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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: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (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 family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subset 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 family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subset 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 family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) — of Guilford County, N.C. Born in Pittsylvania County, Va., July 4, 1796. Whig. Lawyer; railroad promoter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., August 27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of John Morehead and Obedience (Motley) Morehead; married, September 6, 1821, to Ann Lindsay; father of Corrina Mary Morehead (who married William Waigstill Avery); cousin *** of James Turner Morehead.   Political families: Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John M. Morehead (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; sold 1947, scrapped 1966) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography
	Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885) — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., March 15, 1805. U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1849-53; New York state comptroller, 1856-57; candidate for Governor of New York, 1858. Died in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., March 6, 1885 (age 79 years, 356 days). Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Roswell Burrows and Jerusha (Avery) Burrows; married, May 11, 1830, to Louisa Lord; nephew of Daniel Burrows; grandnephew of Waightstill Avery; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin once removed of Daniel Packer; second cousin of Asa Packer and William Waigstill Avery; second cousin once removed of Jared Lewis Rathbone and Robert Asa Packer; second cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin of Charles Marsh Pendleton, Cyrus Henry Pendleton, Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; third cousin once removed of Noyes Barber, Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton, Eckford Gustavus Pendleton and Henry Riggs Rathbone; third cousin twice removed of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter Buell Porter, Horace Billings Packer, Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; fourth cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan, Nathan Belcher and Alfred Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Henry Brewster Stanton, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Ezra Cornell, Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Peter Augustus Porter, Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, William Frederick Morgan Rowland and Monroe Marsh Sweetland.   Political families: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina; Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	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 family: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	William Waigstill Avery (1816-1864) — of Morganton, Burke County, N.C. Born in Burke County, N.C., May 25, 1816. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Mortally wounded while fighting Union guerillas in Tennessee, and died in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., July 3, 1864 (age 48 years, 39 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Burke County, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Thomas Avery and Harriet (Erwin) Avery; married, May 27, 1846, to Corrina Mary Morehead (daughter of John Motley Morehead); grandson of Waightstill Avery; second cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; third cousin once removed of Noyes Barber; third cousin twice removed of Horace Billings Packer; fourth cousin of Daniel Packer, Asa Packer, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan and Alfred Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, Robert Asa Packer and William Frederick Morgan Rowland.   Political families: Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).