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Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born near Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., December
17, 1757.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97,
5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05,
at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1801-05; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1824;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1836.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., June 29,
1837 (age 79 years, 194
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (1788-1873) —
also known as Weldon N. Edwards —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston, Northampton
County, N.C., January
25, 1788.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1816-27.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., December
18, 1873 (age 85 years, 327
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Hosea Kerr (1873-1958) —
also known as John H. Kerr —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C., December
31, 1873.
Son of Capt. John H. Kerr and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1923-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 21,
1958 (age 84 years, 172
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) —
Born in Warren
County, N.C., 1802.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in the
Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1837; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850.
Sponsored the bill in the California Senate to create
the University of California.
Died in North Carolina, December
12, 1863 (age about 61
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1905 at Fairview Cemetery.
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