Onslow County

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Ephraim Battle, farmer, patriot, and local official, was born in the part of Edgecombe County that is now Nash. He was the son of the Thomas Battle, who died in Onslow County in 1769, and a grandson [...] (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 Holloman, Charles R. Bright, Simon by Charles R. Holloman, 1979 ca. 1702–ca. 1777 Simon Bright, colonial planter, county official, Anglican church leader, and militia officer, was the son of John Bright (ca. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Howerton, Timothy L. Richmond Pearson Davis, career military officer and major general of artillery, was born in Statesville, the son of Hayne and Mary Williams Davis. He was graduated from the United States Military [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcfarland, Daniel M. Dudley, Edward Bishop by Daniel M. McFarland, 1986; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 15 Dec. 1789–30 Oct. 1855 See also: Edward Bishop Dudley, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. William Pugh Ferrand, Sr., merchant, exporter-importer, naval stores manufacturer and dealer, public official, postmaster, and large landowner, was born in Swansboro. He was the second son of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carraway, Gertrude S., Littleton, Tucker Reed. Isaac Guion, Revolutionary War surgeon, legislator, councillor of state, and merchant, the fourth in lineal descent to bear his name, was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., where his great-grandfather, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Ezekiel Hunter, Baptist minister and legislator, served in the Onslow County Regiment of militia during the French and Indian War in 1754 and represented Onslow County in the North Carolina House of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Parrish, Thomas, IV. Janie Settles was the the first African-American female rescue chief in North Carolina. She was born and grew up in Littleton in Halifax County, the youngest of the fourteen children of John Wesley [...] (from NCpedia.)

by . Charles Bishop Kuralt, award-winning newspaper, radio, and television journalist and best-selling author, was born 10 September 1934 in Wilmington, N.C., the first child of Wallace Hamilton Kuralt, [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Robert Nixon, Baptist minister, local official, and saddler, perhaps a grandson of the Richard Nixon who died in Craven County in 1746, appeared in the Onslow County records as a witness to deeds as [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stevenson, George, Jr., Smythe, Andrea. Paul Palmer was a general Baptist clergyman and a founding father of Baptists in the upper South. Morgan Edwards’ 1772 account of Baptist History in North Carolina states that Palmer was born in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. John Alfred Pollock, physician, legislator, and novelist, was born at Stones Bay, Onslow County, of Scottish descent, the son of W. A. J. Pollock, also a physician, and his wife, Olive Branch [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Hazel Reece is one of the finest quilters of our day. Her quilts have won many awards and honors, including a Best of Show at the N.C. State Fair. One of her quilts graces the N.C. Museum of History [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Cecelski, David S. I visited with Eppie Rhodes at her home in the Southwest community in Onslow County. Her family lost its land to make way for the construction of Camp Lejeune in 1941. It happened across the country: [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Powell, William S. Henry Rhodes, colonial office-holder and Revolutionary leader, was the son of Henry and Mary Rhodes. In 1751 he inherited his father's "manner plantation," in Onslow County, where the county militia [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Massengill, Stephen E. John Roberts, planter, legislator, and militia officer, probably was born in the Bogue Sound area of Carteret County. His parents were William and Jemima (Jamima) Roberts, who owned a well-stocked, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cross, Jerry L. Daniel Lindsay Russell, Jr. (1845-1908) was elected to office by the uneasy “Fusion” alliance of Republicans and Populists in the bitter and racially charged election of 1896. The “Maverick [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Ham, Marie Sharpe, Blake, Debra A., Morris, C. Edward. Russell, Sarah Amanda Sanders by Marie Sharpe Ham, Debra A. Blake, and C. Edward Morris. Excerpted from North Carolina's First Ladies, 1891-2001, copyright 2001; Revised by Jared Dease, [...] (from North Carolina's First Ladies: 1891-2001, North Carolina Historical Publications.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Shackelford, John Williams by Tucker Reed Littleton, 1994 16 Nov. 1844–18 Jan. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by McEachern, L. H., Kellam, Ida B. James Buren Sidbury, physician and pioneer in the establishment of pediatrics as a separate medical specialty, was a native of Holly Ridge and the son of Verlinza and Frances Williams Sidbury. After [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, William S., Jr. John Spicer, port inspector, legislator, judge of the Admiralty Court, militia paymaster during the Revolutionary War, and member of the Council of State, probably settled in North Carolina with his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by McGowen, Pearl Canady. Sprunt, James Menzies by Pearl Canady McGowen, 1994 14 Jan 1818–6 Dec. 1884 See also: James Sprunt, nephew James Menzies Sprunt, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Edward Starkey, assemblyman, councillor of state, justice of the peace, and merchant, was the son of Peter and Sarah Starkey and a native of the White Oak River area of Onslow County. He was thus a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. John Starkey, assemblyman, Southern District treasurer, public school advocate, militia colonel, justice of the peace, attorney, coroner, and county treasurer, first appeared in the White Oak River [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Parker, Mattie E. E. Swann, Samuel by Mattie Erma E. Parker, 1994 31 Oct. 1704–February or March 1774 Samuel Swann, speaker of the Assembly, was the son of Samuel Swann (11 May 1653–14 Sept. 1707) and his second [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fountain, A. M. Taylor, Simon Bruton by A. M. Fountain, 1996 16 Mar. 1834–27 Jan. 1929 Simon Bruton Taylor, Confederate officer, merchant, public official, and farmer, was born on a farm in southern Lenoir [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Littleton, Tucker Reed. Cyrus Thompson, secretary of state, legislator, physician, teacher, agriculturist, and orator, was born at Gregory Forks near Richlands, the son of Franklin, Sr., and Leah Brown Thompson. Franklin [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)