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Bladen County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bladen County

Index to Locations James Iver McKay Cemetery Clarkton Clarkton Cemetery James Iver McKay Cemetery State Road 1704 Bladen County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Iver McKay (1792-1853) — also known as James I. McKay — of Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C. Born near Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., July 17, 1792. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1815-19, 1822, 1826, 1830; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1831-49 (5th District 1831-43, 6th District 1843-47, 7th District 1847-49). Slaveowner. Died in Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C., September 14, 1853 (age 61 years, 59 days). Interment at James Iver McKay Cemetery.   The World War II Liberty ship SS James I. McKay (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1967) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Clarkton Cemetery Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   James C. Green (c.1922-2000) — also known as Jimmy Green — of Clarkton, Bladen County, N.C. Born about 1922. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-77; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1984. Presbyterian. Charged in 1983 with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but acquitted; convicted of tax evasion in 1997, fined, and sentenced to home confinement. Died at Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., February 4, 2000 (age about 78 years). Interment at Clarkton Cemetery.

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