Anson County

by Eagles, Charles W. Hugh Hammond Bennett, soil conservationist, was born near Wadesboro to William Osborne and Rosa May Hammond. His father had farmed a plantation of about fifteen hundred acres from the time of the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Medley, Mary L. Bennett, Risden Tyler by Mary L. Medley, 1979 18 June 1840–21 July 1913 Risden Tyler Bennett, Confederate colonel, congressman, and superior court judge, was born in Anson County, the son of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Robson, Harriet H. Patrick Boggan, Regulator and revolutionary patriot, was born at Castle Finn, County Donegal, Ireland, according to tradition. He was the son of Sir Walter Boggan. He was probably in his early [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. John Brevard, II, colonial official and patriot, was the son of John Brevard, first of the Brevards in the colonies. According to his grandson, Alexander, the first John Brevard "is supposed to have [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bryan, John K., Jr. By the time of his 1719 marriage to Martha Strode, Bryan owned land in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pa. Shortly after his marriage, he moved farther west in the county and may then have begun [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bryan, John K., Jr. Bryan, Samuel by John K. Bryan, Jr., 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 ca. 1726–98 Samuel Bryan, Yadkin River pioneer and Loyalist officer, was born in what is [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bryan, John K., Jr. William Bryan, early Yadkin River settler and Kentucky pioneer, was born in the vicinity of Winchester, Va., the fifth son of Morgan and Martha Strode Bryan. His father had helped settle a large [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stroupe, Henry S. Theron Lamar Caudle, lawyer and assistant attorney general of the United States, was born in Wadesboro, the son of Theron Lamar Caudle, also a lawyer, and Susie Gooch Caudle. He attended Wake Forest [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Patterson, Daniel W. Lucy Maria Cobb, folklore collector, teacher, and author, was born in Lilesville. She was a sister of Collier Cobb and a daughter of Martha Louisa Cobb and Needham Bryan Cobb, a Baptist preacher. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Rea, Kathleen M. Cole, Stephen William by Kathleen M. Rea, 1979; Revised November 2022. 1 Jan. 1813–19 Sept. 1889 Stephen William Cole, planter and banker, son of William Terry and Judith Moseley Leake Cole, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcbride, Robert M. James Cotton, colonial officeholder and Loyalist, was born in Hamlet Parish, Ipswich, Mass., son of Leonard and Mary Frieze Cotton. He was the grandson of the Reverend Thomas and Bridget Hoar Cotton [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. John Culpepper (Culpeper), Baptist clergyman and Federalist congressman, son of Samson Culpepper, was born near Wadesboro in Anson County, in the area later made into Montgomery County. Nothing is [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bass, Anna Jeanette. Thomas Frederick Davis, lawyer, Episcopal priest, and later bishop of South Carolina, was born in New Hanover County near Wilmington, the son of Thomas F. and Sarah Isabella Eagles Davis. His father [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Taylor, R. Hargus. Charles Bennett Deane, lawyer and congressman, was born in Anson County, the youngest son of John Leaird and Florence Boyette Deane. The elder Deane was employed as a tenant farmer in Ansonville [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by MacDonald, Edgar E. Richard Edgeworth, mechanical engineer and planter, was born in Oxfordshire, England, at Black Bourton, the ancestral estate of his Hungerford grandmother. He was the oldest son of Richard Lovell [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cauble, Frank P. Joseph Bivens Efird, department store executive, was born in Anson County, near Wadesboro. A descendant of early German settlers, he was a son of John Emory and Anna Maria Turner Efird. After [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Woodard, John R., Jr. Ralf Freeman, Baptist minister, was born enslaved in Anson County; his parents are not known. He belonged to John Culpeper, a Baptist minister and pastor of the Rocky River Baptist Church, Anson [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bastin, Bruce. Allen, Fulton by Bruce Bastin 10 July 1907-13 Feb. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gaddy, David Winfred. Charles Winfred Gaddy, textile pioneer, churchman, and civic leader, was born in Anson County, the second son in a family of eight. His father, George Washington Gaddy (1853–1912), was a tenant [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. Isham Warren Garrott, lawyer and Confederate soldier, was born in Wake County, the son of Isham Garrott, one of eleven sons of Thomas Garrott, and Mary Sims Garrott. The family lived for a time in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Robson, Harriet H. Osborne Bennett Hardison, naval officer, was born in Wadesboro, the second of six children of Harriet Bennett and William Cameron Hardison. Educated in private school through his thirteenth year, he [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Robertson, Henry A., Jr. He emigrated first to Jamaica, but after a short time moved to South Carolina where he settled on the Pee Dee River across the river from Cheraw and later at Welch Neck. He was interested in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Robertson, Henry A., Jr. Peter Henley, chief justice of North Carolina, was the son of John Henley of Wotton Abbas, Dorset, a member of Parliament. The family had been granted Wotton Abbas early in the reign of Queen Anne. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hughes, Nathaniel C., Jr. James Holland, Revolutionary officer, legislator, and congressman, was born in either Pennsylvania or present-day Anson County, N.C., to which his parents moved about the time of his birth. He was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Jared Irwin, Revolutionary War officer and governor of Georgia, was born in that part of Anson County that later became Mecklenburg County, the son of Thomas and Rebecca Lawson Irwin. About 1757 his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Boughman, Lee. Alvin Paul Kitchin, attorney and congressman, was born in Scotland Neck, the son of Alvin Paul, Sr., and Carrie Virginia Lawrence Kitchin. His family included Governor W. W. Kitchin, Congressman [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Goree, Langston James, V. Kittrell, Pleasant Williams by Langston James Goree V, 1988 13 Apr. 1805–25 Sept. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lester, Malcolm. Hugh Lawson, pioneer settler of Rowan County and ancestor of statesmen and patriots, was the son of Roger Lawson of Cecil County, Md. Although the elder Lawson was living in Cecil County as early as [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stanback, Florence Q. Little, William by Florence Q. Stanback, 1991; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 10 May 1775–30 Aug. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Martin, Blake A. Lockhart, James Alexander by Blake A. Martin, 1991 2 June 1850–24 Dec. 1905 James Alexander Lockhart, congressman and lawyer, was born and spent his entire life in Wadesboro. He was the son [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Clifton, James M. Allan MacDonald, of Kingsborough, Scotland, was one of the most important Scottish Highlanders to serve the king's cause in North Carolina and elsewhere during the American Revolution. The husband of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Maud Thomas, Smythe, Andrea. MacDonald, Flora by Maud Thomas Smith, 1991; Revised by Andrea Smythe, SLNC Government & Heritage Library, December 2023 ca. 1722–March 5, 1790 See also:  Flora MacDonald Homesite [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Massengill, Stephen E. Frederick (Frank) Marchant, photographer, was born in Pennsylvania, one of three children of William J. and Henrietta (Hattie) S. Makeley Marchant. His father (b. ca. 1835) and his paternal [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Charles Henry Martin, congressman and Baptist clergyman, was born near Youngsville, Franklin County, the son of William K. and Lucy Temperance Jones Martin. He was the great-grandson of Nathaniel [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Parramore, Thomas C. Belvin Maynard "The Greatest Pilot on Earth" by Dr. Thomas C. Parramore Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 2003. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Aycock, William B. McCall, Frederick Bays by William B. Aycock, 1991 7 Oct. 1893–8 Apr. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Price, William S., Jr. Henry Eustace McCulloh, was the only son of Henry McCulloh of Turnham Green, Middlesex, England, the largest land speculator in colonial North Carolina. Henry Eustace entered North Carolina as an [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Troxler, Carole W. Miles McInnes, Loyalist militiaman, moved from his native Scotland to Anson County in 1774 and bought a farm. He escaped after fighting at Moore's Creek Bridge. In 1780, with the British success in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bell, John L., Jr. Colin John McRae, businessman and Confederate official, was one of eleven children of Elizabeth Mary and John M. McRae, a merchant of Sneedsboro (now McFarlan) in Anson County. Colin moved with his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bell, John L., Jr. McRae, John Jones by John L. Bell, Jr., 1991; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 10 Jan. 1815–31 May 1868 John Jones McRae, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Martin, Sophie S. William Rayford Myers, business and community leader, was born in Anson County, the son of Absalom and Sarah Pickett Myers. His mother was descended from the Raiford family, of Cumberland and Anson [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Caldwell, Marie Osborne. Alexander Osborne, frontiersman, was born in New Jersey but spent his early years in Lancaster, Pa. He moved to North Carolina about 1749 and settled on the headwaters of Rocky River in Anson (now [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bowman, Charles H., Jr. John Tyrant Patrick, journalist and resort developer, was born in Wadesboro, the youngest of six children of William H. and Margaret A. Campbell Patrick. The Civil War interrupted his formal [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Perry, Percival. William Joel Perry, physician, planter, businessman, and state senator, was born in Union County, near Ames (now Wingate), the fifth of nine children of William Marion and Martha Moore Perry. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Perry, Percival. William Marion Perry, Confederate veteran, farmer, millwright, merchant, banker, and a founder of Wingate College and the town of Wingate, was born on Niggerhead Creek, in Union County, the third of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lang, Herbert H. Albert James Pickett, planter and historian, was born in Anson County, the youngest of three children of Colonel William Raiford and France Dickson Pickett. The Pickett family, of Scottish, English, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Queen, Louise L. Alva Washington Plyler, Methodist minister and editor, was born in Iredell County, the son of Robert Conrad and Mary L. Kimball Plyler and the identical twin of Marion Timothy Plyler. He married [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Noblin, Stuart. Polk, Leonidas LaFayette by Stuart Noblin, 1994; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 24 Apr. 1837–11 June 1892 Leonidas LaFayette Polk, agrarian leader, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cotten, Alice R. Eliza Jane Pratt, newspaper editor, congressional staff assistant, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was born in Morven, Anson County, one of seven children of James L., a farmer, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ford, Lacy. Cornelius Robinson, planter, commission merchant, and Confederate congressman, was the son of Todd Robinson, a Wadesboro, Anson County, planter, and his wife, Martha Terry. His maternal grandfather [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Medley, Mary L. Leonidas Dunlap Robinson, attorney and congressman, was born on the family plantation in Gulledge township, Anson County, the son of John and Araminta Robinson of English ancestry. Educated in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lennon, Donald R. John Sampson, planter and colonial official, arrived in North Carolina during the 1730s from his native Ireland. He quickly obtained major landholdings in New Hanover County and purchased a residence [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cashion, Jerry C., Copeland, J. Isaac. Spencer, Samuel by J. Isaac Copeland and Jerry C. Cashion, 1994; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, January 2023 21 Jan. 1734–20 Mar. 1793 Samuel Spencer, member of the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ragan, Fred D. Walter Parker Stacy, lawyer, legislator, arbitrator, and chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was born in Ansonville, Anson County. The son of Lucius Edney and Rosa Johnson Stacy, he [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Jolly, Benjamin A. Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr., lieutenant governor, state senator, and attorney, was born in Winton, the Hertford County seat, the son of Simeon Pipkin and Kate Ward Taylor, of Scots-Irish ancestry. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dougan, Michael B. Terry, William Leake by Michael B. Dougan, 1996 27 Sept. 1850–4 Nov. 1917 William Leake Terry, Arkansas lawyer and U.S. congressman, was born near [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dalton, Carol E. Thomas Wade, merchant, Revolutionary soldier, and legislator, was born possibly in Craven County. His father was probably the English immigrant John Wade. About 1743 Thomas Wade married Jane Boggan, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Troxler, Carole W. Henry Williams, active Loyalist during the Revolution, was a native North Carolinian who owned 369 acres on or near the Pee Dee River in Anson and Bladen counties. His father, Samuel Williams, raised [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fant, H. B. Thomas Hill Williams, lawyer, planter, and U.S. senator from Mississippi, grew up just east of the Pee Dee River in the part of Anson County, N.C., that in 1779, when he was six, became Richmond [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)