The Johnstons
- Gabriel Johnston (1699–1752), Governor of North Carolina Colony 1734–1752. Brother of Samuel Johnston, Sr..
- Samuel Johnston, Sr., Surveyor-general of North Carolina Colony. Brother of Gabriel Johnston.
- Samuel Johnston (1733–1816), North Carolina Colony Assemblyman 1760–1775, member of the North Carolina Colony Committee of Correspondence 1773, North Carolina Colony Congressman 1774–1776, North Carolina State Senator 1779 1783–1784, Delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina 1780–1781, Governor of North Carolina 1787–1789, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1789–1793. Son of Samuel Johnston, Sr..
- James Iredell (1751–1799), Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1790–1799. Son-in-law of Samuel Johnston, Sr..
- James Iredell, Jr. (1788–1853), member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1813 1816–1828, North Carolina Superior Court Judge 1819, Governor of North Carolina 1827–1828, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1828–1831. Son of James Iredell.
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