Macon

… town in N central Warren County on heads of Sixpound Creek and Walkers Creek. Alt. 285. Settled in early 1800s and shown as Chestnut Crossroads on the MacRae map, 1833. Post office of Macon est. in 1839. Inc. 1889; named for Nathaniel Macon (1758-1837), speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, member of Congress from 1815 to 1828, and president of N.C. Constitutional Convention, 1835. A Civil War training camp, Camp Macon, was located there.