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Pender County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pender County

Index to Locations Rocky Point Ashe Family Cemetery Rocky Point Lillington Cemetery Ashe Family Cemetery Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) — of New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Bath, Beaufort County, N.C., March 24, 1725. Lawyer; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1777; Governor of North Carolina, 1795-98; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. Died in Rocky Point, Pender County, N.C., February 3, 1813 (age 87 years, 316 days). Interment at Ashe Family Cemetery; memorial monument at Pack Square Park, Asheville, N.C.   Relatives: Son of John Baptista Ashe (1695-1734) and Elizabeth (Swann) Ashe; married to Mary Porter and Elizabeth Merrick; father of John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802); uncle and cousin by marriage of William Henry Hill; grandfather of John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas Samuel Ashe and William Shepperd Ashe; great-granduncle of George Davis and Horatio Davis; cousin by marriage of Alfred Moore Waddell.   Political families: Polk family; Ashe-Polk family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Ashe County, N.C. is named for him.   The city of Asheville, North Carolina, is named for him.  — The city of Asheboro, North Carolina, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Samuel Ashe (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1970) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) — also known as William S. Ashe — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Rocky Point, Pender County, N.C., September 14, 1814. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1846-48, 1858-60; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1849-55 (7th District 1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Killed in a railroad accident near Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., September 14, 1862 (age 48 years, 0 days). Interment at Ashe Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Ashe (1763-1835) and Elizabeth Haywood (Shepperd) Ashe; brother of John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857); married 1836 to Sarah Ann Greene; nephew of John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802); grandson of Samuel Ashe (1725-1813); cousin *** of Thomas Samuel Ashe; cousin four different ways of George Davis and Horatio Davis; cousin two different ways of Alfred Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William Henry Hill.   Political families: Polk family; Ashe-Polk family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   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, Halifax, N.C.; cenotaph at Ashe Family Cemetery.   Presumably named for: John the Baptist   Relatives: Son of Samuel Ashe and Mary (Porter) Ashe; married to Elizabeth Montfort; uncle of John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas Samuel Ashe and William Shepperd Ashe; cousin four different ways of George Davis and Horatio Davis; cousin two different ways of Alfred Moore Waddell; second cousin once removed of William Henry Hill.   Political families: Polk family; Ashe-Polk family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John B. Ashe (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; sold 1947, scrapped 1962) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Lillington Cemetery Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Alexander Lillington (c.1725-1786) — also known as Alexander Lillington — Born in North Carolina, about 1725. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1777; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Died in New Hanover County (part now in Pender County), N.C., April, 1786 (age about 61 years). Interment at Lillington Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Lillington and Sarah (Porter) Lillington; married to Sarah Waters.   The town of Lillington, North Carolina, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander Lillington (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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