Planters (273)

by Smith, Maud Thomas. James Robert Adair was an author, planter, and trader who specialized in American Indian goods. He was the eldest son of Thomas Adair, born in County Antrim, Ireland. With his father [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bracey, Susan L. Mark Alexander, lawyer, gentleman farmer, and politician, was born at the family home, Salem, Mecklenburg County, Va., the son of Mark and Lucy Bugg Alexander. His ancestors, Scot-Irish [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. Allen, Nathaniel by Sarah Mcculloh Lemmon, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023   See also: Allen, William ca. 1755–1805 Nathaniel Allen, planter, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Bennett L. Alexander Boyd Andrews, railroad executive and construction engineer, was born near Franklinton, the son of William J. Andrews, a small planter, and his wife, Virginia Hawkins, daughter of Colonel [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yanchisin, D. A. Archibald Hunter Arrington, planter, lawyer, and representative in the U.S. Congress and the Congress of the Confederate States of America, was born at the family home in Hilliardston on Swift Creek, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davis, Curtis Carroll. John Baptist Ashe, Continental and U.S. congressman, soldier, and tobacco grower, was born in the Rocky Point district of New Hanover County, presumably at his father's residence, The Neck, on [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Clifton, James M. William Shepperd Ashe, lawyer, rice planter, state senator, congressman, and railroad president, was born in the Lower Cape Fear plantation community of Rocky Point, the third son of Samuel and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Avery, Isaac Thomas, Jr. Isaac Thomas Avery, politician, planter, and banker, only son of Waightstill Avery and Leah Probart Avery, was born at Swan Ponds, Burke County. He had little formal education: he received an [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. John Backhouse, legislator, planter, mariner, and salt maker, first appeared in Carteret County records about 1758. That same year, he became a justice of the peace for Carteret County. In four deeds [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Robert Ruffin Barrow, planter, secessionist, and Confederate financier, was born in Halifax County, the eldest child of Bartholomew Barrow and his first wife, Ascension Slatter, daughter of James [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Barrow, William by Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023 26 Feb. 1765–19 Nov. 1823 William Barrow, Louisiana pioneer, representative, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Battle, Elizabeth D. Battle, James Smith by Elizabeth D. Battle, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023 25 June 1786–18 July 1854 James Smith Battle, planter, judge, and manufacturer, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sims, Anastatia. Battle, Joel by Anastatia Sims, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023 16 May 1779–25 Aug. 1829 Joel Battle, planter, merchant, militia colonel, and cotton [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Battle, Elizabeth D. William Smith Battle planter and manufacturer, was born in Edgecombe County, the son of Sally Harriet Westray and James Smith Battle. He began his education at Stony Hill and Louisburg academies and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Johnson, Elmer D. Thomas Benbury, revolutionary leader, was born in Chowan County of English ancestry. His father was John Benbury; his grandfather, William Benbury, came from England to settle near Edenton about [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)