| Ben |
Bettson | Customer of Theopolis |
| Jesse |
Bliss | Man Elijah wants dead |
| Louisa Mae |
Boillingbrook | Neighbor of Rita |
| Tommy John |
Bollingbrook | Louisa's son |
| Minnie |
Bostick | Chimney sweep's wife |
| Mr. |
Bostick | Chimney sweep |
| Mr. |
Brownlow | Governor |
| Mr. |
Burch | Lawyer |
| Donald James |
Burns | Rita's son (deceased) |
| Rita |
Burns | Woman who wrote to Carrie |
| Jeremiah |
Carter | (deceased) formerly associated with town |
| Dr. |
Cliffe | Town doctor |
| Nattie |
Coyne | Baker |
| Erastus |
Cravath | Reverend; affiliated with the university |
| Bill |
Crutcher | Lumberman |
| Lizzie |
Crutcher | Bill's wife |
| Elder |
Dawkins | Church minister |
| Augusten |
Dixon | Elijah and Evangeline's son |
| Elijah |
Dixon | Magistrate; Evangeline's husband |
| Evangeline |
Dixon | Elijah's younger wife; Dr. Cliffe's patient |
| Lyceum |
Dixon | Elijah's father |
| Parmalee |
Edwards | Reverend Cravath's companion |
| Aaron |
Haynes | Lumberman |
| Dale |
Haynes | Reputed best lumberman in the state |
| Mr. |
Hill | Prominent banker |
| Andrew |
Jackson | 7th U.S. president (historical figure) |
| William |
Johnson | Customer of Theopolis |
| Joshua |
Knight | One of the boys who beat Theopolis |
| John |
Lester | Confederate veteran; Mayberry's cousin |
| Abraham |
Lincoln | U.S. president (historical figure) |
| Abram |
Maury | Explorer |
| Emma |
May | One of the maids |
| James |
Mayberry | Man who beat Theopolis |
| Anna |
McArdles | Resident busybody |
| Carrie |
McGavock | Mariah's master and friend |
| John |
McGavock | Colonel; Carrie's husband |
| Logan |
Neely | Former master of Mariah's mother |
| Pleasant |
Neely | Neely's former maid |
| Mariah |
Reddick | Protagonist |
| Theopolis |
Reddick | Mariah's son; shoemaker |
| Walter |
Scott | Scottish novelist and poet (historical figure) |
| John |
Scrugg | Villager |
| Mr. |
Smithson | Nessie's boss |
| Della |
Swanson | Girl who worked for Mr. Burch |
| John |
Sykes | The grocer |
| Charlotte |
Tole | Tole's mother |
| George |
Tole | Elijah's hired killer |
| Miles |
Tole | Tole's son |
| George |
Washington | First U.S. president (historical figure) |
| Daniel |
Whitmore | One of the boys who beat Theopolis |
| Pastor |
Willis | Leader of the Negro Methodist church |
| April |
| Mariah's best friend; owner of Thirsty Bird Tavern |
| Bett |
| Tole's neighbor |
| Caruthers |
| Villager |
| Henrietta |
| Girl who worked for Mr. Hill |
| Hooper |
| Ragman |
| Lester |
| Carrie's driver |
| Lily Kate |
| Elijah's grandmother |
| Margaret |
| One of Elijah's maids |
| May |
| April's sister and co-owner |
| Nessie |
| Woman with twiglike arms (local resident) |
| Preacher |
| Local town preacher |
