James Turner (North Carolina politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Governor of North Carolina
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1766
Place of Birth: Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jan-1824
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About James Turner (North Carolina politician)
- James Turner (December 20, 1766 – January 15, 1824) was the 12th Governor of the U.S.
- state of North Carolina from 1802 to 1805.
- He later served as a U.S.
- senator from 1805 to 1816. Turner was born in Southampton County in the Colony of Virginia; his family moved to the Province of North Carolina in 1770.
- Raised in a family of farmers, Turner served in the North Carolina volunteer militia during the American Revolutionary War in 1780.
- He served under Nathanael Greene alongside Nathaniel Macon, with whom he formed a lasting friendship and political alliance.
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