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Lenoir family of North Carolina

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  Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — of Burke County, N.C. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., May 10, 1741. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; North Carolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member of North Carolina state senate, 1796. Fought a pistol duel with Andrew Jackson in 1788; neither man was injured. Died in the judge's chambers at the Burke County Courthouse, Morganton, Burke County, N.C., March 13, 1821 (age 79 years, 307 days). Interment at Swan Ponds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, October 3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who married William Ballard Lenoir); grandfather of Isaac Thomas Lenoir and William Waigstill Avery; granduncle of Lorenzo Burrows; first cousin four times removed of Horace Billings Packer; second cousin once removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Packer, Asa Packer, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan and Alfred Avery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed of Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, Robert Asa Packer and William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed of Henry Brewster Stanton, Jonathan R. Herrick, Erskine Mason Phelps and Spencer Gale Frink; second cousin five times removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager, Walter Richmond Herrick and Burdette Burt Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Nathan Belcher, Samuel Townsend Douglass, Silas Hamilton Douglas and Joshua Perkins; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Phelps Huntington, George Mortimer Beakes, George Douglas Perkins, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Daniel Parrish Witter, Albert Lemando Bingham, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Llewellyn James Barden and Henry Woolsey Douglas.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Avery County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Lenoir (1751-1839) — Born in Brunswick County, Va., May 8, 1751. School teacher; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95; delegate to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789. French Huguenot ancestry. Slaveowner. Died May 6, 1839 (age 87 years, 363 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lenoir and Mourning (Crawley) Lenoir; father of William Ballard Lenoir.
  Political families: Lenoir family of North Carolina; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lenoir County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Ballard Lenoir (1775-1852) — of Tennessee. Born in Wilkes County, N.C., September 1, 1775. Cotton mill business; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1815-17. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died in Roane County (part now in Loudon County), Tenn., December 14, 1852 (age 77 years, 104 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Loudon County, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Ann Ballard and William Lenoir; married to Elizabeth Avery (daughter of Waightstill Avery); father of Isaac Thomas Lenoir.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) — of Tennessee. Born in Caswell County, N.C., April 18, 1783. Democrat. Physician; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died in Rutherford County, Tenn., May 28, 1842 (age 59 years, 40 days). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Father-in-law of Isaac Thomas Lenoir.
  Political families: Lenoir family of North Carolina; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Isaac Thomas Lenoir (1807-1875) — of Tennessee. Born in Wilkes County, N.C., May 16, 1807. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1843-45; member of Tennessee state senate, 1845-47. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sweetwater Valley, Roane County, Tenn., December 4, 1875 (age 68 years, 202 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Samuel E. Hogg; son of William Ballard Lenoir; grandson of Waightstill Avery.
  Political families: Lenoir family of North Carolina; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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