New Hanover County

by Evans, William Mckee. Joseph Carter Abbott, Union general, United States senator, political lobbyist, newspaper editor, and manufacturer, was born a son of Aaron Abbott in Concord, N.H. He had two brothers and six [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Franck, Julie. Galloway, Abraham 8 Feb.1837 - 1 Sept.1870 by Julie Franck, North Carolina State University, 2013; Revised September 2022 Abraham Galloway was a formerly enslaved person, Union spy and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Agan, Kelly, Starnes, Sam. Amis, Thomas By Sam Starnes, North Carolina State University, 2013; with contributions by Kelly Agan, Government & Heritage Library ca. 1730s-1740s - 4 Dec. 1797 Thomas Amis [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. John Decatur Barry, Confederate officer and newspaper editor, was born at Wilmington, the son of John A. Barry, a native of Philadelphia, who was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and, later in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Bellamy, John Dillard by William S. Powell, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government & Heritage Library, January 2023 24 Mar. 1853–25 Sept. 1942 John Dillard Bellamy was a congressman, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gainor, Samuel M. William Henry Bernard, newspaper editor, was born in Petersburg, Va. His father was Peter Dudley Bernard, a printer and publisher, who owned and edited the Southern Planter, an agricultural magazine, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Delp, Robert W. Gotthardt Dellman Bernheim, Lutheran pastor, educator, and author, was born in Iserlohn, Westphalia, East Prussia. His father was John Herman Bernheim, a Jewish convert to Christianity who, following [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Price, William S., Jr. Charles Berry, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court by appointment of the secretary of state for the southern department on 27 Nov. 1758. A resident of London but not a barrister, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Bennett L. Bingham, William by Bennett L. Steelman, 1979 See also: Bingham School; Hillsborough Academy 2 Feb. 1754–5 Feb. 1826 William [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Kassa, Kemisa. Martin Black was a Black soldier, prisoner of war, and landowner during the American Revolution. He was born free around the year 1751 in Craven County, North Carolina. He was the son of Elizabeth [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. Johnston Blakeley, naval officer and hero of the War of 1812, was born near the village of Seaford in County Down, Ireland. His father, John Blakeley, emigrated with his wife and son to Wilmington [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Herndon, G. Melvin. Timothy Bloodworth, patriot in the American Revolution, member of the Confederation Congress, anti-Federalist, U.S. congressman and senator, collector of customs for the Port of Wilmington, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Underwood, William, Jr. August Heinrich Christian Julius Bonitz, editor and publisher, was born in Zellerfeld, Hanover, Germany, the fourth child of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Bonitz and Dorothea Louise Schalitz. His father [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stokes, Durward T. Adam Boyd, clergyman and newspaper editor, was born in Montour County, Pa. His father, also named Adam Boyd, was a native of Balleymoney, Ireland, and served as an Old Side Presbyterian minister from [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bridgers, H. C., Jr. Robert Rufus Bridgers, Confederate congressman and railroad official, elder son of Elizabeth Kettlewells Routh and John Bridgers, was born on a farm in southwestern Edgecombe County. Failing to apply [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)