Find A Grave - Halifax County

Alexander, Mark b. February 7, 1792 d. October 7, 1883
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Virginia's 18th and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1819 to 1833.
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Alston, Willis b. 1769 d. April 10, 1837
US Congressman. He was a member of the North Carolina State House of Commons, 1790 to 1792 and served in the State Senate, 1794 to 1796. In 1799, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving until 1815. He was elected as a Republican to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, serving 1825 to 1831. Not a candidate for reelection, he engaged in agricultural pursuits on his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Butterwood Plantation, Littleton, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: private burying ground
Ashe, John Baptista b. 1748 d. November 27, 1802
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1793. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State Legislature from 1784 to 1786, Delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina in 1787, and Member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1789. Ashe also served as a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Churchyard Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Branch, John b. November 4, 1782 d. January 3, 1863
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Member, North Carolina Governor, US Senator. Elected to represent North Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1811, 1813 to 1817, and 1834, Governor of North Carolina from 1817 to 1820, Federal Judge in 1822, United States Senator from North Carolina from 1823 to 1829, United States Secretary of the Navy from 1829 to 1831, Delegate to the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Daniel, Junius b. June 27, 1828 d. May 13, 1864
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He entered the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1846 with the endorsement of President James Knox Polk. Succeeding at the rigors of West Point, the native North Carolinian graduated 33rd out of the 42 graduating cadets of 1851. He was brevetted 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 3rd United States Infantry. Ultimately serving on the American frontier, the then 1st Lieutenant tendered his resignation from the United States Army on January 14, 1858...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Old Churchyard, Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Jones, Allen b. December 24, 1739 d. November 10, 1798
Continental Congressman. The son of Robin Jones, the agent and attorney of Lord Grenville, one of North Carolina's lord proprietors, he attended England's Eton College, and then returned home where he owned and operated a plantation named "Mount Gallant". He served in the North Carolina Assembly from 1773 to 1775, and was a Delegate to the five state Provincial Congresses held between 1774 and 1776. He entered the North Carolina militia at the start of the Revolution and attained the rank of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Jones Family Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Kitchin, Claude b. March 24, 1869 d. May 31, 1923
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1901 to 1923. (Bio by: K)
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Kitchin, William Walton b. October 9, 1866 d. November 9, 1924
US Congressman, North Carolina Governor. Elected to represent North Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1909. Also served as Governor of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Kitchin, William Hodges b. December 22, 1837 d. February 2, 1901
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881. He also served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Sitgreaves, John b. 1757 d. March 4, 1802
Continential Congressman. He was a member of the first State senate of North Carolina in 1777. He served in the Continential Congress in 1785. He was a member of the State house of commons from 1784 to 1788. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Colonial Churchyard, Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA

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