Record #:

18448

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Weldon Edwards, planter, state senator, and congressman, was born near Gaston in Northampton County in 1788. Lawrence writes that \"prior to the Civil War he was one of the most active figures in the state in the fight against religious discrimination and prejudices.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 25, Nov 1941, p8, 20

Subject(s):

Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel, 1788-1873