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John Sitgreaves
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina · 1790–1801
John Sitgreaves , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina. John Sitgreaves (1757 – March 4, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a United States Attorney for the District of North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina, the United States District Court for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of North Carolina and the United States District Court for the Albemarle…
Education
- Read law
- Eton College, England
Career
Private practice, New Bern, North Carolina; Continental Army lieutenant; Clerk, North Carolina State Senate, 1777-1779; Member, Board of Auditors for Public and Private Accounts, 1779; Commissioner for sale of confiscated properties, New Bern, North Carolina, 1780; Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1784, 1786-1788; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1784-1785; Member, North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. Constitution; U.S. attorney for the District of North Carolina, 1789-1790
Biography
John Sitgreaves (1757 – March 4, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a United States Attorney for the District of North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina, the United States District Court for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of North Carolina and the United States District Court for the Albemarle…
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