'bridle Creek'
Inscription
The birthplace of two
Confederate major generals:
Matt W. and Robert Ransom,
brothers. House stood 1/4
mile W.
Location
Sources
More markers in Warren
Weldon Edwards 1788-1873
President, N.C. Secession Convention, 1861-1862; Congressman, 1816-1827; legislator.
John A. Hyman 1840-1891
Warrenton, NC
First black to represent N.C. in U.S. Congress, 1875-1877; state senator, 1868-1874.
Jethro Sumner
General in the American Revolution, officer in the French and Indian War.
Bute County
Formed 1764. Named for the Earl of Bute.
Nathaniel Macon
Vaughan, NC
Congressman, 1791-1815.