Early Settlers of Craven County
This Early Settlers of Craven County, North Carolina, database was created by Susan M. Benning, a former Reference Assistant in the Kellenberger Room, and now Librarian at the Lee County Public Library. She graciously allowed the Kellenberger Room to add this database to our site.
The information in the database contains names, dates, and event information on over 13,000 individuals, chiefly living in the 1700s. It has been expanded to include some individuals in the early 1800s by Victor T. Jones, Jr.
By clicking on the Source number, you will obtain a bibliographical note about the source from which the information on the individual was found. Check your local library for some of these items, as they often come from widely available sources.
| Ann | Rapheld | n.d. | 2974 | /esreferences#92 | Took inventory of William Rayfield, Tyrrell County |
| John | Rasher | 1755 | p. 24 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Anne | Rashet | S# 2 | /esreferences#2 | Swiss Palatine? | |
| John | Rashor | 1754 | p. 23 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Jno | Ratcliffe | 1745/6 | p. 121 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Joseph | Rathell | 1776 | p. 646 | /esreferences#87 | Loyalist of New Bern forced to flee, wrote articles under name "Amor Patriae" in 1775 |
| Tho | Raulings | no date | p. 47 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Thomas | Rawlings | 1743 | p. 1765 | /esreferences#57 | Land Rights Proved 1741-1752 Colonial Census |
| John | Rawlins | 1754 | p. 68 | /esreferences#39 | Gentleman Soldiers |
| Wm | Ray | 1754 | p. 64 | /esreferences#39 | Craven Regiment Footsoldier |
| William | Rayfield | n.d. | 2974 | /esreferences#92 | Tyrrell County, Inventory mentioned |
| Robert | Rayford | 1745 | p. 100 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| John | Raynolds | n.d. | 2973 | /esreferences#92 | Inventory mentioned, see also Rynolds |
| George | Read | 1756 | 2973 | /esreferences#92 | Carteret County, Inventory mentioned |
| Ann | Read | 1756 | 2973 | /esreferences#92 | Widow and executor of George Read, Carteret County |
| Mary | Read | 1701 | p. 2 | /esreferences#77 | Emigrants to Bath County |
| John | Read | 1702 | p. 3 | /esreferences#77 | Emigrants to Bath County |
| Ezekiel | Read | 1797 | p. 94 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Jeremiah | Reading | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| Daniel | Ready | 1769 | p. 1556 | /esreferences#34 | Taxables Craven,Jones |
| Matthew | Reaford | 1743/4 | p. 60 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Real | 1705 | p.21 | /esreferences#10 | Huguenot | |
| Casper | Reashead | 1740 | S# 55 | /esreferences#55 | Pet for Chapel High German Chapel |
| William | Reason | 1776 | p.174 | /esreferences#80 | Battle Moores Creek New Bern Battalion Militia |
| Mathew | Reason-- | 1720 | p. 18 | /esreferences#14 | 1720 Tithables |
