Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“Congressman, 1791-1815. Speaker of U.S. House, 1801-1807. Later U.S. Senator. His home site and grave, 4 miles NW.”
State historical marker: E-2: Nathaniel Macon 1758-1837
1758–1837 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds 2 works for Nathaniel Macon so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Edwin Mood Wilson's study of Nathaniel Macon's years in Congress, printed by the University Press at Chapel Hill in 1900. Macon served North Carolina in the House and Senate from the 1790s into the 1820s, in an account of state and national politics between 1775 and 1865. Kemp P. Battle and Willie P. Mangum also figure in the account.
Ninety-eight images of Governor William Hawkins's correspondence for May 1813. William Jones and Nathaniel Macon are among the names, and the letters range over elections, sheriffs, trials, clemency, boundaries and the militia. Hillsborough appears along with more than a dozen counties from Burke and Caswell to Perquimans and Wilkes.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Macon, Nathaniel, 1758-1837.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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