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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...
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...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Columbus County, North Carolina. Official Website The third largest county in North Carolina was formed in 1808 in the early federal period from parts of Bladen and Brunswick counties. Named for Christopher Columbus, the county was formed by an Act of the General Assembly because of the difficulties of the inhabitants getting to a c...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1764 from parts of Bladen County and New Hanover County. It was named for the colonial port of Brunswick Town (now in ruins) which itself was named for Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg; at the time held by the British kings of the House of Hanover. Much of the e...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Official Website Located in the Low Country or Tidewater of North Carolina, the county was formed in 1729 as New Hanover Precinct of Bath County. Some of the closing battles of the American Civil War took place in this county, including the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (the last major coastal st...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wilmington, North Carolina. Official Website Wilmington is the county seat of New Hanover County. It extends into Pender County and is named after Spencer Compton , the first Earl of Wilmington. Colonial Era The area along the river had been inhabited by various successive cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years. A...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pender County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1875. It was named for William Dorsey Pender of Edgecombe County, a Confederate general mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Adjacent Counties Duplin County Onslow County Sampson County New Hanover County Brunswick County Columbus County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Onslow County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was created in 1734 as Onslow Precinct and gained county status in 1739. It was named for Arthur Onslow, the longest serving speaker of the House of Commons. During World War II, Onslow County was dramatically changed in the early 1940s with the establishment of the United ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pamlico County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1872 was named for Pamlico Sound, which in turn was named for an Indian tribe that once inhabited the northern fringes of the county. Adjacent Counties Beaufort County Hyde County Carteret County Craven County Towns & Communities Alliance Ara...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Carteret County, North Carolina. Official Website The first male of English parents born in the current area of North Carolina was John Fulford. He was born in 1629 in what is now Carteret County. He settled in this area and died in 1729. An article dated Sept. 18, 1893, in The New Bern Daily Journal, identified Fulford's grave in a...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jones County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1779 from the southwestern part of Craven County. It was named for Willie Jones, a planter and Revolutionary leader and president of the North Carolina Committee of Safety during the war. Adjacent Counties Craven County Carteret County Onslow County Le...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lenoir County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1791 and was named for William Lenoir (1751-1839), an officer in the American Revolutionary War who took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was a prominent political leader; when the county was established, he was serving as Speaker of the North Carolina ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Greene County, North Carolina. Official Website Greene County, being a part of land grant by King Charles II of England in 1663, was first settled around 1710 by immigrants from Maryland, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina. The original inhabitants of the area, the Tuscarora Indians, fought with these immigrants and on March 20–...