Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.

The Witherspoon family moved from Scotland to Down Co., Ireland in 1695, and in 1734 immigrated to South Carolina (the wife died enroute). John Witherspoon (ca. 1670-1737) died there.

Thomas Sibbet (1797-1851) immigrated, with his parents and their family, from Ireland to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1800. Thomas married Catherine Ryan in 1824. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, the midwest, California and elsewhere.

The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.