Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Beattys Ford Unity Churchyard
Lincolnton Hollybrook Cemetery
Lincolnton Methodist Church
Graveyard
Lincolnton Old White Cemetery
Lincolnton St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Near Lincolnton Machpelah Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Lincoln County, North Carolina
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Peter Forney (1756-1834) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., April
21, 1756.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; iron
manufacturer; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1794-97; member of
North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1800-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lincoln
County, N.C., February
1, 1834 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Unity
Churchyard
Beattys Ford, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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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.
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Hollybrook
Cemetery
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Charles Andrew Jonas (1876-1955) —
also known as Charles A. Jonas —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., August
14, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel and director, Midland Oil
Company; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940,
1944;
member of North
Carolina state senate 30th District, 1915-18; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-30, 1935-38; member
of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1927-40; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1929-31;
defeated, 1942; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1931-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Modern
Woodmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died May 25,
1955 (age 78 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.
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William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) —
also known as W. E. Garrison —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., March 2,
1892.
Democrat. Building
contractor; real estate
business; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died December
2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275
days).
Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery.
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Methodist Church
Graveyard
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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William Lander (1817-1868) —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in County Tipperary, Ireland,
May
8, 1817.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1852-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Methodist.
Died January
8, 1868 (age 50 years, 245
days).
Interment at Methodist Church Graveyard.
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Old White
Cemetery
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
St. Luke's
Episcopal Church Cemetery
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Alexander Hoke (1851-1925) —
also known as William A. Hoke; Alex Hoke —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., October
25, 1851.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County,
1889-90; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1891-1904; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1905-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., September
13, 1925 (age 73 years, 323
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) —
of Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March, 1797.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent of
the U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51.
Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., February
15, 1857 (age 59 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888) —
also known as John F. Hoke —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., May 30,
1820.
Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1850-55 (46th District 1850-53, 47th
District 1854-55); member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1860, 1865-66.
Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., October
27, 1888 (age 68 years, 150
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born March 8,
1786.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1824, 1826-27,
1828-30; member of North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1834.
Died May 26,
1869 (age 83 years, 79
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Machpelah
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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William Alexander Graham (1839-1923) —
also known as William A. Graham —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
26, 1839.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
member of North
Carolina state senate 37th District, 1874-75, 1879-80; member,
North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1908; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County,
1905-06; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1908-23; died in office
1923.
Baptist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
24, 1923 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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