Clerk's Correspondence and other Records, 1918-2006

Mercer, James, 1736-1793

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James Mercer (February 26, 1736 – October 31, 1793), was an American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist, and politician. Born at his family's Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received a private education suitable as well as access to his father's library, if not the best, then one of the best in the area. Mercer traveled to Williamsburg for higher education under prominent lawyer George Wythe and others, and graduated from the College of Willi...

Turner, Howard G., 1910-1992,

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Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals

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The Supreme Court of Appeals was created by an act of the General Assembly passed during its May 1779 session. The new court's antecedent was the General Court, which after it was reestablished under the constitution of 1776, shared appellate jurisdiction while the supreme court was restricted to civil cases, but the state constitution adopted in 1851 abolished the General Court. The Supreme Court thus became the state's only court of final appeal both for civil and criminal cases. An act of the...

Virginia State Bar Association. Committee on Organization of the Bar.

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Campbell, Preston White, 1874-1946

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Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827

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St. George Tucker (1752-1827), was born in Bermuda and emigrated to Williamsburg, Virginia where he attended the College of William and Mary. He served in the Revolutionary War, as a judge of the General Court of Virginia, and as professor of law at the College of William and Mary. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Tucker was appointed to the federal district court for Virginia. He married, firstly, Frances Bland Randolph who was the mother of John Randolph of Roanoke. ...

Buchanan, Archibald Chapman, 1890-1979,

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Gordon, Thomas Christian, 1915-2003

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Burks, Martin P. (Martin Parks), 1851-1928

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Martin Parks Burks was the deputy sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia. From the guide to the Martin Parks Burks Papers, 1798-1866, (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Thompson, W. Carrington (William Carrington), 1915-2011

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Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Clerk.

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The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia was created by an act of the new General Assembly in 1779. Its jurisdiction was primarily appellate, and its members were elected by the legislature. The Constitution of 1870 required that annual sessions be held away from Richmond in the localities of Wytheville, Staunton, and Winchester. This mandate from the days of horse and buggy travel continued into the twentieth century, with sessions being held in Staunton as late as September, 1970....

Smales, W. W.

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Ozlin, Thomas W., 1884-1944

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Carrington, Wirt Johnton Turner, 1845-1928

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Smith, Charles Henry, 1842-1933

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Miller, Willis Dance, 1893-1960,

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Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011

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Harman, Alexander Marrs, 1921-1996

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Whittle, Stafford Gorman, 1849-1931.

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Martinsville, Va., lawyer and judge. From the description of Papers of Stafford Gorman Whittle [manuscript] 1873-1960. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936714 ...

Smith, W. Worth.

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Keenan, Barbara Milano, 1950-

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Barbara Milano Keenan (born March 1, 1950) is a United States Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia....

Agee, G. Steven (George Steven), 1952-

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Judicial Council of Virginia

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Kinser, Cynthia D. (Cynthia Diana Fannon), 1951-

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Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.

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Hunton, Eppa, 1855-1932

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An Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award was established at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977 by the Richmond, Virginia law firm of Hunton & Williams, in honor of Eppa Hunton IV (UVa. '27). From the description of Papers concerning Dumas Malone [manuscript], 1974-1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647914220 ...

Powell, Lewis F., 1907-1998

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Lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. From the description of U.S. Supreme Court case files 1972-1987 [part 2]. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 36499084 From the description of U.S. Supreme Court case files 1972-1987 [part 1]. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 36498714 Powell was an alumnus of Washington and Lee University, Class of 1929, Law class of 1931, and later a Trustee, and a Justice of the United States...

Butts, William Davis.

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Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary

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Leroy Rountree Hassell, Jr. (1955-2011) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia from 2003 to 2011. He was appointed to the court in 1989. Hassell was the first African American elected chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia delivers an annual state of the judiciary message each May at the Virginia Judiciary Conference. From the guide to the Chief Justice Leroy Hassell's Annual State of the...

Snead, Harold Fleming, 1903-1987

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Lucy, Allen L.

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Virginia. Supreme Court. History. 20th century.

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Peery, George C. (George Campbell), 1873-1952

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Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia on 28 October 1873. Graduate of Emory and Henry College (1894); Washington and Lee University law school (1897); member of U.S. House of Representatives (1923-1929); governor of Virginia (1934-1938). Died in Richlands, Virginia on 14 October 1952. Buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1899-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465170 ...

Moncure, William A., 1863-1947

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Keith, James, 1839-1918

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Sims, Frederick Wilmer, 1862-1925

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Smith, Alfred Charles, 1822-1898

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Virginia. Special Court of Appeals

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Russell, Charles Stevens, 1926-

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Crump, Beverly, b. 1854

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Archer, Margaret Scotford.

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Appeals Press (Richmond, Va.)

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Whittle, Kennon Caithness, 1891-1967,

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Compton, A. Christian (Asbury Christian), 1929-2006

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Virginia. Court of Appeals

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The Court of Appeals was established January 1, 1985 to handle mainly civil matters. Ten judges are elected for terms of eight years. No judge, while sitting on the Court, is permitted to practice law. From their rank, the judges will elect a chief judge who will serve a four-year term. The judges sit in panels of at least three judges each. Each panel shall hear the petitions for appeal and appeals granted in criminal cases and any other cases assigned to them. Appeals may be heard on any decis...

Harrington, Patricia Leas.

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Spratley, Claude Vernon, 1936-1967

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Taylor, George, fl. 1785-1810

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Poff, Richard H. (Richard Harding), 1923-2011

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U.S. Representative from Virginia's 6th District and Virginia Supreme Court justice. From the description of Papers of Richard Harding Poff, 1935-1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880493 From the description of Richard Harding Poff collection [manuscript], 1950-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999481 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he ...

Brown, John, 1830-1901

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Staples, Abram P. (Abram Penn), 1885-1951

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Virginia attorney-general and justice of the state court of appeals. From the description of Papers of Abram P. Staples, 1927-1971 (bulk 1927-1952). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135390 ...

Chinn, Joseph William, 1866-1936

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Thomas, John Charles

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Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000219 ...

Smith, Lemuel Franklin, 1890-1956,

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I'Anson, L. Warren (Lawrence Warren), 1907-1990

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Watts, Maury B., 1879-1952

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Browning, George Landon, 1867-1947

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Koontz, Lawrence Larkins, 1940-

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Holt, Henry Winston, 1864-1947

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Virginia State Bar Association. Committee on Portraits.

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Epes, Louis Spencer, 1882-1935

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Richmond Association of Attorneys' Wives (Richmond, Va.).

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Eggleston, John William, 1886-1976,

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Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995

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Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). Johns became blind in the late 1950's. He and his wife owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Virginia which had been the home of James Monroe and designed by Thomas Jefferson. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., a foundation dedicated to preserving the memo...

Nurnberger, Robert.

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Hassell, Leroy Rountree, 1955-2011

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Virginia. Art Commission

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Lacy, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Bermingham), 1945-

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Gregory, Herbert Bailey, 1884-1951

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Cochran, George Moffett, 1912-2011

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Lemons, Donald W., 1949-

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Chichester, R. H. L. (Richard Henry Lee), 1870-1930

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Beach, David Bernard.

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Whiting, Henry Hudson, 1923-

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Fox, Leo

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Hade, Karl Robert.

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Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818.

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Hudgins, Edward Wren, 1882-1958.

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Edward Wren Hudgins was born in Buckingham County, Virginia on 17 January 1882. He received his B.A. (1905) and LL. B (1908) from Richmond College (now the University of Richmond). He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1916-1920), judge, 34th Judicial Circuit, Virginia (1926-1930), justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1930-1947), and chief justice (1947-1958). He died at his home in Chase City, Virginia on 29 July 1958. From the description of Papers, 1899-195...

Carrico, Harry Lee, 1916-

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