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38136
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The oldest certified White Ash tree is one of many aspects about the town that’s also the oldest town in Halifax County. Making the town a must-see for lovers of North Caroliniana include historic homes such as Branch Grove, Gray Hall, Shell Castle, Glen Burnie, and Conoconnara Hall. Articles of North Caroliniana noted were the town’s involvement with the American Revolution through the Halifax Resolves and Enfield Riots.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p42-43
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Enfield--American Revolution ; Enfield--history; Architecture--Craftsmen Bungalows style; Branch Grove (Enfield); Shell Castle Plantation (Enfield); Oak Grove Plantation (Enfield); Connoconnara Hall (Enfield); Tillery-Fries House (Enfield); Enfield Riot (1759); Halifax Resolves (1776); Jones, Willie, 1740-1801; Halifax County--History
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18227
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Willie Jones was a strong, fearless Republican and his brother Allen was a strong, fearless Federalist. As such they often opposed each other on public questions. Yet each in his own way rendered valuable service to the state during the Revolutionary Period.
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20009
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This article is the first installment of a biographical essay on the life of Willie Jones, a plantation owner, politician, and advocate of Jeffersonian states rights during the Revolutionary War and Federalist periods. This installment covers his life from his birth and family background to age 35.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Jan 1941,
p1-26, f
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20013
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This article is the second and final installment of a biographical essay on the life of Willie Jones, plantation owner, politician, and advocate of Jeffersonian states rights during the Revolutionary War and Federalist periods.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 2, April 1941,
p133-170, f
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21989
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This article examines the political history of Willie Jones and describes in great detail his family estate, the Groves near Halifax.
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38346
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Willie Jones, a Northampton Co., NC native, younger brother of Allen Jones, educated at Eton College in England, and became president of the NC Committee of Safety in 1776 and first Governor ex officio of North Carolina. He is claimed to have written the State’s first constitution adopted in 1776. Jones was elected to NC House of Commons 1776-78, chosen a member of the NC delegation to the Continental Congress in 1780-81. He declined the invitation to the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the opposition to the ratification of the US Constitution. Jones dropped out of public life after the Constitution was ratified.
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