Littleton in Halifax County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Willis Alston, Jr.

1769-1837

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 9, 2024

1. Closeup of Willis Alston, Jr. Marker

Inscription. US Congressman, 1799-1815 and 1825-1831, as a Jeffersonian Republican; NC Representative and Senator. Grave 4 1/2 mi. SE.

Erected 1960 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number E-66.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.

Location. 36° 26.072′ N, 77° 54.706′ W. Marker is in Littleton, North Carolina, in Halifax County. It is at the intersection of East South Main Street (U.S. 158) and Mosby Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Mosby Ave, Littleton NC 27850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of

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America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Littleton College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Person's Ordinary (approx. half a mile away); Ella Baker (approx. 0.6 miles away); Plummer Bernard Young (approx. 0.7 miles away); Nathaniel Macon (approx. 5.2 miles away); a different marker also named Nathaniel Macon (approx. 5.7 miles away); Raleigh and Gaston Railroad (approx. 5.9 miles away); Walter Clark (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Littleton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Nathaniel Macon (was approx. 5.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Willis Alston, Jr. 1769-1837.

Born into a large, well connected, politically active family on his father’s plantation near Littleton in Halifax County, Willis Alston became a prominent political figure at the state and national level. While a student at Princeton in 1791, he was elected to serve in the North Carolina House of Commons. He served in the House of Commons for another three terms
Photographed by Michael Buckner, May 3, 2023

2. Willis Alston, Jr. Marker
and in the Senate from 1794 until 1796. His political career moved him to the national scene as he served in Congress from 1799 until 1815. An outspoken politician, Alston became known as a staunch supporter of Jeffersonian politics.

(Submitted on May 4, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)

Willis Alston, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 9, 2024

3. Willis Alston, Jr. Marker

Intersection of East South Main Street and North Mosby Avenue

Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 442 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 10, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 2. submitted on May 4, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. 3. submitted on August 10, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.