Littleton
Also known as: Person's Ordinary, Peterson Inn, Person Ordinary
… town in E Warren County and NW Halifax County. Alt. 389. Inc. 1877 and named for Little Manor, which see. Person's Ordinary, the tavern owned by Thomas Person (1733-1800), Regulator, officer of the Continental Line, and state legislator, was located there and is shown on the Collet map, 1770. The tavern, which is still standing, was called Peterson Inn on the Price map, 1808. Littleton was mentioned by name in newspapers as early as 1823, and in 1831 a post office was est. there under the present name. The MacRae map, 1833, shows Littleton as an established community.
