On September 18, 1906, Amos Owens, a notorious moonshiner from Rutherford County, died.
On September 17, 1918, Samarcand, the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, was established in as a correctional institute for young women in Moore County.
On September 17, 1862, Gen. Lawrence O’Bryan Branch was shot and killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle of Sharpsburg.
On September 16, 1802, Thomas Larkin, the first and only U.S. consul to the territory that became the state of California, was born.
On September 16, 1999, Hurricane Floyd made landfall at Cape Fear as a very strong category 2 storm. At its peak in the Atlantic, Floyd was among the largest category 4 storms on record. Even as it came ashore it was almost twice the size of a normal hurrica
On September 16, 1960, the first class of 88 students was admitted to Methodist College.
On September 15, 1938, Major League Baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry was born in Williamston.
On September 15, 1946, the massive Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot closed its doors.