James Heaton

James Heaton (died 1879) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented New Hanover County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1872.^[1]^[2]

He represented New Hanover County in 1870.^[3] He was one of the legislators found guilty of "Staying an Election". He was pardoned by governor Curtis H. Brogden.^[4]

He lived in Wilmington.^[5] In 1874, he was involved on racially charged disturbances in Wilmington.^[6]

He attended the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati in 1876 with fellow delegates James H. Harris and Thomas Powers.^[7]

In 1879 he killed a woman then himself in a murder-suicide.^[8]

References

^ Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly (November 8, 1913). "A Manual of North Carolina". North Carolina Historical Commission – via Google Books.
^ Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly House of (November 8, 1873). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina". M.S. Littlefield – via Google Books.
^ State, North Carolina Secretary of (November 8, 1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1874 ..." J. Turner, jr., state printer – via Google Books.
^ Court, North Carolina Supreme (November 8, 1877). "North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina". Nichols & Gorman, book and job printers – via Google Books.
^ Carolina, North (November 8, 1873). "Public Laws and Resolutions, Together with the Private Laws, of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session". Stone & Uzzell – via Google Books.
^ Richardson, Heather Cox (July 1, 2009). The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04269-8 – via Google Books.
^ Tweedy, John (November 8, 1910). "A History of the Republican National Conventions from 1856 to 1908". J. Tweedy – via Google Books.
^ "Murder and Suicide:A Double Tragedy in Our Streets". The Wilmington Morning Star. 1879-07-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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[1] Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly (November 8, 1913). "A Manual of North Carolina". North Carolina Historical Commission – via Google Books.

[2] Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly House of (November 8, 1873). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina". M.S. Littlefield – via Google Books.

[3] State, North Carolina Secretary of (November 8, 1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1874 ..." J. Turner, jr., state printer – via Google Books.

[4] Court, North Carolina Supreme (November 8, 1877). "North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina". Nichols & Gorman, book and job printers – via Google Books.

[5] Carolina, North (November 8, 1873). "Public Laws and Resolutions, Together with the Private Laws, of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session". Stone & Uzzell – via Google Books.

[6] Richardson, Heather Cox (July 1, 2009). The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04269-8 – via Google Books.

[7] Tweedy, John (November 8, 1910). "A History of the Republican National Conventions from 1856 to 1908". J. Tweedy – via Google Books.

[8] "Murder and Suicide:A Double Tragedy in Our Streets". The Wilmington Morning Star. 1879-07-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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