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Caswell County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Caswell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Locust HillTrinity Old Baptist ChurchCemetery YanceyvilleBaptist Cemetery YanceyvilleCity Cemetery YanceyvilleProspect United MethodistChurch Cemetery YanceyvilleYanceyville UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Caswell County, North Carolina Bedford Brown (1795-1870) — of Locust Hill,CaswellCounty, N.C.Born inCaswellCounty, N.C.,June 6,1795.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1815-17, 1823; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1828-29, 1842, 1858-60;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1829-40; resigned 1840; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from North Carolina,1860.Slaveowner. Died inCaswellCounty, N.C.,December6, 1870 (age75 years, 183days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

John Williams (1740-1804) — ofOrangeCounty, N.C.;CaswellCounty, N.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,July 7,1740.Delegateto North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; colonel in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1778-80; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1782, 1793-94.Died inCaswellCounty, N.C., December,1804(age64years, 0 days).Interment at Trinity Old Baptist Church Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Williams and Elizabeth (Washington) Williams; brother ofNathanielWilliams Jr.,RobertWilliams (1744-1790) andJosephWilliams of Shallow Ford; uncle ofRobertWilliams (1766-1836),RobertOverton Williams,MarmadukeWilliams,JohnWilliams (1778-1837),ThomasLanier Williams andLewisWilliams; grandfather ofChristopherHarris Williams; granduncle ofJosephLanier Williams; second great-grandfather ofJohnSharp Williams; first cousin ofJohnWilliams of Montpelier,RichardHenderson andThomasHenderson.
		Political family:Williams#1 family of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
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John Kerr (1782-1842) — of Virginia. Born near Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,August4, 1782.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1813-15, 1815-17 (14th District1813-15, 15th District 1815-17).Slaveowner. DiedSeptember29, 1842 (age60 years, 56days).Interment at Baptist Cemetery.

	Relatives:Father ofJohnKerr Jr.; granduncle ofJohnHosea Kerr; first cousin by marriage ofThomasSettle (1789-1857); first cousin ofBartlettYancey; first cousin once removed ofThomasSettle (1831-1888); first cousin twice removed ofThomasSettle (1865-1919).
		Political family:Kerr-Settlefamily of North Carolina.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

John Kerr Jr. (1811-1879) — of Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.Born near Danville,PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,February10, 1811.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1853-55; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1858.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember5, 1879 (age68 years, 207days).Interment at City Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofJohnKerr.
		Political family:Kerr-Settlefamily of North Carolina.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Hettie Elizabeth Gunn (1893-1958) — also known asElizabeth Gunn;Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert;Elizabeth Tolbert —of Greenwood,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.; Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.Born in South Carolina,March27, 1893.Republican.Schoolteacher; postmaster atGreenwood,S.C., 1924-30.Female.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,December18, 1958 (age65 years, 266days).Interment at Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery.

	Relatives:Daughter of Laura Josephine (Crisp) Tolbert and George WhitfieldTolbert; married,December29, 1938, to John Henry Gunn (first cousin ofJohnOliver Gunn); grandniece ofJohnRobert Tolbert; first cousin once removed ofRobertRed Tolbert andJosephWarren Tolbert.
		Political family:Tolbertfamily of Greenwood, South Carolina.
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John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) — also known asJ. O. Gunn — of Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.Born in Pelham,CaswellCounty, N.C.,December27, 1892.Democrat.Farmer;automobiledealer;banker;CaswellCounty Treasurer, 1936-40;chair ofCaswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67;secretary, RoyalHosieryMills.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Order of theEastern Star;Rotary;JuniorOrder.Died, in MemorialHospital,Danville,Va.,February18, 1992 (age99 years, 53days).Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Richard Griffin Gunn and Nannie Elizabeth (Rudd) Gunn; married toAnnie Warner Newman; first cousin of John Henry Gunn (who marriedHettieElizabeth Tolbert).
		Political family:Tolbertfamily of Greenwood, South Carolina.
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