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Joseph Hewes (1730–1779), signatory of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina and first U.S. Secretary of the Navy ; Samantha Holvey (born 1986), Miss North Carolina USA 2006 (Buies Creek) Si Kahn (born 1944), singer-songwriter and activist, supporting numerous civil-rights and environmental causes with his music
John Ashe was born at Grovely, New Hanover County, North Carolina (now Brunswick County, North Carolina) on March 24, 1725. His parents were Elizabeth Swann and John Baptista Ashe. His father, born in England and settled in the Cape Fear region of the Province of North Carolina, was a member of the Governor's Council and died in 1734.
B. Ivan Bagration; Robert Bakewell (agriculturalist) Francesco Battaglioli; Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria; Pierre Bayen; Johann Peter Beaulieu; Antoine Hilarion de Beausset
John Alexander Lillington was born in about 1725 in Beaufort Precinct, Province of North Carolina and was the son of John and Sarah Porter Lillington. He was orphaned as a child and raised by his uncle, Edward Moseley. He married Sarah Waters of Brunswick County, North Carolina. They had two sons and two daughters. [3]
This category includes people who were notable in the Province of North Carolina (and the Roanoke Colony) prior to the era of American Revolution. That is, they were notable before about 1765, such as people involved in the French and Indian War.
Richard Pearis was born in Ireland in 1725, the son of George and Sarah Pearis, who were Presbyterians of considerable affluence. [1] The family immigrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia when Richard was ten, and by 1750, Richard owned 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) of land near Winchester, where he lived with his wife Rhoda and three children.
Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...
Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr., mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1935–1941; Anthony Foxx, 17th United States Secretary of Transportation, and mayor of Charlotte (2009–2013) Jim Gulley, member of the North Carolina General Assembly [13] Richard Hudson, United States Representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district