The article notes brief biographical sketches of the following: Abraham Baker, Richard Caswell, Issac Croom, James Glasgow, John Herritage, Jacob Johnson, Absalom Price, Benjamin Sheppard, Moses Westbrook and Bryan Whitfield.
Now defunct, Dobbs originally contained portions of Jones and Wilson Counties and the whole of Wayne, Greene and Lenoir Counties. Information abstracted here is from the original 1769 list preserved in the Secretary of State Records.