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Samuel Johnston (1733-1816) —
of Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in Dundee, Scotland,
December
15, 1733.
Planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1760; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1780-81; Governor of
North Carolina, 1787-89; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1789-93; received 2 electoral votes,
1796;
state court judge in North Carolina, 1800.
Died August
17, 1816 (age 82 years, 246
days).
Interment at Johnston Burial Ground.
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James Iredell, Jr. (1788-1853) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., November
2, 1788.
Son of Hannah (Johnston) Iredell (1748-1826) and James
Iredell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1813; state court judge in North
Carolina, 1819; Governor of
North Carolina, 1827-28; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1828-31.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April 13,
1853 (age 64 years, 162
days).
Interment at Johnston Burial Ground.
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James Iredell (1751-1799) —
of North Carolina.
Born in England,
October
5, 1751.
State court judge in North Carolina, 1778; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1779-82; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99; received 3 electoral votes, 1796.
Episcopalian.
Died October
20, 1799 (age 48 years, 15
days).
Interment at Johnston Burial Ground.
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Samuel Tredwell (1763-1826) —
Born in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., December
11, 1763.
Son of Dr. Benjamin Tredwell, Jr. (1735-1830) and Elizabeth (Seabury)
Tredwell (1743-1818).
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1785-1826; died in office 1826.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., July 30,
1826 (age 62 years, 231
days).
Interment at Johnston Burial Ground.
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