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Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina

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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. Slaveowner. Died August 17, 1816 (age 82 years, 246 days). Interment at Johnston Burial Ground, Edenton, N.C.
  Relatives: Brother of Hannah Johnston (who married James Iredell); married to Frances Cathcart; father of Penelope Johnston (who married John Swann); uncle of James Iredell Jr..
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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; Associate 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, Edenton, N.C.
  Relatives: Married to Hannah Johnston (sister of Samuel Johnston); father of James Iredell Jr.; grandfather of Margaret Tredwell Iredell (who married William Marcus Shipp).
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James Iredell (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; damaged by air attack and scuttled in the English Channel, 1944) was named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about James Iredell: Willis P. Whichard, Justice James Iredell
  John Swann (1760-1793) — of Pasquotank County, N.C. Born in Pasquotank County, N.C., 1760. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1788. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Pasquotank County, N.C., 1793 (age about 33 years). Interment at Swann Family Cemetery, Pasquotank, N.C.
  Relatives: Married 1790 to Penelope Johnston (daughter of Samuel Johnston).
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Tredwell (1763-1826) — Born in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., December 11, 1763. 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, Edenton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Benjamin Tredwell, Jr. and Elizabeth (Seabury) Tredwell; married to Helen Scrymgeoure Blair and Frances Pollock Lenox; father of Frances Johnston Tredwell (who married James Iredell Jr.); grandfather of Margaret Tredwell Iredell (who married William Marcus Shipp).
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born March 8, 1786. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1824, 1826-27, 1828-30; member of North Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1834. Died May 26, 1869 (age 83 years, 79 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Shipp and Hannah Joyce Shipp; married to Susan Marie Forney; father of William Marcus Shipp.
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Iredell Jr. (1788-1853) — of Edenton, Chowan County, N.C. Born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., November 2, 1788. 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. Slaveowner. Died in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., April 13, 1853 (age 64 years, 162 days). Interment at Johnston Burial Ground, Edenton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Hannah (Johnston) Iredell and James Iredell; married 1815 to Frances Johnston Tredwell (daughter of Samuel Tredwell); father of Margaret Tredwell Iredell (who married William Marcus Shipp); nephew of Samuel Johnston.
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  Iredell County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) — also known as John A. Cameron — of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.; Florida. Born in Mecklenburg County, Va., 1788. Newspaper editor; member of North Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S. District Judge for Florida, 1832-38. Member, Freemasons. Perished in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina, in the North Atlantic Ocean, June 14, 1838 (age about 49 years). His remains were probably not recovered.
  Presumably named for: John Adams
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Cameron and Anne Owen (Nash) Cameron; brother of Thomas N. Cameron; married 1815 to Eliza Ann Adam; married 1818 to Catherine (McQueen) Halliday; father of Catherine LaFayette Cameron (who married William Marcus Shipp).
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas N. Cameron (1796-1851) — of Cumberland County, N.C. Born January 13, 1796. Member of North Carolina state senate from Cumberland County, 1844-47, 1850-51. Died June 21, 1851 (age 55 years, 159 days). Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
  Relatives: Brother of John Adams Cameron.
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Marcus Shipp (1819-1890) — also known as William M. Shipp — of Lincoln County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., November 9, 1819. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; North Carolina state attorney general, 1870-73; defeated, 1872; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1881-90. Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., June 29, 1890 (age 70 years, 232 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Bartlett Shipp and Susan (Forney) Shipp; married to Catherine Lafayette Cameron (daughter of John Adams Cameron); married, November 6, 1872, to Margaret Tredwell Iredell (daughter of James Iredell Jr.; granddaughter of James Iredell and Samuel Tredwell).
  Political family: Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family of North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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