Perquimans County NcArchives Cemeteries.....NIXON - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GERALD WIGGINS gwiggins@inteliport.com February 17, 2007, 11:05 am Abstracted By: GERALD WIGGINS THE NIXON CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON U.S 17 NEAR THE PERQUIMANS RIVER. IN WINFALL CITY LIMITS . Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIXON FRANCIS 2-17-1798 11-26-1887 SON OF SAMUEL AND RACHAEL NIXON NIXON HARRIETT 1798 6-13-1845 WIFE OF FRANCIS NIXON NIXON FRANCIS 2-12-1829 2-24-1870 SON OF FRANCIS AND HARRIETT NIXON NEWBY ? NOAH ? ? 3-11-1762 ? (STONE IS VERY OLD HARD TO READ) NIXON JAMES 7-12-1834 3-18-1866 SON OF FRANCIS AND HARRIETT NIXON RIDDICK SALLIE N 8-2-1871 7-10-1873 DAU OF W.,M. AND S.E. RIDDICK RIDDICK SALLIE E./ NIXON 6-1-1836 7-10-1872 DAU OF FRANCIS AND HARRIETT NIXON WIFE OF W.M. RIDDICK M.D. Additional Comments: HISTORICAL SIGHN ON U.S 17 NEAR. GEORGE DURANT 1632-1894 PIONEER SETTLER IN THE ALBEMARLE ABOUT 1662 SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY SITE OF HOME 20 MILES EAST AT DURANTS NECK.(A3) (A 75) ANN MARWOOD DURANT DIED 1695 FIRST WOMAN KNOWN TO HAVE ACTED AS ATTONERY IN AN N.C. COURT 1673 APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL IN PERQUIMANS PRECINET. (A 79) IN 1672 MISSIONARIES WILLIAM EDMUNDSON AND GEORGE FOX FOUNDER OF SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA HELD RELIGIOUS MEETINGS IN THIS AREA. THESE THREE HISTORICAL SIGHNS ARE ON U.S 17 IN WINFALL CITY LIMTIS IN FRONT OF THE FARM WHERE THE NIXON CEMETERY IS LOCATED. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/perquimans/cemeteries/nixon182gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb