Alfred Moore (May 21, 1755 – October 15, 1810) was a North Carolina judge who became a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square,…
Absalom Tatom (1742 – 20 December 1802) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1795 to 1796.==Biography==Born in North Carolina in 1742, Tatom was a sergeant in…
Sumner was named the commanding officer of the 3rd North Carolina Regiment of the North Carolina Line, a formation of the Continental Army, in 1776, and served in…
John Stokes (March 20, 1756 – October 12, 1790) was a North Carolina attorney, politician, and judge.Stokes was born in Virginia, and became an attorney with a private…
Colonel William Polk (9 July 1758 – 14 January 1834) was a North Carolina banker, educational administrator, political leader, renowned Continental officer in the War for American Independence,…
Thomas Polk (c. 1732–January 25, 1794) was a planter, military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1781, and a politician who…
Francis Nash (c. 1742 – October 7, 1777) was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Prior to the war, he was a…
Hardy Murfree (June 5, 1752 – April 6, 1809) was a Lieutenant Colonel from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. ==Early life==Murfree was born at Murfree’s Landing,…
Moore served in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War, and commanded the colonial governor’s artillery at the Battle of Alamance, which ended the War of…