Vance County
North Carolina
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Vance County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Vance County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyards Vance County, North Carolina
|  John Williams of Montpelier (1731-1799) — of Granville County (part now inVanceCounty), N.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,March14, 1731.Delegateto North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1778;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-79;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1779-99.Died in Montpelier,VanceCounty, N.C.,October10, 1799 (age68 years, 210days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
| Robert Burton (1747-1825) — of North Carolina. Born near Chase City,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,October20, 1747.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787.Died in Granville County (part now inVanceCounty), N.C.,May 31,1825 (age77 years, 223days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
| Tazewell Lee Hargrove — also known asTazewell L. Hargrove — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Granville County,1870-72;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1873-77.Member,Freemasons.Posthumously awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor for action at thebattle of South Anna Bridge, Va., by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.Interment in a private or family graveyard. | Richard Henderson (1735-1785) — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,April20, 1735.Lawyer;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1781.Anglican.Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky;organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, whichmade treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agentto blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created TransylvaniaColony in Kentucky and Tennessee.Died inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,January30, 1785 (age49 years, 285days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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