The Political Graveyard: Moore County, N.C.

Moore County
North Carolina

Named for Alfred Moore (1755-1810)

Moore County information:

Population: 74,769 (2000); 59,013 (1990)
Land area 699 square miles.
County seat: Carthage
Moore County official web site.
Capital Impact: Moore County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Moore County -- census data on population, race, economics
Moore County NCGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Moore County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

Northeast: Chatham County; Lee County
East: Harnett County
Southeast: Cumberland County; Hoke County
South: Scotland County
Southwest: Richmond County
West: Montgomery County
Northwest: Randolph County

The Political Graveyard:

Politicians who were born in Moore County
Politicians who lived in Moore County
Politicians who died in Moore County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Moore County

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Private or family graveyard
Moore County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Benjamin Williams (1751-1814) — of Moore County, N.C. Born in Johnston County, N.C., January 1, 1751. Farmer; member of North Carolina house of commons; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1793-95; Governor of North Carolina, 1799-1802, 1807-08. Died July 20, 1814. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.

Old Bethesda Cemetery
Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) — also known as Walter H. Page — of Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Cary, Wake County, N.C., August 15, 1855. Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page; married 1880 to Alice Wilson; brother of Robert Newton Page. Editor, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1896-99; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-18. Died in Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., December 21, 1918. Interment at Old Bethesda Cemetery.
Robert Newton Page (1859-1933) — also known as Robert N. Page — of Aberdeen, Moore County, N.C.; Biscoe, Montgomery County, N.C.; Southern Pines, Moore County, N.C. Born in Cary, Wake County, N.C., October 26, 1859. Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate' Page; brother of Walter Hines Page; married, June 20, 1888, to Flora Shaw. Democrat. Lumber business; treasurer, Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Co., 1890-1902; president, Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Southern Pines N.C.; vice president, Page Trust Co., Aberdeen, N.C.; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1901-02; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1903-17. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in Aberdeen, Moore County, N.C., October 3, 1933. Interment at Old Bethesda Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Presbyterian Cemetery
Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Lauchlin Bethune (1785-1874) — of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C. Born near Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., April 15, 1785. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1817-18, 1822-25, 1827; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1831-33. Died October 10, 1874. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Unknown Location
Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) — also known as William J. Adams — of Carthage, Moore County, N.C. Born in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., January 27, 1860. Son of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams; married to Florence Wall. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1908-21; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney ailment, in the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1934. Interment somewhere.

Glendon Christian Church Cemetery
Glendon, Moore County, North Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Garland Smith Garriss (1908-1968) — also known as Garland S. Garriss — of Troy, Montgomery County, N.C. Born in Margarettsville, Northampton County, N.C., February 23, 1908. Son of Walter Garriss and Mamie (Smith) Garriss; cousin of Malcolm Buie Seawell. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate, 1947-48, 1959-60, 1964-65. Methodist. Member, Rotary; American Legion. Died, of pneumonia and colon cancer, in Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., July 21, 1968. Interment at Glendon Christian Church Cemetery.
- See also Seawell family of North Carolina

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Politicians who were born in Moore County

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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Moore County