NATHANIEL ALEXANDER was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on March 5, 1756. His education was attained at Princeton University, where he earned a medical degree in 1776. During the…

DAVID STONE was born in Bertie County, North Carolina on February 17, 1770. His education was attained at Windsor Academy, and at Princeton University, where he graduated in 1788 with…

BENJAMIN SMITH was born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on January 10, 1756. His education was attained in the common schools of his native state. He served as a South…

WILLIAM HAWKINS was born in Pleasant Hill, North Carolina on October 10, 1777. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state. He went on to…

William Miller, the eighteenth governor of North Carolina, was born in Warren County, North Carolina in 1770. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state.…

JOHN BRANCH, the nineteenth governor of North Carolina, was born in Halifax, North Carolina on November 4, 1782. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina, where he…

JESSE FRANKLIN, the twentieth governor of North Carolina, was born in Orange County, Virginia on March 24, 1760. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his…

GABRIEL HOLMES, the twenty-first governor of North Carolina, was born near Clinton, North Carolina in 1769. His education was attained at Zion Parnassus Academy, and at Harvard University. He went…

HUTCHINS G. BURTON, the twenty-second governor of North Carolina, was born in Virginia in 1774. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina. He went on to study…

JAMES IREDELL, the twenty-third governor of North Carolina, was born in Edenton, North Carolina on November 2, 1788. His parents passed away when he was a young child, and consequently,…

JOHN OWEN, the twenty-fourth governor of North Carolina, was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in August 1787. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina. Owen first…

MONTFORT STOKES, the twenty-fifth governor of North Carolina, was born in Lunenburg County Virginia on March 12, 1762. Stokes had a long and distinguished military career that started with his…