​ALSTON, Willis, representative, was born in Halifax county, N.C., son of Capt. John and Ann Hunt (Macon) Alston; grandson of Joseph John ​and Elizabeth Chaney Alston and of Gideon and Priscilla (Jones) Macon. Willis was elected to the house of commons from Halifax county, 1790-93; state senator 1794-97; a representative in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th congresses as a war democrat, and served 1803-13. He was a member of the state house of commons, 1819-21, and a representative in the 19th, 20th and 21st congresses, 1825-31. He married Patty Moore, and a second time, May 29, 1817, Sallie Madeline, daughter of Joshua Pott of Smithville, N.C. He died at Halifax, N.C., April 10, 1837.