Williams, Samuel Cole, 1864-1947

Samuel Cole Williams, judge, educator, and historian, was born 15 January 1864, in Gibson County, Tennessee, and died 14 December 1947, in Johnson City, Tennessee. He graduated from Vanderbilt University (1884), was appointed associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1913), was first dean of Emory University's Lamar School of Law (1920-1925), was chairman of the Tennessee Code Commission (1924- ), and was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure by the U.S. Supreme Court (1938). He was the author and editor of several books on Tennessee history.

Born in 1864 in Gobson County near Humboldt, Tenn., Williams graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tenn. in 1884. He served in the Tenn. court system from 1912-17. He died in Johnson City, Tenn. on December 14, 1947.

Served as the first dean of Emory University's law school, 1919-24.