James
Iredell
1751-1799
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After the outbreak of the Revolution, he helped organize
North Carolina's court system . . . Served as a judge in North Carolina (1777)
. . . Attorney General in North Carolina (1779-1781) . . . His strong support
of the Constitution helped procure its adoption by North Carolina . . . Associate
justice of the US Supreme Court (1790).
"I think the Christian religion is a Divine institution; and I pray to God that I may never forget the precepts of His religion or suffer the appearance of an inconsistency in my principles and practice." - The Papers of James Iredell, Don Higginbotham, editor (Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1976), Vol. I, p. 11.[12]