Wilkes County, USA
1. James Larkin Pearson (1879)
American Poet Newspaper Publishe
American poet and publisher who held the title of North Carolina Poet Laureate from 1953 until his death at age 101. His rural-themed poetry collections include Fifty Acres, Early Harvest,...
2. Benny Parsons (1941)
American Stock Car Racing Driver
First ARCA Champion inducted into The International Sports Hall of Fame, he won the Winston Cup and the Daytona 500 during his racing career.
3. Waylon Reavis (1978)
American Singer-songwriter
American metal musician who rose to fame as the vocalist of alternative metal band Mushroomhead from 2004 to 2015. After leaving Mushroomhead, he formed the alternative metal band A Killer's...
4. William Couch (1850)
First Mayor Of Oklahoma City Okl
Lewis Couch was a leader of the Boomer Movement and the first mayor of Oklahoma City Oklahoma. He was born in North Carolina later moving to Kansas as a farmer....
5. John Patton Erwin (1795)
American Politician
John Patton Erwin was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville Tennessee from 1821 to 1822 and from 1834 to 1835.
6. Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816)
American Politician
Allen Ferdinand Owen was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States Congress. Owen was born near the Yadkin River in Wilkes County North Carolina. He graduated...