Colonial Era Early written sources specific to the territory of Robeson County region are few for the post-contact period of European coloniz...