Alfred MooreArticle Free Pass Alfred Moore, (born May 21, 1755,
New Hanover County, N.C., U.S.—died October 15, 1810, Bladen
County, N.C.), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
(1800–04). Moore’s father, Maurice Moore (1735–77), and uncle,
James Moore (1737–77), were both prominent in the early American
Revolutionary cause. Moore himself was admitted to the bar in
1775 but spent the next two years as a military officer in the
Revolution. He took part in the defense of Charlestown (later
Charleston), S.C., in 1776. Upon his return to North Carolina in
1777, he resumed management of his family’s plantation but
headed a local militia that harried the British. In 1782 he
entered politics, gaining prominence as attorney general of
North Carolina but resigning in 1791 after the legislature
forced him to divide his duties with the newly created office of
solicitor general. He served a term in the state legislature and
returned to private practice. His reputation continued to grow,
and he was elected a judge o