Martin County

by Chestnut, Paul I. Asa Biggs, jurist and senator, was born in Williamston, Martin County, the son of Joseph Biggs, a merchant and Primitive Baptist preacher, and his third wife, Chloe Daniel. His grandfather, Joseph [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Johnson, F. Roy. Tom Blunt (or Blount), a head chief and king of the North Carolina Tuscarora Indians, of obscure parentage, lived in the Upper Towns. During his time these numbered seven and formed one of three [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hutcheson, H. James. Henry H. Bryan, congressman, was born in Martin County and attended local schools before moving to Tennessee. He married Milly Taylor 13 June 1799; they were the parents of a son and a daughter, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Caldwell, John T. William Claudius Chance, Sr., educator and humanitarian, was born in Parmele. His parents were W. V. and Alice Chance; his grandparents, who reared him, were Bryant and Penethia Chance; all were [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Rives, Ralph Hardee. Annie Moore Cherry, educator, daughter of William Rodney and Elizabeth Eleanor Moore Cherry, was born in Martin County but spent most of her early life in Hobgood and Scotland Neck, Halifax County, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Before I first visited Velma Coltrain, she let her daughter-in-law send me a long, hand-written description of her life on a farm near the little town of Robersonville, 90 miles east of Raleigh. Mrs. [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Ham, Marie Sharpe, Blake, Debra A., Morris, C. Edward. Ehringhaus, Matilda Bradford Haughton by Marie Sharpe Ham, Debra A. Blake, and C. Edward Morris. Excerpted from North Carolina's First Ladies, 1891-2001, copyright 2001. Reprinted with [...] (from North Carolina's First Ladies: 1891-2001, North Carolina Historical Publications.)

by Creech, William A. Reuben Oscar Everett, attorney and civic and cultural leader, was born at Hamilton, Martin County, the son of Justus and Elizabeth Purvis Everett. Shortly afterwards he moved with his family to their [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ducey, Mitchell F. Hassell, Cushing Biggs by Mitchell F. Ducey, 1988 14 Oct. 1809–11 Apr. 1880 Cushing Biggs Hassell, businessman, politician, and educational [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ducey, Mitchell F. Hassell, Sylvester by Mitchell F. Ducey, 1988 28 July 1842–18 Aug. 1928 Sylvester Hassell, educator, scholar, and Primitive Baptist preacher, was born and reared in Williamston, Martin [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Young, James R. Whitmel Hill, Revolutionary officer and government official, delegate to the Continental Congress, state senator, and member of the Council of State, was born into a wealthy family in Bertie County. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Johnson, Charles. Johnson, Clifton Earl By Charles D. Johnson, North Carolina Central University, 2020 Clifton Earl “Cliff” Johnson was a pioneer African American jurist. He was born in 1941 in Williamston, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Murphy, Eva B. Andrew Joyner, legislator and army officer, was born in Halifax County, the son of Henry (d. 1803) and Menie Troughton Joyner. An able legislator and promoter of internal affairs in state government, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Noblin, Stuart. Kerr, Washington Caruthers by Stuart Noblin, 1988; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 24 May 1827–9 Aug. 1885 Washington Caruthers Kerr, geologist, was born in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Flannagan, Clara H. R. Lamb, John Calhoun by Clara Hamlett Robertson Flannagan, 1991; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, June 2023 21 Dec. 1836–27 May 1864 See also: Lam, Wilson Gray, Jr.; Lamb, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)