Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1805-06-28

Death 1878-01-05

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, legislator, and member of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270773

Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer; legislator; Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878; noted teacher of law; unionist Whig; and, after the Civil War, Republican.

From the guide to the Richmond Mumford Pearson Papers, 1796-1877, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer, legislator, Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878, a noted teacher of law, a unionist Whig, and, after the Civil War, a Republican.

From the description of Richmond Mumford Pearson papers, 1796-1877 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23765268