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DeRosset, Capt. A. L., military serv-
ice of, 319; 294.

DeRosset, Eddie, 242.

DeRosset, Mrs. Jane D., 572.

DeRosset, Lewis Henry, introduced
bill appropriating to churches
money from destruction of

pirate ships, 59; member of
Council, 77.

DeRosset, Louis H., represents Ord-
nance and Quartermaster’s De-
partments in Nassau, 294, 450;
253.

DeRosset, Mrs. Louis H., rescue of,
450, 451.

DeRosset Memorial Fund, 613, 614.

DeRosset, Moses John, active in re-
sisting Stamp Act, 92, 94, 97, 98,
579; officer in French and In-
dian War, 119.

DeRosset, Dr. Moses John, sketch
of, 294, 319. |

DeRosset, Thomas C., sketch of, 294;
242.

DeRosset, Col. William Lord, sketch
of, 296, 297; 273, 280, 291, 294,
305, 611.

Devane, Duncan J., 566.

Devane, John, 111.

Devane, Thomas, 111.

Devane, Col. William §S., 356, 363,
566.

Devil’s Ditch, 70.

Dick, Judge John M., 186.

Dickinson, P. K., promotes railroad
construction, 149; director W.
and W. R. R., 150-152; 188, 214,
219, 224.

Dickson, Rev. Dr. A. F., 617.

Dickson, James, 141, 615, 651.

Dickson, Dr. James H., heroism of
in yellow fever epidemic, 284-
286; 183, 214, 218, 251, 269, 616.

Dickson, Joseph, member of “Court
Martial” (1777), 103.

Dickson, Rufus DeVane, 566.

Diligence, brings stamps to the Cape
Fear, 94, 99; 96, 104; H. B. M.’s
sloop of war, 45.

Disastrous Fires. Blockade runners,
Confederate Government, etc.,
lose by, 534-537.

Disastrous year of 1819, 139-142.

Divine, Capt. John F., 184, 239.

Dix, John W. K., 286.

Dobbin, Hon. James C., sketch of,
680.

Dobbs, merchant ship seized by the
king’s authorities, 94.

Dobbs, Gov. Arthur, administration
of, 85-87; residence of, 57; 104,
105.

Dobbs, Edward Bryce, 104.

Dorsey, Lawrence D., 251.

Dorsey, R. J., 252.

Dortch, Dr. Louis, 331.

Dortch, Sallie, 331.

Dortch, W. T., Confederate States
Senator, 271.

Dragon, Federal prison ship, 299.

Drane, Henry M., 172.

Drane, Rev. R. B., heroism of in
yellow fever epidemic, 286, 609;
606-612, 652.

Draughon, James Hughes, 615.

Dry Pond, 162, 169, 232.

Dry, Col. William, completes Ft.
Johnston, 53; takes oath never
to issue stamped paper, 99; de-
fends Brunswick against Span-
ish, 50; 96, 98, 99, 135.

DuBois, John, justice County Court
(1777), 186; 137.

DuBois, Magdalen, 137.

DuBois, Walter, 78, 92.

Dudley, Bishop, member New Han-
over County Committee of
Safety, 111.

Dudley, Christopher A., 169.

Dudley, Capt. Edward B., jr., sketch
of, 320.

Dudley, Gov. Edward B., A. C. L.
R. R. follows policy outlined by,
153; elected governor of the
State, 150; entertains Daniel
Webster, 217-219; pledges pri-
vate fortune to secure W. and
W. R. R. 160, 161, 166, - 185;

Index 701

Dudley, Gov. Edward B., continued.
promoter W. and W. R. R., 148;
sketch of, 229-231; welcomes
Henry Clay, 215; 141.

Dudley, E. P., 590.

Dudley, G. L., sketch of, 320; 252.

Dunbibin, Jonathan, 187.

Duncan, Alexander, 78.

Dupre, D., 212.

Dushan, Charles, 591.

Dyer, Michael, 46, 47.

Dyer, Thomas, murder of, 461.

Eagles’ Island, 14.

Eagles, Richard, residence of, 57. _

Earp, Capt. H., under double cross
fire on Morris Island, 301.

Earthquake of 1886, account of, 538-
540.

“BHece Homo,” painting from de-
stroyed Spanish ship, 50.

Edenton, 81.

Eells, Rev. W. W., teacher, 170; 617,
652.
Elder, Rev. J. M. W., 626.

Ellenwood, H. S., death of, 177;
sketch of, 557.

Ellerbrook, William, death of, 536.

Elliott, George B., 566.

Elliott, Warren B., president James
Walker Hospital Board, 598,
599.

Ellis, Capt. Charles D., commis-
sioner of Wilmington, 174;
sketch of, 320; 218, 226.

Ellis, Gov. John W., orders Ft.
Caswell restored to U. S. au-
thorities, 278; orders the taking
of Ft. Caswell and Ft. Johnston,
279; 356.

Ellis, N. C. gunboat, 353.

Ellis, Z., sketch of, 320.

Emmons, Dr. Ebenezer, advises
mining of coal in Chatham
County, 203, 204.

Empie, Adam, jr., 212, 252, 566, 655,
656.

Empie, Rev. Adam, president Wil-
liam and Mary College in Vir-

Empie, Rev. Adam, continued.
ginia (1827), 608; rector St.
James’s, 608, 633; sketch of, 655.

Empie, B. G., 566.

Empie, 8. M., 566.

Engelhard, Maj. Joseph A., editor,
558; 275.

Ennet, Capt. W. T., 299.

Equator, Confederate gunboat, 480-
482.

Eustice, Dr. John, active in resist-
ing Stamp Act, 92; 76.

Evans, C. N., 677.

Everett, Dr. S. B., 652.

Explorers (1660), visit of, 29, 30.
Explorers (1663), report of, 26-30.

Fabian, Peter, sent from Barbadoes

to explore Cape Fear, 31; 30, 62.
Fairley, Lieut. J. H., sketch of, 484.
Faison, Capt. Frank, 355.

Fanning, Col. David, captures Govy-
ernor Burke, fights at Cane
Creek, takes Hillsboro, 115.

Fanning, P. W., chairman Board of
Commissioners of Navigation

and Pilotage, 397; editor, 177,
557; 252, 659.

Farrington, Rev. F. H., 639.

Farris, William. Appointed to as-
sist in erecting Ft. Johnston, 53.

Fayetteville, mail stage line pass-
ing through, 149, 207; sketch of,
205-207, 679; steamboat line to,

138, 139; 508, 512.
Fennell, Hardy L., 172.

Fennell, Capt. Owen, sketch of, 321;
i771; 372, 239.

Fergus, Dr. James, surgeon in the
Revolution, 120.

Fergus, Dr. John, description of, 76.

Fergus, Lieut. John, commandant of
Ft. Johnston, 134, 138.

Fergus, Washington C., 172.

Fergus, William, 239.

Fillmore, President Millard. Visits
Wilmington, 208, 212, 213.

Fires from 1771 to 1843 and in 1864,
account of and losers in, 139-