Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Aurelian Springs Ebenezer Church
Cemetery
Enfield Elmwood Cemetery
Halifax Churchyard Cemetery
Littleton City Cemetery
Scotland Neck Baptist Cemetery
Scotland Neck Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Near Scotland Neck Trinity
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Halifax County, North Carolina
Politicians buried
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Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) —
also known as Matt W. Ransom —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.; Weldon, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., October
8, 1826.
Lawyer;
Whig Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1852;
North
Carolina state attorney general, 1853-55; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1858-60; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1872-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1876-88; U.S. Minister to
Mexico, 1895-97.
Slaveowner.
Died near Garysburg, Northampton
County, N.C., October
8, 1904 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Willis Alston (1769-1837) —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.; Hyde Park (unknown
county), N.C.
Born near Littleton, Halifax
County, N.C., 1769.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1790-92, 1820-24; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1794-96; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1799-1815, 1825-31 (at-large
1799-1803, 2nd District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 2nd District
1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 2nd District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15,
2nd District 1825-31).
Slaveowner.
Died in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., April
10, 1837 (age about 67
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Ebenezer Church
Cemetery
Aurelian Springs, Halifax County, North Carolina
Elmwood
Cemetery
Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina
Politicians buried
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John Branch Jr. (1782-1863) —
of Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., November
4, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1811, 1813-17, 1834; Governor of
North Carolina, 1817-20; federal
judge, 1822; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1823-29; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1831-33; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1844-45.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia,
in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., January
4, 1863 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert Hunt Parker (1892-1969) —
also known as R. Hunt Parker —
of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., February
15, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24; superior court
judge in North Carolina 3rd District, 1932-52; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1952-66; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1966-69; died in
office 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died November
10, 1969 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Churchyard
Cemetery
Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina
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John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., 1748.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1784-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1789; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93; elected Governor of
North Carolina 1802, but died before taking office.
Slaveowner.
Died in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., November
27, 1802 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Churchyard Cemetery; cenotaph at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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City
Cemetery
Littleton, Halifax County, North Carolina
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Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) —
also known as Peter H. Bell —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 12,
1812.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Texas, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Littleton, Halifax
County, N.C., March 8,
1898 (age 85 years, 300
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument at Courthouse
Grounds, Belton, Tex.
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Baptist
Cemetery
Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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William Walton Kitchin (1866-1924) —
also known as William W. Kitchin —
of Roxboro, Person
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., October
9, 1866.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
candidate for North
Carolina state senate, 1892; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1897-1909; Governor of
North Carolina, 1909-13.
Died in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., November
9, 1924 (age 58 years, 31
days).
Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
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Claude Kitchin (1869-1923) —
of Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
24, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1901-23; died in
office 1923.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., May 31,
1923 (age 54 years, 68
days).
Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
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William Hodges Kitchin (1837-1901) —
also known as William H. Kitchin;
"Buck" —
of Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Ala., December
22, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1879-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., February
2, 1901 (age 63 years, 42
days).
Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
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Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina
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Mark Alexander (1792-1883) —
of Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg
County, Va.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., February
7, 1792.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815-19, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1819-33 (18th District 1819-21, 4th
District 1821-33); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Slaveowner.
Died in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., October
7, 1883 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Trinity
Cemetery
Near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina
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Whitmell Hill (1743-1797) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., February
12, 1743.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-80; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1778-80, 1784-85.
Died in Martin
County, N.C., September
26, 1797 (age 54 years, 226
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Martin County, N.C.; reinterment at
Trinity Cemetery.
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