Alexander Erwin’s home in Burke County, Bellevue, became one of the region’s most-famous homes. It was far from his only legacy, however. One of his daughters, Hannah Erwin, married a Revolutionary War veteran named Major Zebulon Baird. Their grandson, Zebulon Baird Vance, was the governor of North Carolina during most of the Civil War and later represented the state in the U.S. Senate. Another U.S. senator from North Carolina, Sam J. Ervin, was also descended from Col. Alexander Erwin, on his mother’s side.
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