Sion Hart Rogers was born in Wake County on September 30, 1825. A lawyer and former Confederate officer, Rogers was the Attorney General of North Carolina from 1863-1868.  Sion would eventually become Attorney General of North Carolina in 1863 and would serve till 1868. A Democrat, he served in the U.S. Congress from 1871-1873 and died in Raleigh on August 14, 1874.