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John Williams of Montpelier (1731-1799) —
of Granville County (part now in Vance
County), N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., March
14, 1731.
Delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1778; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-79; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1779-99.
Died in Montpelier, Vance
County, N.C., October
10, 1799 (age 68 years, 210
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Richard Henderson (1735-1785) —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April
20, 1735.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1781.
Anglican.
Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky;
organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which
made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent
to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania
Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Died in Granville
County, N.C., January
30, 1785 (age 49 years, 285
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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John Williams (1740-1804) —
of Orange
County, N.C.; Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., July 7,
1740.
Delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; colonel in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1778-80; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1782, 1793-94.
Died in Caswell
County, N.C., December, 1804
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Locust Hill, N.C.
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Nathaniel Williams Jr. (1742-1805) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
1, 1742.
Lawyer;
planter;
delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Accidentally drowned
while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
25, 1805 (age 62 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Williams (1744-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
4, 1744.
Lawyer;
Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1780.
Died in North Carolina, 1790
(age about
45 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Winston (1746-1815) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., June 17,
1746.
Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large
1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).
Slaveowner.
Died near Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., April
21, 1815 (age 68 years, 308
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.
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Robert Burton (1747-1825) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., October
20, 1747.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787.
Died in Granville County (part now in Vance
County), N.C., May 31,
1825 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford (1748-1827) —
also known as "Duke of Surry" —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., March
27, 1748.
Delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Died in Surry
County, N.C., August
11, 1827 (age 79 years, 137
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Forsyth County, N.C.
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Thomas Henderson (1752-1815) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., 1752.
Delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Died in Danbury, Stokes
County, N.C., March
31, 1815 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Clay (1754-1815) —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., March
25, 1754.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1790-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1813, 1815 (at-large
1797-1807, 14th District 1807-13, 15th District 1815); died in office
1815.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while
making a speech at Halifax Court House, Halifax
County, Va., May 27,
1815 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.
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Robert Williams (1766-1836) —
Born in North Carolina, October
30, 1766.
Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1805-06, 1807-09; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1811.
Died near Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., January
25, 1836 (age 69 years, 87
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.
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Archibald Henderson (1768-1822) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., August
7, 1768.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803; member of
North
Carolina house of commons, 1807-09, 1814, 1819-20.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
21, 1822 (age 54 years, 75
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Leonard Henderson (1772-1833) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., October
6, 1772.
State court judge in North Carolina, 1808; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1818; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1829-33.
Died in Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., August
13, 1833 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Robert Overton Williams (1773-1821) —
Born in Surry
County, N.C., January
12, 1773.
Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1792-95; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1797-1803 (3rd District
1797-99, at-large 1799-1803).
Slaveowner.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., May 27,
1821 (age 48 years, 135
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Marmaduke Williams (1774-1850) —
of North Carolina; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April 6,
1774.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1802; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1803-09 (9th District
1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 9th District 1807-09); delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1819; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1821-39; Tuscaloosa
County Judge, 1832-42.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., October
29, 1850 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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John Williams (1778-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., January
29, 1778.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1815-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1825-26; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1827-28.
Slaveowner.
Died near Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
10, 1837 (age 59 years, 193
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) —
of Warren
County, N.C.; Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, about 1782.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1809, 1817; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24;
resigned 1824; Governor of
North Carolina, 1824-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Iredell
County, N.C., April
21, 1836 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Unity
Churchyard, Beattys Ford, N.C.
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Lewis Williams (1782-1842) —
of Panther Creek, Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., February
1, 1782.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1813-14; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 13th District, 1815-42; died
in office 1842.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1842 (age 60 years, 22
days).
Interment at Panther
Creek Cemetery, Surry County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Lanier Williams (1782-1856) —
Born in Surry
County, N.C., February
1, 1782.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1820; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1826.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
3, 1856 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., November
24, 1784.
Delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
20, 1824 (age 39 years, 270
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Adams County, Miss.
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Fountain Winston (1793-1834) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., November
3, 1793.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1827-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1832-34.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., December
1, 1834 (age 41 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patton Erwin (1795-1857) —
also known as John P. Erwin —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., January
8, 1795.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1821-22, 1834-35; postmaster at Nashville,
Tenn., 1826-29.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
27, 1857 (age 62 years, 231
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Christopher Harris Williams (1798-1857) —
of Lexington, Henderson
County, Tenn.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
18, 1798.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1837-43, 1849-53 (13th District
1837-43, 11th District 1849-53).
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Henderson
County, Tenn., November
27, 1857 (age 58 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Tenn.
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William Barclay Napton (1808-1883) —
also known as William B. Napton —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 23,
1808.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state senate, 1834; Missouri
state attorney general, 1836-39; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1839-51, 1857-61, 1873-80;
appointed 1839; defeated, 1851.
Died in Saline
County, Mo., January
8, 1883 (age 74 years, 230
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Joseph Lanier Williams (1810-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
23, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1837-43; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
14, 1865 (age 55 years, 52
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) —
also known as John G. Miller —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., November
29, 1812.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1840-43; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Slaveowner.
Died near Marshall, Saline
County, Mo., May 11,
1856 (age 43 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Sydenham Benoni Alexander (1840-1921) —
also known as Sydenham B. Alexander —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
8, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1879, 1883-87, 1901; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1891-95.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 14,
1921 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(Temporary
Chair; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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John Sharp Williams Jr. (born c.1886) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born about 1886.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Burial location unknown.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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