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Judges, Lawyers and Jury Members
By the act of the General Assembly of
1809, which established the circuit courts, a "supreme court of
errors and appeals" was also established. This was composed of
two judges in error and one circuit judge. By an act of the
General Assembly passed in 1821 while in session at
Murfreesboro, Columbia was designated as one of the places of
holding the Supreme Court.
The first session met in Columbia March
4, 1822; the judges presiding were John Haywood, Thomas Emmerson
and Robert Whyte.
The second term was held in September,
1822, at which were present John Haywood, Jacob Peck and. W. I.
Brown.
The next term was in September, 1823.
The judges present were Robert Whyte, W. L. Brown, John Haywood
and John Peck.
The next and last session opened
September 14, 1824. On June 22, 1826, the grand jury returned "a
true bill" for murder against J. R. Bennett.
Members of the Jury
Samuel H. Williams
William Allen
John O. Davidson
John Farney |
E. E. Davidson
William Kerr
William Pillow
Arthur M. Copeland |
William Voorhies
Thomas Gill
F. R. Houston
William Jennings |
A jury of good and lawful men found him
guilty as charged in the indictment. Judge Mack ordered that
"James Bennett be remanded to the county jail of Maury County
for safe keeping till Thursday, the 26th day of September, 1826,
on which day he shall be conveyed by the sheriff of Maury County
to a gallows erected on the common of Columbia, and then hung by
the neck until dead, and may the Lord have mercy on his soul."
This execution was strictly carried out.
Among the lawyers not specially
mentioned who were before the Columbia bar were
| Attorney-Generals
for district |
Gentlemen,
admitted in 1818 |
Alfred Balch
Allen Brown
Robert L. Cobb
James B. Craighead
Francis B Fogg
Robert C. Foster
Doud. Thomas |
Francis B. Fogg
J. Egnew
Madison Caruthers
R. H. Almire |
Judges of Maury County
J. W. Allen
Nathan Allen
Nathaniel Armstrong
J. M. Arnold
Nathaniel Baxter
J. L. Bullock
J. S. Bullock
N. H. Burt
Terry H. Cabal
J. T. L. Cochran
Walter Coleman
W. F. Cooper
J. H. Dew
John H. Dew
F. C. Dunnington
H. B. Estes
W. S. Flemming
M. S. Frierson
O. P. Frierson |
Samuel S. Frierson
J. H. Fussell
George Gantt
G. W. Gordon
W. B. Gordon
W. B Gordon
Russell Houston
Amos Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Joe E. Johnston
A. M. Looney
R. F. Looney
Barclay Martin
William P. Martin
L. D. Myers
W. D. Mitchell
A. O. P. Nicholson
H. T. Osborn
R. G. Payne |
James K. Polk
W. H. Polk
W. L. Pope
Robert Prince
W. S. Rainey
J. H. Rosborough
J. M. Sidberry
T. J. Sprinkle
W. J. Sykes
J. H. Thomas
W. V. Thompson
William Voorhies
J. K. Walker
Hillary Ward
J. B. White
N. R. Wilkes
W. C. Whitthorne
N. R. Wilkes |
Hon. John C. Walker was appointed
circuit judge in 1864 in this district, and held the position
till 1866, but no courts were held during that time.
The Last
Jury Summoned before
the War
J. Adkinson
William Adkinson
J. N. Alexander
J. L. Baird
J. J. Bingham
Richard Bleeker
W. D. Bryant
J. H. Coffey
W. L. Colquit
W. H. Davidson
A. W. Denham
D. R. Dortch |
A. S. Dyer
J. H. Frierson
S. Goodwin
Thomas Hardeman
Henry Hartin
J. H. Joyce
G. A. Kennedy
Simpson Leggett
G. W. C. Maxwell
E. P. Mays
D. McClanahan
A. E. Neeley |
Willis Nichols
J. L. Renfroe
William Roberts
L. Smith
Munford Smith
T. J. Smith
J. B. Stockam
C. A. Thompson
A. J. Turner
A. Williams
W. B. Wormley |
The First Court After the War
was opened by Hon Henry Cooper
Jurors were Summoned
M. G. Allen
J. P. Adkins
Thomas Baird
J. L Brown
Robertson Bryant
W. J. Cecil
P. C. Church
J. G. Dobbins
E. C. Frierson
J. M. Foster
C. H. Gray |
John Glenn
Benjamin Harrison
A. W. Hill
W. II. Holt
C. P. Jones
W. C. Kennedy
E. Kirby
H. C. Kirk
A. J. Lindsley
Daniel McKannon |
Duncan McKea
W. F. Moore
John Nicholson Sr.
W. C. Patton
J. G. Robinson
J. H. Russell
Samuel W. Scott
C. A. Tomlinson
J. R. Thomason
J. J. Williams |
AHGP Tennessee
Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886
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