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Oral history interviews were conducted by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History, Norfolk State University, for the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives. Interviews were conducted with the following: retired Court of Appeals Judge James W. Benton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; retired Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray, at the office of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth; retired Court of Appeals Judge Johanna L. Fitzpatrick, at her home in Alexandria; Senior Judge James W. Haley, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Senior Judge Samuel W. Coleman, at the Supreme Building in Richmond; and Chief Judge Salter S. Felton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Judge Robert P. Frank, at his chambers in Newport News; Judge William H. Hodges, at his residence in Norfolk; and Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond. 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It provides appellate review of final decisions of the circuit courts in domestic relations matters, appeals from decisions of an administrative agency, traffic infractions and\ncriminal cases, except where a sentence of death has been imposed. It also hears appeals of final decisions\nof the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Except in those cases where the decision of\nthe Court of Appeals is final, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeals may petition the Supreme Court for an appeal.\nThe Court of Appeals consists of eleven judges. The court sits in panels of at least three judges, and the membership of the panels is rotated. The court sits at such locations as the chief judge designates, so as to provide convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth.","James W. Benton, Jr. (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1985 and retired in 2007. A native of Norfolk, Benton attended public schools there and participated in civil rights demonstrations while he was in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Temple University in Boston and a law degree from the University of Virginia.  He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Richmond and was a partner at the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker Marsh.","Robert S. Bray (b. 1946) was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1991 by Governor Gerald Baliles and retired in 2002. A native of Portsmouth, Bray attended public schools there. He earned an undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He was in private practice in Chesapeake for fifteen years before he was elected circuit court judge in Chesapeake in 1989. After retiring from the court in 2002 he served as president of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth.","Samuel W. Coleman (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1985-2001. He has served as a senior (retired) judge from 2001-2010 and 2013 to the present. Coleman was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and grew up in Gate City, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Gate City until he was elected circuit cour judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties). In 1985, Coleman was elected to the first Court of Appeals of Virginia.","Walter S. Felton, Jr., (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 2002 and retired in 2014. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2014. A native of Suffolk, Felton attended public schools there and college and law school at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Suffolk, taught law at the College of William and Mary, and worked in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Governor James S. Gilmore before he was appointed to the court in 2002.","Johanna L. Fitzpatrick (b. 1946) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1992 to 2006. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she attended Tufts University in Boston and earned a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.  She began working for Fairfax Legal Aid Society in 1974.  In 1980, she was elected Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in Fairfax County, making her the second woman elected judge in Virginia.  In 1982, Fitzpatrick was elected circuit court judge in Fairfax County.","Robert P. Frank (b. 1944) served on the Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2014, when to took senior status. He was born and reared in Newport News. Frank earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He pratice law in Newport news with his brother from 1968 to 1986, when he was elected judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit in Newport News.","James W. Haley, Jr. (b. 1942) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2005 to 2012, when he took senior status. He was born in Washington, DC and reared in Arlington. Haley attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice John W. Eggleston in 1967 and 1968, then worked as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Arlington County. He practiced law in Fredericksburg County and was County Attorney in King George County. In 1985, he was elected general district judge in the 15 judicial circuit, and in 1989 circuit court judge in the same circuit. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2005."," William H. Hodges (b. 1929) served on the Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1989. He was a state delegate from 1962 to 1966 and state senator from 1966 to 1966 to 1972, when he was elected circuit court judge. He practiced law in Norfolk and Chesapeake from 1960 to 1972.  He continued to served as a substitute judge after he retired in 1989.","Rosemarie Annunziata (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1995 to 2005, and as a senior judge on the court from 2005 to 2015. She was a circuit court judge in Fairfax County from 1989 to 1995.","The Supreme Court of Virginia Historical Commission was established in 2006 to preserve and promote the history of the court.  Oral history interviews of retired Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, other individuals associated with the court, and civil rights attorneys were begun in 2007.  The project is ongoing.","In the interview of James W. Benton, Jr., conducted March 12, 2009 (2 hours, 12 minutes; transcript available), Benton discusses growing up in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk Va., attending segregated schools, participating in sit-in protests to desegregate public facilities, and being among the first African Americans to attend a formerly white high school in Norfolk.  He talks about attending Temple University in Philadelphia, graduate school in Northwestern University in Chicago, and law school at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s and the experience of being one of the first African Americans to attend the law school. He relates his experiences working as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at the Richmond law firm Hill, Tucker, Marsh in Richmond; his work on the Norfolk school desegregation court cases, and his work on business cases and housing discrimination cases in the 1970s and 1980s. Benton also talks about the circumstances leading to his appointment on the Court of Appeals of Virginia when it was established in 1985, the work of establishing the court, his approach to his role as a judge, his thoughts about writing dissenting opinions, and his views on constitutional rights and criminal cases.","In the interview of Robert S. Bray, conducted August 6, 2018, at the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth (1 hour, 46 minutes; transcript available), Judge Bray talks about growing up in Portsmouth and particularly the influences of his father, a pharmacist who owned several drugs stores in the community, and Lawrence W. I'Anson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. I'Anson was a neighbor and family friend and mentored Bray from a young age. He discusses his experiences as an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake, a circuit court judge, and as a judge on the Court of Appeals. He also reflects on his experience as president of the Beazley Foundation, where he succeeded retired Chief Justice I'Anson as president in 2002.","In the interview of Samuel W. Coleman, conducted December 16, 2013, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond (2 hours, 27 minutes; transcript available), Judge Coleman talks about his family's roots in Scott County and growing up in Gate City, his education, practice law in Gate City, and serving as a circuit court judge. He also discusses making the transition to an appellate court judge and his experiences serving as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.   \n","In the interview of James S. Felton, Jr., conducted November 7, 2014 (1 hour, 40 minutes; transcript available), Felton discusses growing up in Suffolk, attending public schools there, attending college and law school at the University of Richmond, and his career as an attorney, professor of law at William and Mary, an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, and as a judge and chief judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\n","In the interview of Robert P. Frank, conducted December 19, 2014, at his chambers in Newport News (1 hours, 26 minutes; transcript available), Frank discusses his childhood in Newport News, his family's roots in Europe and immigration to Baltimore and Newport News; his family's connections to the Jewish community in Newport News, playing sports, attending public schools in Newport News and the University of Virginia. He talks about his career, first as a lawyer in private practice with his brother; and as a judicial and domestic relations judge, a circuit court judge, and a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","In the interview of Johanna Levenson Fitzpatrick, conducted July 13, 2009 (2 hours; transcript available), Judge Fitzpatrick talks about her early life and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father owned a department store; her education at Tufts University in Boston and Catholic University Law School in Washington, D.C., working as a legal-aid lawyer and on revisions to the code on neglect and abuse of children; and her work as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and a circuit court judge in Fairfax County. She talks about breaking down gender barriers as a judge in Virginia, and her appointment to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1992; choosing and mentoring law clerks, the process of writing opinions, differences between working as a trial judge and an appellate judge, her decision to retire in 2006, and her subsequent career as a mediator.    \n","In the interview of James W. Haley, Jr., conducted September 11, 2013 (1 hour, 45 minutes, 24 seconds; transcript available), Judge Haley talks about growing up in Arlington, Virginia, and the influence of his parents (his father was a lawyer and worked as a lobbyist for coal companies; his mother was an attorney for the Treasury Department before Haley was born) and teachers at St. Stephen's Episcopal School for Boys, Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia. He reflects on the experience of clerking for Chief Justice Eggleston and working for Commonwealth's Attorney William Hassan and a county attorney in King George County, and his experiences in private practice and as a district, circuit, and appellate judge on the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of William H. Hodges, conducted March 6, 2015, at his residence in Norfolk, Hodges talks about growing up in rural Norfolk County, where his father farmed and worked as a police officer; attending Randolph Macon Military Academy in Winchester and Randolph Macon College in Ashland, and law school at Washington and Lee; praticing law in Norfolk and Chesapeake, serving in the House of Delegates and Senate, and a circuit court judge, and the experience of being one of the founding members of the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of Rosemarie Annunziata, conducted November 18, 2015, Judge Annunziata talks about growing up a first-generation American in Newark and Irvington, New Jersery, her family's roots in the Puglia region of Italy; her education, including French studies at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and Yale University; working at the  Montgomery Advertiser   newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1963 to 1966; her work on the Fairfax County, Va., Planning Commission and other community work, attending law school after having a family, practicing law in Fairfax County, and her career as a circuit court and appellate judge.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n","Oral history interviews, 2009-2018, of judges who have served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Oral history interviews were conducted by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History, Norfolk State University, for the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives. Interviews were conducted with the following: retired Court of Appeals Judge James W. Benton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; retired Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray, at the office of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth; retired Court of Appeals Judge Johanna L. Fitzpatrick, at her home in Alexandria; Senior Judge James W. Haley, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Senior Judge Samuel W. Coleman, at the Supreme Building in Richmond; and Chief Judge Salter S. Felton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Judge Robert P. Frank, at his chambers in Newport News; Judge William H. Hodges, at his residence in Norfolk; and Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond. 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The court sits at such locations as the chief judge designates, so as to provide convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth.","James W. Benton, Jr. (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1985 and retired in 2007. A native of Norfolk, Benton attended public schools there and participated in civil rights demonstrations while he was in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Temple University in Boston and a law degree from the University of Virginia.  He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Richmond and was a partner at the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker Marsh.","Robert S. Bray (b. 1946) was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1991 by Governor Gerald Baliles and retired in 2002. A native of Portsmouth, Bray attended public schools there. He earned an undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He was in private practice in Chesapeake for fifteen years before he was elected circuit court judge in Chesapeake in 1989. After retiring from the court in 2002 he served as president of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth.","Samuel W. Coleman (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1985-2001. He has served as a senior (retired) judge from 2001-2010 and 2013 to the present. Coleman was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and grew up in Gate City, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Gate City until he was elected circuit cour judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties). In 1985, Coleman was elected to the first Court of Appeals of Virginia.","Walter S. Felton, Jr., (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 2002 and retired in 2014. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2014. A native of Suffolk, Felton attended public schools there and college and law school at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Suffolk, taught law at the College of William and Mary, and worked in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Governor James S. Gilmore before he was appointed to the court in 2002.","Johanna L. Fitzpatrick (b. 1946) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1992 to 2006. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she attended Tufts University in Boston and earned a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.  She began working for Fairfax Legal Aid Society in 1974.  In 1980, she was elected Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in Fairfax County, making her the second woman elected judge in Virginia.  In 1982, Fitzpatrick was elected circuit court judge in Fairfax County.","Robert P. Frank (b. 1944) served on the Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2014, when to took senior status. He was born and reared in Newport News. 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Benton, Jr., conducted March 12, 2009 (2 hours, 12 minutes; transcript available), Benton discusses growing up in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk Va., attending segregated schools, participating in sit-in protests to desegregate public facilities, and being among the first African Americans to attend a formerly white high school in Norfolk.  He talks about attending Temple University in Philadelphia, graduate school in Northwestern University in Chicago, and law school at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s and the experience of being one of the first African Americans to attend the law school. He relates his experiences working as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at the Richmond law firm Hill, Tucker, Marsh in Richmond; his work on the Norfolk school desegregation court cases, and his work on business cases and housing discrimination cases in the 1970s and 1980s. 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Felton, Jr., conducted November 7, 2014 (1 hour, 40 minutes; transcript available), Felton discusses growing up in Suffolk, attending public schools there, attending college and law school at the University of Richmond, and his career as an attorney, professor of law at William and Mary, an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, and as a judge and chief judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\n","In the interview of Robert P. Frank, conducted December 19, 2014, at his chambers in Newport News (1 hours, 26 minutes; transcript available), Frank discusses his childhood in Newport News, his family's roots in Europe and immigration to Baltimore and Newport News; his family's connections to the Jewish community in Newport News, playing sports, attending public schools in Newport News and the University of Virginia. He talks about his career, first as a lawyer in private practice with his brother; and as a judicial and domestic relations judge, a circuit court judge, and a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","In the interview of Johanna Levenson Fitzpatrick, conducted July 13, 2009 (2 hours; transcript available), Judge Fitzpatrick talks about her early life and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father owned a department store; her education at Tufts University in Boston and Catholic University Law School in Washington, D.C., working as a legal-aid lawyer and on revisions to the code on neglect and abuse of children; and her work as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and a circuit court judge in Fairfax County. She talks about breaking down gender barriers as a judge in Virginia, and her appointment to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1992; choosing and mentoring law clerks, the process of writing opinions, differences between working as a trial judge and an appellate judge, her decision to retire in 2006, and her subsequent career as a mediator.    \n","In the interview of James W. Haley, Jr., conducted September 11, 2013 (1 hour, 45 minutes, 24 seconds; transcript available), Judge Haley talks about growing up in Arlington, Virginia, and the influence of his parents (his father was a lawyer and worked as a lobbyist for coal companies; his mother was an attorney for the Treasury Department before Haley was born) and teachers at St. Stephen's Episcopal School for Boys, Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia. He reflects on the experience of clerking for Chief Justice Eggleston and working for Commonwealth's Attorney William Hassan and a county attorney in King George County, and his experiences in private practice and as a district, circuit, and appellate judge on the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of William H. Hodges, conducted March 6, 2015, at his residence in Norfolk, Hodges talks about growing up in rural Norfolk County, where his father farmed and worked as a police officer; attending Randolph Macon Military Academy in Winchester and Randolph Macon College in Ashland, and law school at Washington and Lee; praticing law in Norfolk and Chesapeake, serving in the House of Delegates and Senate, and a circuit court judge, and the experience of being one of the founding members of the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of Rosemarie Annunziata, conducted November 18, 2015, Judge Annunziata talks about growing up a first-generation American in Newark and Irvington, New Jersery, her family's roots in the Puglia region of Italy; her education, including French studies at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and Yale University; working at the  Montgomery Advertiser   newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1963 to 1966; her work on the Fairfax County, Va., Planning Commission and other community work, attending law school after having a family, practicing law in Fairfax County, and her career as a circuit court and appellate judge."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eOral history interviews, 2009-2018, of judges who have served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Oral history interviews were conducted by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History, Norfolk State University, for the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives. Interviews were conducted with the following: retired Court of Appeals Judge James W. Benton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; retired Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray, at the office of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth; retired Court of Appeals Judge Johanna L. Fitzpatrick, at her home in Alexandria; Senior Judge James W. Haley, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Senior Judge Samuel W. Coleman, at the Supreme Building in Richmond; and Chief Judge Salter S. Felton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Judge Robert P. Frank, at his chambers in Newport News; Judge William H. Hodges, at his residence in Norfolk; and Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond. 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It provides appellate review of final decisions of the circuit courts in domestic relations matters, appeals from decisions of an administrative agency, traffic infractions and\ncriminal cases, except where a sentence of death has been imposed. It also hears appeals of final decisions\nof the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Except in those cases where the decision of\nthe Court of Appeals is final, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeals may petition the Supreme Court for an appeal.\nThe Court of Appeals consists of eleven judges. The court sits in panels of at least three judges, and the membership of the panels is rotated. The court sits at such locations as the chief judge designates, so as to provide convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth.","James W. Benton, Jr. (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1985 and retired in 2007. A native of Norfolk, Benton attended public schools there and participated in civil rights demonstrations while he was in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Temple University in Boston and a law degree from the University of Virginia.  He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Richmond and was a partner at the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker Marsh.","Robert S. Bray (b. 1946) was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1991 by Governor Gerald Baliles and retired in 2002. A native of Portsmouth, Bray attended public schools there. He earned an undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He was in private practice in Chesapeake for fifteen years before he was elected circuit court judge in Chesapeake in 1989. After retiring from the court in 2002 he served as president of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth.","Samuel W. Coleman (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1985-2001. He has served as a senior (retired) judge from 2001-2010 and 2013 to the present. Coleman was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and grew up in Gate City, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Gate City until he was elected circuit cour judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties). In 1985, Coleman was elected to the first Court of Appeals of Virginia.","Walter S. Felton, Jr., (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 2002 and retired in 2014. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2014. A native of Suffolk, Felton attended public schools there and college and law school at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Suffolk, taught law at the College of William and Mary, and worked in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Governor James S. Gilmore before he was appointed to the court in 2002.","Johanna L. Fitzpatrick (b. 1946) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1992 to 2006. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she attended Tufts University in Boston and earned a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.  She began working for Fairfax Legal Aid Society in 1974.  In 1980, she was elected Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in Fairfax County, making her the second woman elected judge in Virginia.  In 1982, Fitzpatrick was elected circuit court judge in Fairfax County.","Robert P. Frank (b. 1944) served on the Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2014, when to took senior status. He was born and reared in Newport News. Frank earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He pratice law in Newport news with his brother from 1968 to 1986, when he was elected judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit in Newport News.","James W. Haley, Jr. (b. 1942) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2005 to 2012, when he took senior status. He was born in Washington, DC and reared in Arlington. Haley attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice John W. Eggleston in 1967 and 1968, then worked as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Arlington County. He practiced law in Fredericksburg County and was County Attorney in King George County. In 1985, he was elected general district judge in the 15 judicial circuit, and in 1989 circuit court judge in the same circuit. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2005."," William H. Hodges (b. 1929) served on the Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1989. He was a state delegate from 1962 to 1966 and state senator from 1966 to 1966 to 1972, when he was elected circuit court judge. He practiced law in Norfolk and Chesapeake from 1960 to 1972.  He continued to served as a substitute judge after he retired in 1989.","Rosemarie Annunziata (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1995 to 2005, and as a senior judge on the court from 2005 to 2015. She was a circuit court judge in Fairfax County from 1989 to 1995.","The Supreme Court of Virginia Historical Commission was established in 2006 to preserve and promote the history of the court.  Oral history interviews of retired Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, other individuals associated with the court, and civil rights attorneys were begun in 2007.  The project is ongoing.","In the interview of James W. Benton, Jr., conducted March 12, 2009 (2 hours, 12 minutes; transcript available), Benton discusses growing up in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk Va., attending segregated schools, participating in sit-in protests to desegregate public facilities, and being among the first African Americans to attend a formerly white high school in Norfolk.  He talks about attending Temple University in Philadelphia, graduate school in Northwestern University in Chicago, and law school at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s and the experience of being one of the first African Americans to attend the law school. He relates his experiences working as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at the Richmond law firm Hill, Tucker, Marsh in Richmond; his work on the Norfolk school desegregation court cases, and his work on business cases and housing discrimination cases in the 1970s and 1980s. Benton also talks about the circumstances leading to his appointment on the Court of Appeals of Virginia when it was established in 1985, the work of establishing the court, his approach to his role as a judge, his thoughts about writing dissenting opinions, and his views on constitutional rights and criminal cases.","In the interview of Robert S. Bray, conducted August 6, 2018, at the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth (1 hour, 46 minutes; transcript available), Judge Bray talks about growing up in Portsmouth and particularly the influences of his father, a pharmacist who owned several drugs stores in the community, and Lawrence W. I'Anson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. I'Anson was a neighbor and family friend and mentored Bray from a young age. He discusses his experiences as an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake, a circuit court judge, and as a judge on the Court of Appeals. He also reflects on his experience as president of the Beazley Foundation, where he succeeded retired Chief Justice I'Anson as president in 2002.","In the interview of Samuel W. Coleman, conducted December 16, 2013, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond (2 hours, 27 minutes; transcript available), Judge Coleman talks about his family's roots in Scott County and growing up in Gate City, his education, practice law in Gate City, and serving as a circuit court judge. He also discusses making the transition to an appellate court judge and his experiences serving as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.   \n","In the interview of James S. Felton, Jr., conducted November 7, 2014 (1 hour, 40 minutes; transcript available), Felton discusses growing up in Suffolk, attending public schools there, attending college and law school at the University of Richmond, and his career as an attorney, professor of law at William and Mary, an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, and as a judge and chief judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\n","In the interview of Robert P. Frank, conducted December 19, 2014, at his chambers in Newport News (1 hours, 26 minutes; transcript available), Frank discusses his childhood in Newport News, his family's roots in Europe and immigration to Baltimore and Newport News; his family's connections to the Jewish community in Newport News, playing sports, attending public schools in Newport News and the University of Virginia. He talks about his career, first as a lawyer in private practice with his brother; and as a judicial and domestic relations judge, a circuit court judge, and a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","In the interview of Johanna Levenson Fitzpatrick, conducted July 13, 2009 (2 hours; transcript available), Judge Fitzpatrick talks about her early life and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father owned a department store; her education at Tufts University in Boston and Catholic University Law School in Washington, D.C., working as a legal-aid lawyer and on revisions to the code on neglect and abuse of children; and her work as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and a circuit court judge in Fairfax County. She talks about breaking down gender barriers as a judge in Virginia, and her appointment to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1992; choosing and mentoring law clerks, the process of writing opinions, differences between working as a trial judge and an appellate judge, her decision to retire in 2006, and her subsequent career as a mediator.    \n","In the interview of James W. Haley, Jr., conducted September 11, 2013 (1 hour, 45 minutes, 24 seconds; transcript available), Judge Haley talks about growing up in Arlington, Virginia, and the influence of his parents (his father was a lawyer and worked as a lobbyist for coal companies; his mother was an attorney for the Treasury Department before Haley was born) and teachers at St. Stephen's Episcopal School for Boys, Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia. He reflects on the experience of clerking for Chief Justice Eggleston and working for Commonwealth's Attorney William Hassan and a county attorney in King George County, and his experiences in private practice and as a district, circuit, and appellate judge on the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of William H. Hodges, conducted March 6, 2015, at his residence in Norfolk, Hodges talks about growing up in rural Norfolk County, where his father farmed and worked as a police officer; attending Randolph Macon Military Academy in Winchester and Randolph Macon College in Ashland, and law school at Washington and Lee; praticing law in Norfolk and Chesapeake, serving in the House of Delegates and Senate, and a circuit court judge, and the experience of being one of the founding members of the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of Rosemarie Annunziata, conducted November 18, 2015, Judge Annunziata talks about growing up a first-generation American in Newark and Irvington, New Jersery, her family's roots in the Puglia region of Italy; her education, including French studies at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and Yale University; working at the  Montgomery Advertiser   newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1963 to 1966; her work on the Fairfax County, Va., Planning Commission and other community work, attending law school after having a family, practicing law in Fairfax County, and her career as a circuit court and appellate judge.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n","Oral history interviews, 2009-2018, of judges who have served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. 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It provides appellate review of final decisions of the circuit courts in domestic relations matters, appeals from decisions of an administrative agency, traffic infractions and\ncriminal cases, except where a sentence of death has been imposed. It also hears appeals of final decisions\nof the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Except in those cases where the decision of\nthe Court of Appeals is final, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeals may petition the Supreme Court for an appeal.\nThe Court of Appeals consists of eleven judges. The court sits in panels of at least three judges, and the membership of the panels is rotated. The court sits at such locations as the chief judge designates, so as to provide convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames W. Benton, Jr. (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1985 and retired in 2007. A native of Norfolk, Benton attended public schools there and participated in civil rights demonstrations while he was in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Temple University in Boston and a law degree from the University of Virginia.  He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Richmond and was a partner at the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker Marsh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Bray (b. 1946) was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1991 by Governor Gerald Baliles and retired in 2002. A native of Portsmouth, Bray attended public schools there. He earned an undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He was in private practice in Chesapeake for fifteen years before he was elected circuit court judge in Chesapeake in 1989. After retiring from the court in 2002 he served as president of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel W. Coleman (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1985-2001. He has served as a senior (retired) judge from 2001-2010 and 2013 to the present. Coleman was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and grew up in Gate City, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Gate City until he was elected circuit cour judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties). In 1985, Coleman was elected to the first Court of Appeals of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter S. Felton, Jr., (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 2002 and retired in 2014. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2014. A native of Suffolk, Felton attended public schools there and college and law school at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Suffolk, taught law at the College of William and Mary, and worked in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Governor James S. Gilmore before he was appointed to the court in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohanna L. Fitzpatrick (b. 1946) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1992 to 2006. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she attended Tufts University in Boston and earned a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.  She began working for Fairfax Legal Aid Society in 1974.  In 1980, she was elected Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in Fairfax County, making her the second woman elected judge in Virginia.  In 1982, Fitzpatrick was elected circuit court judge in Fairfax County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. Frank (b. 1944) served on the Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2014, when to took senior status. He was born and reared in Newport News. Frank earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He pratice law in Newport news with his brother from 1968 to 1986, when he was elected judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit in Newport News.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames W. Haley, Jr. (b. 1942) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2005 to 2012, when he took senior status. He was born in Washington, DC and reared in Arlington. Haley attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice John W. Eggleston in 1967 and 1968, then worked as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Arlington County. He practiced law in Fredericksburg County and was County Attorney in King George County. In 1985, he was elected general district judge in the 15 judicial circuit, and in 1989 circuit court judge in the same circuit. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e William H. Hodges (b. 1929) served on the Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1989. He was a state delegate from 1962 to 1966 and state senator from 1966 to 1966 to 1972, when he was elected circuit court judge. He practiced law in Norfolk and Chesapeake from 1960 to 1972.  He continued to served as a substitute judge after he retired in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosemarie Annunziata (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1995 to 2005, and as a senior judge on the court from 2005 to 2015. She was a circuit court judge in Fairfax County from 1989 to 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Supreme Court of Virginia Historical Commission was established in 2006 to preserve and promote the history of the court.  Oral history interviews of retired Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, other individuals associated with the court, and civil rights attorneys were begun in 2007.  The project is ongoing.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Court of Appeals of Virginia was established January 1, 1985. It provides appellate review of final decisions of the circuit courts in domestic relations matters, appeals from decisions of an administrative agency, traffic infractions and\ncriminal cases, except where a sentence of death has been imposed. It also hears appeals of final decisions\nof the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Except in those cases where the decision of\nthe Court of Appeals is final, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeals may petition the Supreme Court for an appeal.\nThe Court of Appeals consists of eleven judges. The court sits in panels of at least three judges, and the membership of the panels is rotated. The court sits at such locations as the chief judge designates, so as to provide convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth.","James W. Benton, Jr. (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1985 and retired in 2007. A native of Norfolk, Benton attended public schools there and participated in civil rights demonstrations while he was in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Temple University in Boston and a law degree from the University of Virginia.  He worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Richmond and was a partner at the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker Marsh.","Robert S. Bray (b. 1946) was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1991 by Governor Gerald Baliles and retired in 2002. A native of Portsmouth, Bray attended public schools there. He earned an undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He was in private practice in Chesapeake for fifteen years before he was elected circuit court judge in Chesapeake in 1989. After retiring from the court in 2002 he served as president of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth.","Samuel W. Coleman (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1985-2001. He has served as a senior (retired) judge from 2001-2010 and 2013 to the present. Coleman was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and grew up in Gate City, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Gate City until he was elected circuit cour judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Lee, Scott, and Wise Counties). In 1985, Coleman was elected to the first Court of Appeals of Virginia.","Walter S. Felton, Jr., (b. 1944) was appointed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 2002 and retired in 2014. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2014. A native of Suffolk, Felton attended public schools there and college and law school at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Suffolk, taught law at the College of William and Mary, and worked in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Governor James S. Gilmore before he was appointed to the court in 2002.","Johanna L. Fitzpatrick (b. 1946) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1992 to 2006. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she attended Tufts University in Boston and earned a law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.  She began working for Fairfax Legal Aid Society in 1974.  In 1980, she was elected Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge in Fairfax County, making her the second woman elected judge in Virginia.  In 1982, Fitzpatrick was elected circuit court judge in Fairfax County.","Robert P. Frank (b. 1944) served on the Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2014, when to took senior status. He was born and reared in Newport News. Frank earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He pratice law in Newport news with his brother from 1968 to 1986, when he was elected judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit in Newport News.","James W. Haley, Jr. (b. 1942) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2005 to 2012, when he took senior status. He was born in Washington, DC and reared in Arlington. Haley attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice John W. Eggleston in 1967 and 1968, then worked as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Arlington County. He practiced law in Fredericksburg County and was County Attorney in King George County. In 1985, he was elected general district judge in the 15 judicial circuit, and in 1989 circuit court judge in the same circuit. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2005."," William H. Hodges (b. 1929) served on the Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1989. He was a state delegate from 1962 to 1966 and state senator from 1966 to 1966 to 1972, when he was elected circuit court judge. He practiced law in Norfolk and Chesapeake from 1960 to 1972.  He continued to served as a substitute judge after he retired in 1989.","Rosemarie Annunziata (b. 1940) served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1995 to 2005, and as a senior judge on the court from 2005 to 2015. She was a circuit court judge in Fairfax County from 1989 to 1995.","The Supreme Court of Virginia Historical Commission was established in 2006 to preserve and promote the history of the court.  Oral history interviews of retired Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, other individuals associated with the court, and civil rights attorneys were begun in 2007.  The project is ongoing."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCourt of Appeals of Virginia Oral History Interviews, 2009-2015, Accession numbers 00020372, 00020373, 00022067, 00033074, 00032456, 00036013, 00036014, 00037938, and 00043198, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Court of Appeals of Virginia Oral History Interviews, 2009-2015, Accession numbers 00020372, 00020373, 00022067, 00033074, 00032456, 00036013, 00036014, 00037938, and 00043198, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of James W. Benton, Jr., conducted March 12, 2009 (2 hours, 12 minutes; transcript available), Benton discusses growing up in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk Va., attending segregated schools, participating in sit-in protests to desegregate public facilities, and being among the first African Americans to attend a formerly white high school in Norfolk.  He talks about attending Temple University in Philadelphia, graduate school in Northwestern University in Chicago, and law school at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s and the experience of being one of the first African Americans to attend the law school. He relates his experiences working as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at the Richmond law firm Hill, Tucker, Marsh in Richmond; his work on the Norfolk school desegregation court cases, and his work on business cases and housing discrimination cases in the 1970s and 1980s. Benton also talks about the circumstances leading to his appointment on the Court of Appeals of Virginia when it was established in 1985, the work of establishing the court, his approach to his role as a judge, his thoughts about writing dissenting opinions, and his views on constitutional rights and criminal cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of Robert S. Bray, conducted August 6, 2018, at the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth (1 hour, 46 minutes; transcript available), Judge Bray talks about growing up in Portsmouth and particularly the influences of his father, a pharmacist who owned several drugs stores in the community, and Lawrence W. I'Anson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. I'Anson was a neighbor and family friend and mentored Bray from a young age. He discusses his experiences as an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake, a circuit court judge, and as a judge on the Court of Appeals. He also reflects on his experience as president of the Beazley Foundation, where he succeeded retired Chief Justice I'Anson as president in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of Samuel W. Coleman, conducted December 16, 2013, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond (2 hours, 27 minutes; transcript available), Judge Coleman talks about his family's roots in Scott County and growing up in Gate City, his education, practice law in Gate City, and serving as a circuit court judge. He also discusses making the transition to an appellate court judge and his experiences serving as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of James S. Felton, Jr., conducted November 7, 2014 (1 hour, 40 minutes; transcript available), Felton discusses growing up in Suffolk, attending public schools there, attending college and law school at the University of Richmond, and his career as an attorney, professor of law at William and Mary, an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, and as a judge and chief judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of Robert P. Frank, conducted December 19, 2014, at his chambers in Newport News (1 hours, 26 minutes; transcript available), Frank discusses his childhood in Newport News, his family's roots in Europe and immigration to Baltimore and Newport News; his family's connections to the Jewish community in Newport News, playing sports, attending public schools in Newport News and the University of Virginia. He talks about his career, first as a lawyer in private practice with his brother; and as a judicial and domestic relations judge, a circuit court judge, and a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of Johanna Levenson Fitzpatrick, conducted July 13, 2009 (2 hours; transcript available), Judge Fitzpatrick talks about her early life and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father owned a department store; her education at Tufts University in Boston and Catholic University Law School in Washington, D.C., working as a legal-aid lawyer and on revisions to the code on neglect and abuse of children; and her work as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and a circuit court judge in Fairfax County. She talks about breaking down gender barriers as a judge in Virginia, and her appointment to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1992; choosing and mentoring law clerks, the process of writing opinions, differences between working as a trial judge and an appellate judge, her decision to retire in 2006, and her subsequent career as a mediator.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of James W. Haley, Jr., conducted September 11, 2013 (1 hour, 45 minutes, 24 seconds; transcript available), Judge Haley talks about growing up in Arlington, Virginia, and the influence of his parents (his father was a lawyer and worked as a lobbyist for coal companies; his mother was an attorney for the Treasury Department before Haley was born) and teachers at St. Stephen's Episcopal School for Boys, Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia. He reflects on the experience of clerking for Chief Justice Eggleston and working for Commonwealth's Attorney William Hassan and a county attorney in King George County, and his experiences in private practice and as a district, circuit, and appellate judge on the Court of Appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of William H. Hodges, conducted March 6, 2015, at his residence in Norfolk, Hodges talks about growing up in rural Norfolk County, where his father farmed and worked as a police officer; attending Randolph Macon Military Academy in Winchester and Randolph Macon College in Ashland, and law school at Washington and Lee; praticing law in Norfolk and Chesapeake, serving in the House of Delegates and Senate, and a circuit court judge, and the experience of being one of the founding members of the Court of Appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the interview of Rosemarie Annunziata, conducted November 18, 2015, Judge Annunziata talks about growing up a first-generation American in Newark and Irvington, New Jersery, her family's roots in the Puglia region of Italy; her education, including French studies at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and Yale University; working at the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMontgomery Advertiser \u003c/title\u003e newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1963 to 1966; her work on the Fairfax County, Va., Planning Commission and other community work, attending law school after having a family, practicing law in Fairfax County, and her career as a circuit court and appellate judge.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["In the interview of James W. Benton, Jr., conducted March 12, 2009 (2 hours, 12 minutes; transcript available), Benton discusses growing up in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk Va., attending segregated schools, participating in sit-in protests to desegregate public facilities, and being among the first African Americans to attend a formerly white high school in Norfolk.  He talks about attending Temple University in Philadelphia, graduate school in Northwestern University in Chicago, and law school at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s and the experience of being one of the first African Americans to attend the law school. He relates his experiences working as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at the Richmond law firm Hill, Tucker, Marsh in Richmond; his work on the Norfolk school desegregation court cases, and his work on business cases and housing discrimination cases in the 1970s and 1980s. Benton also talks about the circumstances leading to his appointment on the Court of Appeals of Virginia when it was established in 1985, the work of establishing the court, his approach to his role as a judge, his thoughts about writing dissenting opinions, and his views on constitutional rights and criminal cases.","In the interview of Robert S. Bray, conducted August 6, 2018, at the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth (1 hour, 46 minutes; transcript available), Judge Bray talks about growing up in Portsmouth and particularly the influences of his father, a pharmacist who owned several drugs stores in the community, and Lawrence W. I'Anson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. I'Anson was a neighbor and family friend and mentored Bray from a young age. He discusses his experiences as an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake, a circuit court judge, and as a judge on the Court of Appeals. He also reflects on his experience as president of the Beazley Foundation, where he succeeded retired Chief Justice I'Anson as president in 2002.","In the interview of Samuel W. Coleman, conducted December 16, 2013, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond (2 hours, 27 minutes; transcript available), Judge Coleman talks about his family's roots in Scott County and growing up in Gate City, his education, practice law in Gate City, and serving as a circuit court judge. He also discusses making the transition to an appellate court judge and his experiences serving as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.   \n","In the interview of James S. Felton, Jr., conducted November 7, 2014 (1 hour, 40 minutes; transcript available), Felton discusses growing up in Suffolk, attending public schools there, attending college and law school at the University of Richmond, and his career as an attorney, professor of law at William and Mary, an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and the office of Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, and as a judge and chief judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.\n","In the interview of Robert P. Frank, conducted December 19, 2014, at his chambers in Newport News (1 hours, 26 minutes; transcript available), Frank discusses his childhood in Newport News, his family's roots in Europe and immigration to Baltimore and Newport News; his family's connections to the Jewish community in Newport News, playing sports, attending public schools in Newport News and the University of Virginia. He talks about his career, first as a lawyer in private practice with his brother; and as a judicial and domestic relations judge, a circuit court judge, and a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.","In the interview of Johanna Levenson Fitzpatrick, conducted July 13, 2009 (2 hours; transcript available), Judge Fitzpatrick talks about her early life and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father owned a department store; her education at Tufts University in Boston and Catholic University Law School in Washington, D.C., working as a legal-aid lawyer and on revisions to the code on neglect and abuse of children; and her work as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and a circuit court judge in Fairfax County. She talks about breaking down gender barriers as a judge in Virginia, and her appointment to the Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1992; choosing and mentoring law clerks, the process of writing opinions, differences between working as a trial judge and an appellate judge, her decision to retire in 2006, and her subsequent career as a mediator.    \n","In the interview of James W. Haley, Jr., conducted September 11, 2013 (1 hour, 45 minutes, 24 seconds; transcript available), Judge Haley talks about growing up in Arlington, Virginia, and the influence of his parents (his father was a lawyer and worked as a lobbyist for coal companies; his mother was an attorney for the Treasury Department before Haley was born) and teachers at St. Stephen's Episcopal School for Boys, Washington and Lee, and the University of Virginia. He reflects on the experience of clerking for Chief Justice Eggleston and working for Commonwealth's Attorney William Hassan and a county attorney in King George County, and his experiences in private practice and as a district, circuit, and appellate judge on the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of William H. Hodges, conducted March 6, 2015, at his residence in Norfolk, Hodges talks about growing up in rural Norfolk County, where his father farmed and worked as a police officer; attending Randolph Macon Military Academy in Winchester and Randolph Macon College in Ashland, and law school at Washington and Lee; praticing law in Norfolk and Chesapeake, serving in the House of Delegates and Senate, and a circuit court judge, and the experience of being one of the founding members of the Court of Appeals.","In the interview of Rosemarie Annunziata, conducted November 18, 2015, Judge Annunziata talks about growing up a first-generation American in Newark and Irvington, New Jersery, her family's roots in the Puglia region of Italy; her education, including French studies at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and Yale University; working at the  Montgomery Advertiser   newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1963 to 1966; her work on the Fairfax County, Va., Planning Commission and other community work, attending law school after having a family, practicing law in Fairfax County, and her career as a circuit court and appellate judge."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.  \n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eOral history interviews, 2009-2018, of judges who have served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Oral history interviews were conducted by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History, Norfolk State University, for the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives. Interviews were conducted with the following: retired Court of Appeals Judge James W. Benton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; retired Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray, at the office of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth; retired Court of Appeals Judge Johanna L. Fitzpatrick, at her home in Alexandria; Senior Judge James W. Haley, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Senior Judge Samuel W. Coleman, at the Supreme Building in Richmond; and Chief Judge Salter S. Felton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Judge Robert P. Frank, at his chambers in Newport News; Judge William H. Hodges, at his residence in Norfolk; and Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond. Transcripts available.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Oral history interviews, 2009-2018, of judges who have served on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Oral history interviews were conducted by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History, Norfolk State University, for the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives. Interviews were conducted with the following: retired Court of Appeals Judge James W. Benton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; retired Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray, at the office of the Beazley Foundation in Portsmouth; retired Court of Appeals Judge Johanna L. Fitzpatrick, at her home in Alexandria; Senior Judge James W. Haley, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Senior Judge Samuel W. Coleman, at the Supreme Building in Richmond; and Chief Judge Salter S. Felton, Jr., at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond; Judge Robert P. Frank, at his chambers in Newport News; Judge William H. Hodges, at his residence in Norfolk; and Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, at the Supreme Court Building in Richmond. Transcripts available."],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia -- Court of Appeals -- History.","Virginia -- Supreme Court -- Historical Commission.","Annunziata, Rosemarie Petitti, 1940-.","Benton, James William, 1944-.","Bray, Robert S., 1946-.","Coleman, Samuel Walton, 1940-.","Felton, Walter S., Jr., 1944-.","Fitzpatrick, Johanna Levenson, 1946-.","Frank, Robert P., 1944-.","Haley, James W., Jr., 1942-.","Hill, Oliver White, 1907-2007.","Hodges, William H., 1929-.","Hoffman, Walter Edward, 1907-1996.","Marsh, Henry L., 1933-.","Newby-Alexander, Cassandra, 1956-.","Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990."],"names_ssim":["Virginia -- Court of Appeals -- History.","Virginia -- Supreme Court -- Historical Commission.","Annunziata, Rosemarie Petitti, 1940-.","Benton, James William, 1944-.","Bray, Robert S., 1946-.","Coleman, Samuel Walton, 1940-.","Felton, Walter S., Jr., 1944-.","Fitzpatrick, Johanna Levenson, 1946-.","Frank, Robert P., 1944-.","Haley, James W., Jr., 1942-.","Hill, Oliver White, 1907-2007.","Hodges, William H., 1929-.","Hoffman, Walter Edward, 1907-1996.","Marsh, Henry L., 1933-.","Newby-Alexander, Cassandra, 1956-.","Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990."],"corpname_ssim":["Virginia -- Court of Appeals -- History.","Virginia -- Supreme Court -- Historical Commission."],"persname_ssim":["Annunziata, Rosemarie Petitti, 1940-.","Benton, James William, 1944-.","Bray, Robert S., 1946-.","Coleman, Samuel Walton, 1940-.","Felton, Walter S., Jr., 1944-.","Fitzpatrick, Johanna Levenson, 1946-.","Frank, Robert P., 1944-.","Haley, James W., Jr., 1942-.","Hill, Oliver White, 1907-2007.","Hodges, William H., 1929-.","Hoffman, Walter Edward, 1907-1996.","Marsh, Henry L., 1933-.","Newby-Alexander, Cassandra, 1956-.","Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990."],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:05:57.785Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00008"}},{"id":"vil_vil00002","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00002#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Virginia. 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Its jurisdiction was primarily appellate, and its members were elected by the legislature. The Constitution of 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n","Any lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n","The List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.","Individuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:","Thomas S. Bocock\n","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:","W.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:","M. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n","Stephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).","List of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:","A.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:","(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n","Thomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. Holladay (Portsmouth), William D. Casell (Portsmouth), James Pollard (Baltimore), R.B. Seurs (District of Columbia), R.W. Peatross , R.W. (Danville), Charles H. Lee (District of Columbia), Richard B. Tunstall (Norfolk), T.R. Borland (Norfolk), I.I. Deures (Manassas), P. Virney (?) (Fauquier County), Rosewell Page (Danville), Frederick N. Fleming (Goochland Courthouse), Thomas G. Jones (Urbanna, Middlesex County), Edward Spalding (Norfolk), B.W. James (Goochland Courthouse), R.H. Rawles (Suffolk), R.H. Steger (Richmond), R.C. Marshall (Portsmouth), R.M. Dickinson (Farmville), A.A. Tunstall (Lynchburg), R. W. Watkins (Halifax Courthouse), A.B. Geldner (Norfolk), a.K. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William Flanagan (Powhatan Courthouse), James P. Harrison (Danville), Geroge Perkins (Charlottesville), Samuel B. Woods (Charlottesville), (first name illegible) Rixey (Culpeper), Charles H. Sackett (Appomattox Courthouse), William Cosby, William, Jr. (Richmond), A.W. Armstrong (Alexandria), C.H. Causey (Suffolk), L.W. Marye (Richmond), William M. Peyton (Martinsville), A.M. Aiken (Danville), George T. Rison (Chatham), W.P. Dillard (Orange Courthouse), Edward Nicols (Leesburg), Graham Gordon (Baltimore), William A. Little, Jr. (Fredericksburg), James E. Edmunds (Lynchburg), C.C. Faulkner (Bergston), F.M. Whitehurst (Norfolk), William E. Ennis (Bowling Green), J. Samuel Parrish (Columbia, Fluvanna County), Thomas S. Martin (Scottsvillle), John Critcher, Jr. (Alexandria), Floyd Hughes (Norfolk), George A. Mushback (Alexandria), G.D. Wooton (District of Columbia), G. Harman (?) (District of Columbia), James Hay (Madison Courthouse), William F. Wickham (Richmond), W.T. Robins (Gloucester Courthouse), Carter K. Louthan (?) (Clarke County), Allen Watts (Roanoke), Edmund Pendleton (Richmond), Thomas P. Bagby (West Point), G.E. Caskie (Lovingston, Nelson County), Frank A. Massie (Charlottesville), R.O. Thomas (Stanardsville), Morgan H. Beach (Alexandria), James E. Clements (Alexandria), Edward R.D. Wayne (District of Columbia), Thomas Tabb (Hampton), A.b. Evans (Churchview), Robert B. Campbell (Warrenton), W.G.W. Farthing (Lightfoot, James City County), Beverley B. Munford (Chatham)), W.B. McIlwaine (?)(Petersburg), J.r. (surname illegible) (Richmond), R.S. Lacy (Talleysville, New Kent County), George W. Mayo (Richmond), John H. Greene (Alexandria), James Kerr (Norfolk), James W. Martin (Orange Courthouse), Robert Christy (District of Columbia), Thomas C. Croxton (Tappahannock), John G. Williams (Orange Courthouse), W.W. Burgess (Orange Courthouse), John B. Goode (Department of Justice, District of Columbia), William C. Preston (Richmond), John W. Bell (Culpeper), Charles P. Janney (Leesburg), Milton White, Jr. (Abingdon), John r. Moss (Buckingham Courthouse), William H. Innis (Petersburg), John Jackson (Richmond), A.W. Patterson (Richmond), J.M. Ricks (District of Columbia), B. Minor (District of Columbia), Matthew F. Maury (Richmond), Richard H. Gibbs (Leesburg), Charles Pollard (Leesburg), William Turpin (Richmond), Bernard Manns (Petersburg), George T. Garrison (Accomack Courthouse), Thomas H. Bayly Browne (Accomack Courthouse), Hugh C. Davis (Norfolk), Gordon, R.L. (Louisa Courthouse), F. Wilmer Sims (Louisa Courthouse), Abner H. Dickinson (Fredericksburg), Lloyd T. Smith (Heathsville), John G. Blackstone (Accomack Courthouse), Giles B. Jackson (Richmond), G. Hatton (Portsmouth), John Booker (Hampton), Samuel F. Coleman (Oak Forest), John O. Reynolds, John O. (Ashby), George Shackleford (Orange Courthouse), J. Fleshman, (Nebraska, Va.) (Appomattox), J.B. McCabe (Leesburg), Thomas Hughes (Baltimore), A. Merriman (District of Columbia), C. Whittle Sams (Norfolk), W.A. Jones (Warsaw), Charles H. Taylor (Kansas City, Kansas), W.W. Berry (Liberty, Bedford County), W.W. Moffett (District of Columbia), A.T. Holtzmann, (Washington, Rappahanock County), H.F. Woodhouse (Berkley, Norfolk County), George F. Parramore (Accomack Courthouse), James Reeves Lassiter (Petersburg), Claude A. Swanson (Chatham), W.T. Harris (Danville), W.W. Hardaway (Martinsville), R.B. Brown (Petersburg), A.D. Smith, Jr. (District of Columbia), R. Washington, R. (Oak Grove, Westmoreland County), Overton Howard (Richmond), A. Waller (District of Columbia), and L. Bristow (Saluda, Middlesex County)\n","List of attorneys signing oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in December 1888:","Walter Addison (Richmond), James R. Caton (Alexandria), Thomas Temple Powell (Richmond), Edmund S. Ruffin (Norfolk), and John H. Wright,  (Suffolk).","List of attorneys taking the oath to pracitice in the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1889:","L.B. Allen (Norfolk), R.G. Bickford (Newport News), Thomas E. Blakey (Tappahannock), Watson Boyle (District of Columbia), E.B. Brown  (Hampton), E.P. Buford (Lawrenceville), John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia), Charles Caldwell (Warrenton), William Calvin Chase (District of Columbia), Joseph S. Clark (Philadelphia), N.B. Clark (Newport News), J.J. Cocke (Petersburg), Charles E. Foster (District of Columbia), James H. Hayes (Richmond), John W. Helbig (Richmond), Robert W. Hunter (Winchester), Richard W. Johnston (Arlington), Joseph Leedom (?)  (Philadelphia), William H. Lyons (Richmond), Leonard Turner Mauxy (University of Virginia), H. Gordon McCinch (Philadelphia), John H. McGraw (Richmond), James M. McMullen (Petersburg), William P. McRae (Petersburg), A.J. Montague (Danville), Hosea B. Moulton (District of Columbia), J. Norton (Alexandria), Eston Randolph (Danville), John Rutherford (Richmond), E. Beverly Slater (Richmond), John N. Staples  (Greensboro, North Carolina), Charles D. Swett (District of Columbia), and L. Wendenburg (Richmond).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1890:\n","J. Wesley Avery (Alexandria), A.H. Burroughs (Lynchburg), John W. Carter (Martinsville), W.D. Dabney (Charlottesville), J.M. Dayton (Petersburg), Isaac Diggs (West Point), A.C. Drunisfore (?) (Philadelphia), W.E. Garrett (Leesburg), Roger Gregory (Lester Manor, Virginia), C. Kowaslav (?) (Berryville), J.E. Mann (King George County), N.C. Manson, Jr. (Lynchburg), George Mason (Petersburg), Samuel McCue (Charlottesville), J.M. McDougal (Lynchburg), William A. Moncure (Richmond), Robert L. Montague (Richmond), G. Hartley Norton (District of Columbia), Conway R. Sands (Richmond), R.W. Scott (Richmond), Edwin B. Shawnasee (?) (Richmond), R.E. Thornton (District of Columbia), R. Turnbull (Lawrenceville), and Hugh S. White (Martinsburg, West Virginia).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1891:\n","John H. Alexander (Leesburg), W.H. Beveridge (Richmond), Patrick J. Brennan (District of Columbia), William E. Burnes (Lebanon, Virginia), Charles C. Clokey (District of Columbia), T.T. Cockrell (Reedville), William B. Coles (Richmond), G.M. Dillard (Norfolk), John C. Foster (Newark, New Jersey), Robert Grasty (District of Columbia), Randolph Harrison (Lynchburg), Addison Haythe (Buena Vista), L.L. Kelley (Richmond), Wilbur J. Kilby (Suffolk), Julian Lewis (District of Columbia), Robert W. Mallert (?) (Norfolk), Bellum Miller (District of Columbia), H.L. Newbill (Essex County), Howard P. Okie (District of Columbia), W.N. Portlocke (Norfolk), Charles H. Rauman, (Alexandria), A.B. Rawlings (Spotsylvania Courthouse), R.G. Southall (Amelia Courthouse), Walter F. Taylor (District of Columbia), and Hank C. Townsend (Alexandria).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1892:\n","Frank S. Appleman (District of Columbia), Richard B. Ayer (District of Columbia), Strode Barton (Culpeper), M.K. Chamblin (?) (District of Columbia), T.K. deGraffenried (Atlanta, GA), J.H. Deploe (Richmond), T.H. Edwards (West Point), R.R. Fauntleroy (Richmond), W.A. Fentress (Portsmouth), G.W. Fitzgerald (District of Columbia), A.D. Flood (Appomattox Courthouse), W.C. Franklin (Pamplin City, Virginia), J.B. Gunn (Richmond), B. Lacy Hoge (Roanoke), Mateo H. Jeffer (District of Columbia), J.P. Jeffries (Warrenton), H. Lewis (West Point), William M. McCallister (Warm Springs), J.B. McGirr (District of Columbia), J.F. McNabb (District of Columbia), Julian Meade  (Danville), R.H. Merchant (Lynchburg), Ralph C. Minor (Richmond), C.L. Munson (West Point), J.P. OBrien (District of Columbia), D.C. Richardson (Richmond), J. Edgar Smith (District of Columbia), C.M. White (Warrenton), Westel Willoughby (District of Columbia), and R.W. Winborne (Buena Vista).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1893:","B.S. Barret (Richmond), W.R. Booker (Richmond), Wallace Brown (Richmond), P.H.C. Cabell (Richmond), W.D. Cardwell (Richmond), Louis Cuvillier (Alexandria), Will W. Douglas (District of Columbia), T.C. Gordon (Richmond), Newton B. Gorham (Richmond), W.H. Graveley  (Martinsville), Charles D. Hine (Vienna, Fairfax County), W.M. Justis, Jr. (Richmond), R.T. Irvine (Big Stone Gap), Walter Manly (District of Columbia), Leonard Marbury (Alexandria), Eugene C. Massie (Richmond), Chapman W. Maupin (Bedford), George H. Maxwell (District of Columbia), A.R. Monteiro (Goochland County), C.L. Munson (West Point), John H. Nelson (Leesburg), Willoughy Newton,Jr. (Richmond), J.D. Smith (Roanoke), P.A.L. Smith (Richmond), Z.P. Smith (Culpeper), and George Copping Warner (University Station, Charlottesville).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1894:","George Ainslee (Richmond), William P. Barksdale (Houston, Virginia), Bentley Bleamsbed (?) (Amherst), Gardner L. Boothe (Alexandria), P. Bouldin, Sr. (Stuart), J.W. D. Brady (Petersburg), C.C. Carlin (Alexandria), A.E. Chalmers (Richmond), Alfred Cohen (Richmond), Malcolm Argyle Coles (Northumberland County), Alden March Collins (Fairfax Courthouse), James J. Corridan (District of Columbia), Edwin P. Cox (Richmond), Abram C. Eby (Richmond), W.A. Farmer (Richmond), John M. George (District of Columbia), Daniel Grinnan (Richmond), Howard Hathaway (White Stone), J. Jordan Leake (Richmond), John L. Lee (Amherst), Lee Lindsey (Norfolk County), Robert Marye (Richmond), George A. Melvin (Portsmouth), Cornelius Mimms (Chesterfield County), John Garland Pollard (Richmond), J. Breckenridge Robertson (Charlottesville), Beverley T. Sewer (Charlottesville), E.B. Taylor (Alexandria), C.W. Throckmorton (Danville), Charles M. Waite  (Culpeper), William Leigh Williams (Norfolk), and Eugene Withers (Danville).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1895:","Archer Anderson, Jr.(Richmond), P. St. George Barraud (Richmond), William W. Barrow (Richmond), E. Boggs (Atlanta, Georgia), William Brinnan (?)(Fincastle), Irving E. Campbell (Richmond), James E. Cannon (Richmond), Edgar Carrington (Richmond), George D. Carter (Henrico County), C.H. Causey, Jr. (Suffolk), W.L. Clark (Winchester), Walter A. Dunn (Richmond), Charles W. Dunstan (Richmond), William N. Fisher (District of Columbia), H.W. Flournoy (Richmond), W.H. Garnett (Manchester), S. Hamilton Graves (Roanoke), James W. Green (Culpeper), N.T. Greene (Danville), Raleigh Gunn (Richmond), R. Randolph Hicks (Roanoke), Volney E. Howard (Lynchburg), E. Hilton Jackson (District of Columbia), Claggett B. Jones (Bruington, King and Queen County), F. Kirkpatrick (Lynchburg), Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Houston, Virginia), W.H.T. Lyall (Norfolk), Laurence T. McCormick (Berryville), John B. Minor (Richmond), Kirkwood Mitchell (Richmond), Hill Montague (Richmond), George W. Morris (Charlottesville), John J. Murphey (District of Columbia), John Adair Pleasants (Richmond), Allen Potts (Richmond), John P. Pryor (Alexandria), Samuel Regester (Richmond), Edward W. Robertson (Roanoke), Walter H. Ryland (Richmond), William Skelton (Richmond), Walter H. Taylor (Norfolk), John G. Tilton (Norfolk), Littleton W. Waller (Norfolk), Edmund Williams (Richmond) and George E. Wise (Richmond).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1896:","J.C. Asbury (Norfolk), Edward R. Baldwin (Norfolk), J. Warren Booker (Richmond), Hunsdon (?) Cary (Richmond), J. Edward Cole  (Norfolk), Allen Collins (Richmond), Frederick Cox (District of Columbia), Frederick L. Davidson (Richmond), Marion L. Dawson (Richmond), William Fendall, Lewis H. Finney, Jr. (District of Columbia), R.C. Florance (Richmond), Minstres (?) Folkes (Richmond), James W. Gordon  (Richmond), Charles B. Glenn (Richmond), Harrcy C. Glenn (Richmond), John E. Heath, Jr. (Norfolk), James H. Hitchen, Jr. (Accomack Court House), A.A. Hochling, Jr. (District of Columbia), Thomas F. Keith (Fairfax Courthouse), William B. King (District of Columbia), James Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), M.M. Martin (Richmond), Thomas McDougall (Cincinnati, Ohio), C.F. McMullan (Madison Courthouse), Warren H. Mercer (Richmond), Bernard L. Metruck (?) (Baltimore), P. Morris (Norfolk), W.G. Pilkinton (Powhatan County), Robert Ramsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), W.A. Ross (Norfolk), William W. Smith (Cumberland Courthouse), E.J. Spade (Eastville), Minton W. Talbot (Norfolk), C.H. Vines (Roanoke), George R. Wales (District of Columbia), Charles M. Wallace, Jr. (Richmond), A.E. Warren (Portsmouth), Asa D. Watkins (Farmville), Jeremiah M. Wilson (District of Columbia), G.D. Wingo (?) (Green Bay, Virginia), and W.W. Woodward (Saluda).\n","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["00030578 \n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"collection_title_tesim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"collection_ssim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Supreme Court. \n"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Supreme Court. \n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred from the office of the Clerk to the State Law Library in 2006.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 v. (438 p.)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 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 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAny lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["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 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n","Any lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eList of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1869-1978, Accession #00028932, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1869-1978, Accession #00028932, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond. \n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.","Individuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:","Thomas S. Bocock\n","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:","W.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:","M. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n","Stephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).","List of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:","A.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:","(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n","Thomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. Holladay (Portsmouth), William D. Casell (Portsmouth), James Pollard (Baltimore), R.B. Seurs (District of Columbia), R.W. Peatross , R.W. (Danville), Charles H. Lee (District of Columbia), Richard B. Tunstall (Norfolk), T.R. Borland (Norfolk), I.I. Deures (Manassas), P. Virney (?) (Fauquier County), Rosewell Page (Danville), Frederick N. Fleming (Goochland Courthouse), Thomas G. Jones (Urbanna, Middlesex County), Edward Spalding (Norfolk), B.W. James (Goochland Courthouse), R.H. Rawles (Suffolk), R.H. Steger (Richmond), R.C. Marshall (Portsmouth), R.M. Dickinson (Farmville), A.A. Tunstall (Lynchburg), R. W. Watkins (Halifax Courthouse), A.B. Geldner (Norfolk), a.K. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William Flanagan (Powhatan Courthouse), James P. Harrison (Danville), Geroge Perkins (Charlottesville), Samuel B. Woods (Charlottesville), (first name illegible) Rixey (Culpeper), Charles H. Sackett (Appomattox Courthouse), William Cosby, William, Jr. (Richmond), A.W. Armstrong (Alexandria), C.H. Causey (Suffolk), L.W. Marye (Richmond), William M. Peyton (Martinsville), A.M. Aiken (Danville), George T. Rison (Chatham), W.P. Dillard (Orange Courthouse), Edward Nicols (Leesburg), Graham Gordon (Baltimore), William A. Little, Jr. (Fredericksburg), James E. Edmunds (Lynchburg), C.C. Faulkner (Bergston), F.M. Whitehurst (Norfolk), William E. Ennis (Bowling Green), J. Samuel Parrish (Columbia, Fluvanna County), Thomas S. Martin (Scottsvillle), John Critcher, Jr. (Alexandria), Floyd Hughes (Norfolk), George A. Mushback (Alexandria), G.D. Wooton (District of Columbia), G. Harman (?) (District of Columbia), James Hay (Madison Courthouse), William F. Wickham (Richmond), W.T. Robins (Gloucester Courthouse), Carter K. Louthan (?) (Clarke County), Allen Watts (Roanoke), Edmund Pendleton (Richmond), Thomas P. Bagby (West Point), G.E. Caskie (Lovingston, Nelson County), Frank A. Massie (Charlottesville), R.O. Thomas (Stanardsville), Morgan H. Beach (Alexandria), James E. Clements (Alexandria), Edward R.D. Wayne (District of Columbia), Thomas Tabb (Hampton), A.b. Evans (Churchview), Robert B. Campbell (Warrenton), W.G.W. Farthing (Lightfoot, James City County), Beverley B. Munford (Chatham)), W.B. McIlwaine (?)(Petersburg), J.r. (surname illegible) (Richmond), R.S. Lacy (Talleysville, New Kent County), George W. Mayo (Richmond), John H. Greene (Alexandria), James Kerr (Norfolk), James W. Martin (Orange Courthouse), Robert Christy (District of Columbia), Thomas C. Croxton (Tappahannock), John G. Williams (Orange Courthouse), W.W. Burgess (Orange Courthouse), John B. Goode (Department of Justice, District of Columbia), William C. Preston (Richmond), John W. Bell (Culpeper), Charles P. Janney (Leesburg), Milton White, Jr. (Abingdon), John r. Moss (Buckingham Courthouse), William H. Innis (Petersburg), John Jackson (Richmond), A.W. Patterson (Richmond), J.M. Ricks (District of Columbia), B. Minor (District of Columbia), Matthew F. Maury (Richmond), Richard H. Gibbs (Leesburg), Charles Pollard (Leesburg), William Turpin (Richmond), Bernard Manns (Petersburg), George T. Garrison (Accomack Courthouse), Thomas H. Bayly Browne (Accomack Courthouse), Hugh C. Davis (Norfolk), Gordon, R.L. (Louisa Courthouse), F. Wilmer Sims (Louisa Courthouse), Abner H. Dickinson (Fredericksburg), Lloyd T. Smith (Heathsville), John G. Blackstone (Accomack Courthouse), Giles B. Jackson (Richmond), G. Hatton (Portsmouth), John Booker (Hampton), Samuel F. Coleman (Oak Forest), John O. Reynolds, John O. (Ashby), George Shackleford (Orange Courthouse), J. Fleshman, (Nebraska, Va.) (Appomattox), J.B. McCabe (Leesburg), Thomas Hughes (Baltimore), A. Merriman (District of Columbia), C. Whittle Sams (Norfolk), W.A. Jones (Warsaw), Charles H. Taylor (Kansas City, Kansas), W.W. Berry (Liberty, Bedford County), W.W. Moffett (District of Columbia), A.T. Holtzmann, (Washington, Rappahanock County), H.F. Woodhouse (Berkley, Norfolk County), George F. Parramore (Accomack Courthouse), James Reeves Lassiter (Petersburg), Claude A. Swanson (Chatham), W.T. Harris (Danville), W.W. Hardaway (Martinsville), R.B. Brown (Petersburg), A.D. Smith, Jr. (District of Columbia), R. Washington, R. (Oak Grove, Westmoreland County), Overton Howard (Richmond), A. Waller (District of Columbia), and L. Bristow (Saluda, Middlesex County)\n","List of attorneys signing oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in December 1888:","Walter Addison (Richmond), James R. Caton (Alexandria), Thomas Temple Powell (Richmond), Edmund S. Ruffin (Norfolk), and John H. Wright,  (Suffolk).","List of attorneys taking the oath to pracitice in the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1889:","L.B. Allen (Norfolk), R.G. Bickford (Newport News), Thomas E. Blakey (Tappahannock), Watson Boyle (District of Columbia), E.B. Brown  (Hampton), E.P. Buford (Lawrenceville), John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia), Charles Caldwell (Warrenton), William Calvin Chase (District of Columbia), Joseph S. Clark (Philadelphia), N.B. Clark (Newport News), J.J. Cocke (Petersburg), Charles E. Foster (District of Columbia), James H. Hayes (Richmond), John W. Helbig (Richmond), Robert W. Hunter (Winchester), Richard W. Johnston (Arlington), Joseph Leedom (?)  (Philadelphia), William H. Lyons (Richmond), Leonard Turner Mauxy (University of Virginia), H. Gordon McCinch (Philadelphia), John H. McGraw (Richmond), James M. McMullen (Petersburg), William P. McRae (Petersburg), A.J. Montague (Danville), Hosea B. Moulton (District of Columbia), J. Norton (Alexandria), Eston Randolph (Danville), John Rutherford (Richmond), E. Beverly Slater (Richmond), John N. Staples  (Greensboro, North Carolina), Charles D. Swett (District of Columbia), and L. Wendenburg (Richmond).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1890:\n","J. Wesley Avery (Alexandria), A.H. Burroughs (Lynchburg), John W. Carter (Martinsville), W.D. Dabney (Charlottesville), J.M. Dayton (Petersburg), Isaac Diggs (West Point), A.C. Drunisfore (?) (Philadelphia), W.E. Garrett (Leesburg), Roger Gregory (Lester Manor, Virginia), C. Kowaslav (?) (Berryville), J.E. Mann (King George County), N.C. Manson, Jr. (Lynchburg), George Mason (Petersburg), Samuel McCue (Charlottesville), J.M. McDougal (Lynchburg), William A. Moncure (Richmond), Robert L. Montague (Richmond), G. Hartley Norton (District of Columbia), Conway R. Sands (Richmond), R.W. Scott (Richmond), Edwin B. Shawnasee (?) (Richmond), R.E. Thornton (District of Columbia), R. Turnbull (Lawrenceville), and Hugh S. White (Martinsburg, West Virginia).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1891:\n","John H. Alexander (Leesburg), W.H. Beveridge (Richmond), Patrick J. Brennan (District of Columbia), William E. Burnes (Lebanon, Virginia), Charles C. Clokey (District of Columbia), T.T. Cockrell (Reedville), William B. Coles (Richmond), G.M. Dillard (Norfolk), John C. Foster (Newark, New Jersey), Robert Grasty (District of Columbia), Randolph Harrison (Lynchburg), Addison Haythe (Buena Vista), L.L. Kelley (Richmond), Wilbur J. Kilby (Suffolk), Julian Lewis (District of Columbia), Robert W. Mallert (?) (Norfolk), Bellum Miller (District of Columbia), H.L. Newbill (Essex County), Howard P. Okie (District of Columbia), W.N. Portlocke (Norfolk), Charles H. Rauman, (Alexandria), A.B. Rawlings (Spotsylvania Courthouse), R.G. Southall (Amelia Courthouse), Walter F. Taylor (District of Columbia), and Hank C. Townsend (Alexandria).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1892:\n","Frank S. Appleman (District of Columbia), Richard B. Ayer (District of Columbia), Strode Barton (Culpeper), M.K. Chamblin (?) (District of Columbia), T.K. deGraffenried (Atlanta, GA), J.H. Deploe (Richmond), T.H. Edwards (West Point), R.R. Fauntleroy (Richmond), W.A. Fentress (Portsmouth), G.W. Fitzgerald (District of Columbia), A.D. Flood (Appomattox Courthouse), W.C. Franklin (Pamplin City, Virginia), J.B. Gunn (Richmond), B. Lacy Hoge (Roanoke), Mateo H. Jeffer (District of Columbia), J.P. Jeffries (Warrenton), H. Lewis (West Point), William M. McCallister (Warm Springs), J.B. McGirr (District of Columbia), J.F. McNabb (District of Columbia), Julian Meade  (Danville), R.H. Merchant (Lynchburg), Ralph C. Minor (Richmond), C.L. Munson (West Point), J.P. OBrien (District of Columbia), D.C. Richardson (Richmond), J. Edgar Smith (District of Columbia), C.M. White (Warrenton), Westel Willoughby (District of Columbia), and R.W. Winborne (Buena Vista).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1893:","B.S. Barret (Richmond), W.R. Booker (Richmond), Wallace Brown (Richmond), P.H.C. Cabell (Richmond), W.D. Cardwell (Richmond), Louis Cuvillier (Alexandria), Will W. Douglas (District of Columbia), T.C. Gordon (Richmond), Newton B. Gorham (Richmond), W.H. Graveley  (Martinsville), Charles D. Hine (Vienna, Fairfax County), W.M. Justis, Jr. (Richmond), R.T. Irvine (Big Stone Gap), Walter Manly (District of Columbia), Leonard Marbury (Alexandria), Eugene C. Massie (Richmond), Chapman W. Maupin (Bedford), George H. Maxwell (District of Columbia), A.R. Monteiro (Goochland County), C.L. Munson (West Point), John H. Nelson (Leesburg), Willoughy Newton,Jr. (Richmond), J.D. Smith (Roanoke), P.A.L. Smith (Richmond), Z.P. Smith (Culpeper), and George Copping Warner (University Station, Charlottesville).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1894:","George Ainslee (Richmond), William P. Barksdale (Houston, Virginia), Bentley Bleamsbed (?) (Amherst), Gardner L. Boothe (Alexandria), P. Bouldin, Sr. (Stuart), J.W. D. Brady (Petersburg), C.C. Carlin (Alexandria), A.E. Chalmers (Richmond), Alfred Cohen (Richmond), Malcolm Argyle Coles (Northumberland County), Alden March Collins (Fairfax Courthouse), James J. Corridan (District of Columbia), Edwin P. Cox (Richmond), Abram C. Eby (Richmond), W.A. Farmer (Richmond), John M. George (District of Columbia), Daniel Grinnan (Richmond), Howard Hathaway (White Stone), J. Jordan Leake (Richmond), John L. Lee (Amherst), Lee Lindsey (Norfolk County), Robert Marye (Richmond), George A. Melvin (Portsmouth), Cornelius Mimms (Chesterfield County), John Garland Pollard (Richmond), J. Breckenridge Robertson (Charlottesville), Beverley T. Sewer (Charlottesville), E.B. Taylor (Alexandria), C.W. Throckmorton (Danville), Charles M. Waite  (Culpeper), William Leigh Williams (Norfolk), and Eugene Withers (Danville).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1895:","Archer Anderson, Jr.(Richmond), P. St. George Barraud (Richmond), William W. Barrow (Richmond), E. Boggs (Atlanta, Georgia), William Brinnan (?)(Fincastle), Irving E. Campbell (Richmond), James E. Cannon (Richmond), Edgar Carrington (Richmond), George D. Carter (Henrico County), C.H. Causey, Jr. (Suffolk), W.L. Clark (Winchester), Walter A. Dunn (Richmond), Charles W. Dunstan (Richmond), William N. Fisher (District of Columbia), H.W. Flournoy (Richmond), W.H. Garnett (Manchester), S. Hamilton Graves (Roanoke), James W. Green (Culpeper), N.T. Greene (Danville), Raleigh Gunn (Richmond), R. Randolph Hicks (Roanoke), Volney E. Howard (Lynchburg), E. Hilton Jackson (District of Columbia), Claggett B. Jones (Bruington, King and Queen County), F. Kirkpatrick (Lynchburg), Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Houston, Virginia), W.H.T. Lyall (Norfolk), Laurence T. McCormick (Berryville), John B. Minor (Richmond), Kirkwood Mitchell (Richmond), Hill Montague (Richmond), George W. Morris (Charlottesville), John J. Murphey (District of Columbia), John Adair Pleasants (Richmond), Allen Potts (Richmond), John P. Pryor (Alexandria), Samuel Regester (Richmond), Edward W. Robertson (Roanoke), Walter H. Ryland (Richmond), William Skelton (Richmond), Walter H. Taylor (Norfolk), John G. Tilton (Norfolk), Littleton W. Waller (Norfolk), Edmund Williams (Richmond) and George E. Wise (Richmond).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1896:","J.C. Asbury (Norfolk), Edward R. Baldwin (Norfolk), J. Warren Booker (Richmond), Hunsdon (?) Cary (Richmond), J. Edward Cole  (Norfolk), Allen Collins (Richmond), Frederick Cox (District of Columbia), Frederick L. Davidson (Richmond), Marion L. Dawson (Richmond), William Fendall, Lewis H. Finney, Jr. (District of Columbia), R.C. Florance (Richmond), Minstres (?) Folkes (Richmond), James W. Gordon  (Richmond), Charles B. Glenn (Richmond), Harrcy C. Glenn (Richmond), John E. Heath, Jr. (Norfolk), James H. Hitchen, Jr. (Accomack Court House), A.A. Hochling, Jr. (District of Columbia), Thomas F. Keith (Fairfax Courthouse), William B. King (District of Columbia), James Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), M.M. Martin (Richmond), Thomas McDougall (Cincinnati, Ohio), C.F. McMullan (Madison Courthouse), Warren H. Mercer (Richmond), Bernard L. Metruck (?) (Baltimore), P. Morris (Norfolk), W.G. Pilkinton (Powhatan County), Robert Ramsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), W.A. Ross (Norfolk), William W. Smith (Cumberland Courthouse), E.J. Spade (Eastville), Minton W. Talbot (Norfolk), C.H. Vines (Roanoke), George R. Wales (District of Columbia), Charles M. Wallace, Jr. (Richmond), A.E. Warren (Portsmouth), Asa D. Watkins (Farmville), Jeremiah M. Wilson (District of Columbia), G.D. Wingo (?) (Green Bay, Virginia), and W.W. Woodward (Saluda).\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:05:57.785Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Bocock\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. Holladay (Portsmouth), William D. Casell (Portsmouth), James Pollard (Baltimore), R.B. Seurs (District of Columbia), R.W. Peatross , R.W. (Danville), Charles H. Lee (District of Columbia), Richard B. Tunstall (Norfolk), T.R. Borland (Norfolk), I.I. Deures (Manassas), P. Virney (?) (Fauquier County), Rosewell Page (Danville), Frederick N. Fleming (Goochland Courthouse), Thomas G. Jones (Urbanna, Middlesex County), Edward Spalding (Norfolk), B.W. James (Goochland Courthouse), R.H. Rawles (Suffolk), R.H. Steger (Richmond), R.C. Marshall (Portsmouth), R.M. Dickinson (Farmville), A.A. Tunstall (Lynchburg), R. W. Watkins (Halifax Courthouse), A.B. Geldner (Norfolk), a.K. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William Flanagan (Powhatan Courthouse), James P. Harrison (Danville), Geroge Perkins (Charlottesville), Samuel B. Woods (Charlottesville), (first name illegible) Rixey (Culpeper), Charles H. Sackett (Appomattox Courthouse), William Cosby, William, Jr. (Richmond), A.W. Armstrong (Alexandria), C.H. Causey (Suffolk), L.W. Marye (Richmond), William M. Peyton (Martinsville), A.M. Aiken (Danville), George T. Rison (Chatham), W.P. Dillard (Orange Courthouse), Edward Nicols (Leesburg), Graham Gordon (Baltimore), William A. Little, Jr. (Fredericksburg), James E. Edmunds (Lynchburg), C.C. Faulkner (Bergston), F.M. Whitehurst (Norfolk), William E. Ennis (Bowling Green), J. Samuel Parrish (Columbia, Fluvanna County), Thomas S. Martin (Scottsvillle), John Critcher, Jr. (Alexandria), Floyd Hughes (Norfolk), George A. Mushback (Alexandria), G.D. Wooton (District of Columbia), G. Harman (?) (District of Columbia), James Hay (Madison Courthouse), William F. Wickham (Richmond), W.T. Robins (Gloucester Courthouse), Carter K. Louthan (?) (Clarke County), Allen Watts (Roanoke), Edmund Pendleton (Richmond), Thomas P. Bagby (West Point), G.E. Caskie (Lovingston, Nelson County), Frank A. Massie (Charlottesville), R.O. Thomas (Stanardsville), Morgan H. Beach (Alexandria), James E. Clements (Alexandria), Edward R.D. Wayne (District of Columbia), Thomas Tabb (Hampton), A.b. Evans (Churchview), Robert B. Campbell (Warrenton), W.G.W. Farthing (Lightfoot, James City County), Beverley B. Munford (Chatham)), W.B. McIlwaine (?)(Petersburg), J.r. (surname illegible) (Richmond), R.S. Lacy (Talleysville, New Kent County), George W. Mayo (Richmond), John H. Greene (Alexandria), James Kerr (Norfolk), James W. Martin (Orange Courthouse), Robert Christy (District of Columbia), Thomas C. Croxton (Tappahannock), John G. Williams (Orange Courthouse), W.W. Burgess (Orange Courthouse), John B. Goode (Department of Justice, District of Columbia), William C. Preston (Richmond), John W. Bell (Culpeper), Charles P. Janney (Leesburg), Milton White, Jr. (Abingdon), John r. Moss (Buckingham Courthouse), William H. Innis (Petersburg), John Jackson (Richmond), A.W. Patterson (Richmond), J.M. Ricks (District of Columbia), B. Minor (District of Columbia), Matthew F. Maury (Richmond), Richard H. Gibbs (Leesburg), Charles Pollard (Leesburg), William Turpin (Richmond), Bernard Manns (Petersburg), George T. Garrison (Accomack Courthouse), Thomas H. Bayly Browne (Accomack Courthouse), Hugh C. Davis (Norfolk), Gordon, R.L. (Louisa Courthouse), F. Wilmer Sims (Louisa Courthouse), Abner H. Dickinson (Fredericksburg), Lloyd T. Smith (Heathsville), John G. Blackstone (Accomack Courthouse), Giles B. Jackson (Richmond), G. Hatton (Portsmouth), John Booker (Hampton), Samuel F. Coleman (Oak Forest), John O. Reynolds, John O. (Ashby), George Shackleford (Orange Courthouse), J. Fleshman, (Nebraska, Va.) (Appomattox), J.B. McCabe (Leesburg), Thomas Hughes (Baltimore), A. Merriman (District of Columbia), C. Whittle Sams (Norfolk), W.A. Jones (Warsaw), Charles H. Taylor (Kansas City, Kansas), W.W. Berry (Liberty, Bedford County), W.W. Moffett (District of Columbia), A.T. Holtzmann, (Washington, Rappahanock County), H.F. Woodhouse (Berkley, Norfolk County), George F. Parramore (Accomack Courthouse), James Reeves Lassiter (Petersburg), Claude A. Swanson (Chatham), W.T. Harris (Danville), W.W. Hardaway (Martinsville), R.B. Brown (Petersburg), A.D. Smith, Jr. (District of Columbia), R. Washington, R. (Oak Grove, Westmoreland County), Overton Howard (Richmond), A. Waller (District of Columbia), and L. Bristow (Saluda, Middlesex County)\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in December 1888:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Addison (Richmond), James R. Caton (Alexandria), Thomas Temple Powell (Richmond), Edmund S. Ruffin (Norfolk), and John H. Wright,  (Suffolk).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to pracitice in the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1889:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.B. Allen (Norfolk), R.G. Bickford (Newport News), Thomas E. Blakey (Tappahannock), Watson Boyle (District of Columbia), E.B. Brown  (Hampton), E.P. Buford (Lawrenceville), John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia), Charles Caldwell (Warrenton), William Calvin Chase (District of Columbia), Joseph S. Clark (Philadelphia), N.B. Clark (Newport News), J.J. Cocke (Petersburg), Charles E. Foster (District of Columbia), James H. Hayes (Richmond), John W. Helbig (Richmond), Robert W. Hunter (Winchester), Richard W. Johnston (Arlington), Joseph Leedom (?)  (Philadelphia), William H. Lyons (Richmond), Leonard Turner Mauxy (University of Virginia), H. Gordon McCinch (Philadelphia), John H. McGraw (Richmond), James M. McMullen (Petersburg), William P. McRae (Petersburg), A.J. Montague (Danville), Hosea B. Moulton (District of Columbia), J. Norton (Alexandria), Eston Randolph (Danville), John Rutherford (Richmond), E. Beverly Slater (Richmond), John N. Staples  (Greensboro, North Carolina), Charles D. Swett (District of Columbia), and L. Wendenburg (Richmond).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1890:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Wesley Avery (Alexandria), A.H. Burroughs (Lynchburg), John W. Carter (Martinsville), W.D. Dabney (Charlottesville), J.M. Dayton (Petersburg), Isaac Diggs (West Point), A.C. Drunisfore (?) (Philadelphia), W.E. Garrett (Leesburg), Roger Gregory (Lester Manor, Virginia), C. Kowaslav (?) (Berryville), J.E. Mann (King George County), N.C. Manson, Jr. (Lynchburg), George Mason (Petersburg), Samuel McCue (Charlottesville), J.M. McDougal (Lynchburg), William A. Moncure (Richmond), Robert L. Montague (Richmond), G. Hartley Norton (District of Columbia), Conway R. Sands (Richmond), R.W. Scott (Richmond), Edwin B. Shawnasee (?) (Richmond), R.E. Thornton (District of Columbia), R. Turnbull (Lawrenceville), and Hugh S. White (Martinsburg, West Virginia).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1891:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Alexander (Leesburg), W.H. Beveridge (Richmond), Patrick J. Brennan (District of Columbia), William E. Burnes (Lebanon, Virginia), Charles C. Clokey (District of Columbia), T.T. Cockrell (Reedville), William B. Coles (Richmond), G.M. Dillard (Norfolk), John C. Foster (Newark, New Jersey), Robert Grasty (District of Columbia), Randolph Harrison (Lynchburg), Addison Haythe (Buena Vista), L.L. Kelley (Richmond), Wilbur J. Kilby (Suffolk), Julian Lewis (District of Columbia), Robert W. Mallert (?) (Norfolk), Bellum Miller (District of Columbia), H.L. Newbill (Essex County), Howard P. Okie (District of Columbia), W.N. Portlocke (Norfolk), Charles H. Rauman, (Alexandria), A.B. Rawlings (Spotsylvania Courthouse), R.G. Southall (Amelia Courthouse), Walter F. Taylor (District of Columbia), and Hank C. Townsend (Alexandria).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1892:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank S. Appleman (District of Columbia), Richard B. Ayer (District of Columbia), Strode Barton (Culpeper), M.K. Chamblin (?) (District of Columbia), T.K. deGraffenried (Atlanta, GA), J.H. Deploe (Richmond), T.H. Edwards (West Point), R.R. Fauntleroy (Richmond), W.A. Fentress (Portsmouth), G.W. Fitzgerald (District of Columbia), A.D. Flood (Appomattox Courthouse), W.C. Franklin (Pamplin City, Virginia), J.B. Gunn (Richmond), B. Lacy Hoge (Roanoke), Mateo H. Jeffer (District of Columbia), J.P. Jeffries (Warrenton), H. Lewis (West Point), William M. McCallister (Warm Springs), J.B. McGirr (District of Columbia), J.F. McNabb (District of Columbia), Julian Meade  (Danville), R.H. Merchant (Lynchburg), Ralph C. Minor (Richmond), C.L. Munson (West Point), J.P. OBrien (District of Columbia), D.C. Richardson (Richmond), J. Edgar Smith (District of Columbia), C.M. White (Warrenton), Westel Willoughby (District of Columbia), and R.W. Winborne (Buena Vista).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1893:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB.S. Barret (Richmond), W.R. Booker (Richmond), Wallace Brown (Richmond), P.H.C. Cabell (Richmond), W.D. Cardwell (Richmond), Louis Cuvillier (Alexandria), Will W. Douglas (District of Columbia), T.C. Gordon (Richmond), Newton B. Gorham (Richmond), W.H. Graveley  (Martinsville), Charles D. Hine (Vienna, Fairfax County), W.M. Justis, Jr. (Richmond), R.T. Irvine (Big Stone Gap), Walter Manly (District of Columbia), Leonard Marbury (Alexandria), Eugene C. Massie (Richmond), Chapman W. Maupin (Bedford), George H. Maxwell (District of Columbia), A.R. Monteiro (Goochland County), C.L. Munson (West Point), John H. Nelson (Leesburg), Willoughy Newton,Jr. (Richmond), J.D. Smith (Roanoke), P.A.L. Smith (Richmond), Z.P. Smith (Culpeper), and George Copping Warner (University Station, Charlottesville).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1894:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ainslee (Richmond), William P. Barksdale (Houston, Virginia), Bentley Bleamsbed (?) (Amherst), Gardner L. Boothe (Alexandria), P. Bouldin, Sr. (Stuart), J.W. D. Brady (Petersburg), C.C. Carlin (Alexandria), A.E. Chalmers (Richmond), Alfred Cohen (Richmond), Malcolm Argyle Coles (Northumberland County), Alden March Collins (Fairfax Courthouse), James J. Corridan (District of Columbia), Edwin P. Cox (Richmond), Abram C. Eby (Richmond), W.A. Farmer (Richmond), John M. George (District of Columbia), Daniel Grinnan (Richmond), Howard Hathaway (White Stone), J. Jordan Leake (Richmond), John L. Lee (Amherst), Lee Lindsey (Norfolk County), Robert Marye (Richmond), George A. Melvin (Portsmouth), Cornelius Mimms (Chesterfield County), John Garland Pollard (Richmond), J. Breckenridge Robertson (Charlottesville), Beverley T. Sewer (Charlottesville), E.B. Taylor (Alexandria), C.W. Throckmorton (Danville), Charles M. Waite  (Culpeper), William Leigh Williams (Norfolk), and Eugene Withers (Danville).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1895:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArcher Anderson, Jr.(Richmond), P. St. George Barraud (Richmond), William W. Barrow (Richmond), E. Boggs (Atlanta, Georgia), William Brinnan (?)(Fincastle), Irving E. Campbell (Richmond), James E. Cannon (Richmond), Edgar Carrington (Richmond), George D. Carter (Henrico County), C.H. Causey, Jr. (Suffolk), W.L. Clark (Winchester), Walter A. Dunn (Richmond), Charles W. Dunstan (Richmond), William N. Fisher (District of Columbia), H.W. Flournoy (Richmond), W.H. Garnett (Manchester), S. Hamilton Graves (Roanoke), James W. Green (Culpeper), N.T. Greene (Danville), Raleigh Gunn (Richmond), R. Randolph Hicks (Roanoke), Volney E. Howard (Lynchburg), E. Hilton Jackson (District of Columbia), Claggett B. Jones (Bruington, King and Queen County), F. Kirkpatrick (Lynchburg), Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Houston, Virginia), W.H.T. Lyall (Norfolk), Laurence T. McCormick (Berryville), John B. Minor (Richmond), Kirkwood Mitchell (Richmond), Hill Montague (Richmond), George W. Morris (Charlottesville), John J. Murphey (District of Columbia), John Adair Pleasants (Richmond), Allen Potts (Richmond), John P. Pryor (Alexandria), Samuel Regester (Richmond), Edward W. Robertson (Roanoke), Walter H. Ryland (Richmond), William Skelton (Richmond), Walter H. Taylor (Norfolk), John G. Tilton (Norfolk), Littleton W. Waller (Norfolk), Edmund Williams (Richmond) and George E. Wise (Richmond).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1896:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Asbury (Norfolk), Edward R. Baldwin (Norfolk), J. Warren Booker (Richmond), Hunsdon (?) Cary (Richmond), J. Edward Cole  (Norfolk), Allen Collins (Richmond), Frederick Cox (District of Columbia), Frederick L. Davidson (Richmond), Marion L. Dawson (Richmond), William Fendall, Lewis H. Finney, Jr. (District of Columbia), R.C. Florance (Richmond), Minstres (?) Folkes (Richmond), James W. Gordon  (Richmond), Charles B. Glenn (Richmond), Harrcy C. Glenn (Richmond), John E. Heath, Jr. (Norfolk), James H. Hitchen, Jr. (Accomack Court House), A.A. Hochling, Jr. (District of Columbia), Thomas F. Keith (Fairfax Courthouse), William B. King (District of Columbia), James Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), M.M. Martin (Richmond), Thomas McDougall (Cincinnati, Ohio), C.F. McMullan (Madison Courthouse), Warren H. Mercer (Richmond), Bernard L. Metruck (?) (Baltimore), P. Morris (Norfolk), W.G. Pilkinton (Powhatan County), Robert Ramsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), W.A. Ross (Norfolk), William W. Smith (Cumberland Courthouse), E.J. Spade (Eastville), Minton W. Talbot (Norfolk), C.H. Vines (Roanoke), George R. Wales (District of Columbia), Charles M. Wallace, Jr. (Richmond), A.E. Warren (Portsmouth), Asa D. Watkins (Farmville), Jeremiah M. Wilson (District of Columbia), G.D. Wingo (?) (Green Bay, Virginia), and W.W. Woodward (Saluda).\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vil_vil00002","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00002","_root_":"vil_vil00002","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00002","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00002.xml","title_ssm":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"title_tesim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["00030578 \n"],"text":["00030578 \n","List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898","2 v. (438 p.)","Collection is open to research.\n","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 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n","Any lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n","The List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.","Individuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:","Thomas S. Bocock\n","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:","W.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:","M. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n","Stephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).","List of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:","A.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:","(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n","Thomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. Holladay (Portsmouth), William D. Casell (Portsmouth), James Pollard (Baltimore), R.B. Seurs (District of Columbia), R.W. Peatross , R.W. (Danville), Charles H. Lee (District of Columbia), Richard B. Tunstall (Norfolk), T.R. Borland (Norfolk), I.I. Deures (Manassas), P. Virney (?) (Fauquier County), Rosewell Page (Danville), Frederick N. Fleming (Goochland Courthouse), Thomas G. Jones (Urbanna, Middlesex County), Edward Spalding (Norfolk), B.W. James (Goochland Courthouse), R.H. Rawles (Suffolk), R.H. Steger (Richmond), R.C. Marshall (Portsmouth), R.M. Dickinson (Farmville), A.A. Tunstall (Lynchburg), R. W. Watkins (Halifax Courthouse), A.B. Geldner (Norfolk), a.K. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William Flanagan (Powhatan Courthouse), James P. Harrison (Danville), Geroge Perkins (Charlottesville), Samuel B. Woods (Charlottesville), (first name illegible) Rixey (Culpeper), Charles H. Sackett (Appomattox Courthouse), William Cosby, William, Jr. (Richmond), A.W. Armstrong (Alexandria), C.H. Causey (Suffolk), L.W. Marye (Richmond), William M. Peyton (Martinsville), A.M. Aiken (Danville), George T. Rison (Chatham), W.P. Dillard (Orange Courthouse), Edward Nicols (Leesburg), Graham Gordon (Baltimore), William A. Little, Jr. (Fredericksburg), James E. Edmunds (Lynchburg), C.C. Faulkner (Bergston), F.M. Whitehurst (Norfolk), William E. Ennis (Bowling Green), J. Samuel Parrish (Columbia, Fluvanna County), Thomas S. Martin (Scottsvillle), John Critcher, Jr. (Alexandria), Floyd Hughes (Norfolk), George A. Mushback (Alexandria), G.D. Wooton (District of Columbia), G. Harman (?) (District of Columbia), James Hay (Madison Courthouse), William F. Wickham (Richmond), W.T. Robins (Gloucester Courthouse), Carter K. Louthan (?) (Clarke County), Allen Watts (Roanoke), Edmund Pendleton (Richmond), Thomas P. Bagby (West Point), G.E. Caskie (Lovingston, Nelson County), Frank A. Massie (Charlottesville), R.O. Thomas (Stanardsville), Morgan H. Beach (Alexandria), James E. Clements (Alexandria), Edward R.D. Wayne (District of Columbia), Thomas Tabb (Hampton), A.b. Evans (Churchview), Robert B. Campbell (Warrenton), W.G.W. Farthing (Lightfoot, James City County), Beverley B. Munford (Chatham)), W.B. McIlwaine (?)(Petersburg), J.r. (surname illegible) (Richmond), R.S. Lacy (Talleysville, New Kent County), George W. Mayo (Richmond), John H. Greene (Alexandria), James Kerr (Norfolk), James W. Martin (Orange Courthouse), Robert Christy (District of Columbia), Thomas C. Croxton (Tappahannock), John G. Williams (Orange Courthouse), W.W. Burgess (Orange Courthouse), John B. Goode (Department of Justice, District of Columbia), William C. Preston (Richmond), John W. Bell (Culpeper), Charles P. Janney (Leesburg), Milton White, Jr. (Abingdon), John r. Moss (Buckingham Courthouse), William H. Innis (Petersburg), John Jackson (Richmond), A.W. Patterson (Richmond), J.M. Ricks (District of Columbia), B. Minor (District of Columbia), Matthew F. Maury (Richmond), Richard H. Gibbs (Leesburg), Charles Pollard (Leesburg), William Turpin (Richmond), Bernard Manns (Petersburg), George T. Garrison (Accomack Courthouse), Thomas H. Bayly Browne (Accomack Courthouse), Hugh C. Davis (Norfolk), Gordon, R.L. (Louisa Courthouse), F. Wilmer Sims (Louisa Courthouse), Abner H. Dickinson (Fredericksburg), Lloyd T. Smith (Heathsville), John G. Blackstone (Accomack Courthouse), Giles B. Jackson (Richmond), G. Hatton (Portsmouth), John Booker (Hampton), Samuel F. Coleman (Oak Forest), John O. Reynolds, John O. (Ashby), George Shackleford (Orange Courthouse), J. Fleshman, (Nebraska, Va.) (Appomattox), J.B. McCabe (Leesburg), Thomas Hughes (Baltimore), A. Merriman (District of Columbia), C. Whittle Sams (Norfolk), W.A. Jones (Warsaw), Charles H. Taylor (Kansas City, Kansas), W.W. Berry (Liberty, Bedford County), W.W. Moffett (District of Columbia), A.T. Holtzmann, (Washington, Rappahanock County), H.F. Woodhouse (Berkley, Norfolk County), George F. Parramore (Accomack Courthouse), James Reeves Lassiter (Petersburg), Claude A. Swanson (Chatham), W.T. Harris (Danville), W.W. Hardaway (Martinsville), R.B. Brown (Petersburg), A.D. Smith, Jr. (District of Columbia), R. Washington, R. (Oak Grove, Westmoreland County), Overton Howard (Richmond), A. Waller (District of Columbia), and L. Bristow (Saluda, Middlesex County)\n","List of attorneys signing oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in December 1888:","Walter Addison (Richmond), James R. Caton (Alexandria), Thomas Temple Powell (Richmond), Edmund S. Ruffin (Norfolk), and John H. Wright,  (Suffolk).","List of attorneys taking the oath to pracitice in the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1889:","L.B. Allen (Norfolk), R.G. Bickford (Newport News), Thomas E. Blakey (Tappahannock), Watson Boyle (District of Columbia), E.B. Brown  (Hampton), E.P. Buford (Lawrenceville), John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia), Charles Caldwell (Warrenton), William Calvin Chase (District of Columbia), Joseph S. Clark (Philadelphia), N.B. Clark (Newport News), J.J. Cocke (Petersburg), Charles E. Foster (District of Columbia), James H. Hayes (Richmond), John W. Helbig (Richmond), Robert W. Hunter (Winchester), Richard W. Johnston (Arlington), Joseph Leedom (?)  (Philadelphia), William H. Lyons (Richmond), Leonard Turner Mauxy (University of Virginia), H. Gordon McCinch (Philadelphia), John H. McGraw (Richmond), James M. McMullen (Petersburg), William P. McRae (Petersburg), A.J. Montague (Danville), Hosea B. Moulton (District of Columbia), J. Norton (Alexandria), Eston Randolph (Danville), John Rutherford (Richmond), E. Beverly Slater (Richmond), John N. Staples  (Greensboro, North Carolina), Charles D. Swett (District of Columbia), and L. Wendenburg (Richmond).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1890:\n","J. Wesley Avery (Alexandria), A.H. Burroughs (Lynchburg), John W. Carter (Martinsville), W.D. Dabney (Charlottesville), J.M. Dayton (Petersburg), Isaac Diggs (West Point), A.C. Drunisfore (?) (Philadelphia), W.E. Garrett (Leesburg), Roger Gregory (Lester Manor, Virginia), C. Kowaslav (?) (Berryville), J.E. Mann (King George County), N.C. Manson, Jr. (Lynchburg), George Mason (Petersburg), Samuel McCue (Charlottesville), J.M. McDougal (Lynchburg), William A. Moncure (Richmond), Robert L. Montague (Richmond), G. Hartley Norton (District of Columbia), Conway R. Sands (Richmond), R.W. Scott (Richmond), Edwin B. Shawnasee (?) (Richmond), R.E. Thornton (District of Columbia), R. Turnbull (Lawrenceville), and Hugh S. White (Martinsburg, West Virginia).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1891:\n","John H. Alexander (Leesburg), W.H. Beveridge (Richmond), Patrick J. Brennan (District of Columbia), William E. Burnes (Lebanon, Virginia), Charles C. Clokey (District of Columbia), T.T. Cockrell (Reedville), William B. Coles (Richmond), G.M. Dillard (Norfolk), John C. Foster (Newark, New Jersey), Robert Grasty (District of Columbia), Randolph Harrison (Lynchburg), Addison Haythe (Buena Vista), L.L. Kelley (Richmond), Wilbur J. Kilby (Suffolk), Julian Lewis (District of Columbia), Robert W. Mallert (?) (Norfolk), Bellum Miller (District of Columbia), H.L. Newbill (Essex County), Howard P. Okie (District of Columbia), W.N. Portlocke (Norfolk), Charles H. Rauman, (Alexandria), A.B. Rawlings (Spotsylvania Courthouse), R.G. Southall (Amelia Courthouse), Walter F. Taylor (District of Columbia), and Hank C. Townsend (Alexandria).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1892:\n","Frank S. Appleman (District of Columbia), Richard B. Ayer (District of Columbia), Strode Barton (Culpeper), M.K. Chamblin (?) (District of Columbia), T.K. deGraffenried (Atlanta, GA), J.H. Deploe (Richmond), T.H. Edwards (West Point), R.R. Fauntleroy (Richmond), W.A. Fentress (Portsmouth), G.W. Fitzgerald (District of Columbia), A.D. Flood (Appomattox Courthouse), W.C. Franklin (Pamplin City, Virginia), J.B. Gunn (Richmond), B. Lacy Hoge (Roanoke), Mateo H. Jeffer (District of Columbia), J.P. Jeffries (Warrenton), H. Lewis (West Point), William M. McCallister (Warm Springs), J.B. McGirr (District of Columbia), J.F. McNabb (District of Columbia), Julian Meade  (Danville), R.H. Merchant (Lynchburg), Ralph C. Minor (Richmond), C.L. Munson (West Point), J.P. OBrien (District of Columbia), D.C. Richardson (Richmond), J. Edgar Smith (District of Columbia), C.M. White (Warrenton), Westel Willoughby (District of Columbia), and R.W. Winborne (Buena Vista).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1893:","B.S. Barret (Richmond), W.R. Booker (Richmond), Wallace Brown (Richmond), P.H.C. Cabell (Richmond), W.D. Cardwell (Richmond), Louis Cuvillier (Alexandria), Will W. Douglas (District of Columbia), T.C. Gordon (Richmond), Newton B. Gorham (Richmond), W.H. Graveley  (Martinsville), Charles D. Hine (Vienna, Fairfax County), W.M. Justis, Jr. (Richmond), R.T. Irvine (Big Stone Gap), Walter Manly (District of Columbia), Leonard Marbury (Alexandria), Eugene C. Massie (Richmond), Chapman W. Maupin (Bedford), George H. Maxwell (District of Columbia), A.R. Monteiro (Goochland County), C.L. Munson (West Point), John H. Nelson (Leesburg), Willoughy Newton,Jr. (Richmond), J.D. Smith (Roanoke), P.A.L. Smith (Richmond), Z.P. Smith (Culpeper), and George Copping Warner (University Station, Charlottesville).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1894:","George Ainslee (Richmond), William P. Barksdale (Houston, Virginia), Bentley Bleamsbed (?) (Amherst), Gardner L. Boothe (Alexandria), P. Bouldin, Sr. (Stuart), J.W. D. Brady (Petersburg), C.C. Carlin (Alexandria), A.E. Chalmers (Richmond), Alfred Cohen (Richmond), Malcolm Argyle Coles (Northumberland County), Alden March Collins (Fairfax Courthouse), James J. Corridan (District of Columbia), Edwin P. Cox (Richmond), Abram C. Eby (Richmond), W.A. Farmer (Richmond), John M. George (District of Columbia), Daniel Grinnan (Richmond), Howard Hathaway (White Stone), J. Jordan Leake (Richmond), John L. Lee (Amherst), Lee Lindsey (Norfolk County), Robert Marye (Richmond), George A. Melvin (Portsmouth), Cornelius Mimms (Chesterfield County), John Garland Pollard (Richmond), J. Breckenridge Robertson (Charlottesville), Beverley T. Sewer (Charlottesville), E.B. Taylor (Alexandria), C.W. Throckmorton (Danville), Charles M. Waite  (Culpeper), William Leigh Williams (Norfolk), and Eugene Withers (Danville).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1895:","Archer Anderson, Jr.(Richmond), P. St. George Barraud (Richmond), William W. Barrow (Richmond), E. Boggs (Atlanta, Georgia), William Brinnan (?)(Fincastle), Irving E. Campbell (Richmond), James E. Cannon (Richmond), Edgar Carrington (Richmond), George D. Carter (Henrico County), C.H. Causey, Jr. (Suffolk), W.L. Clark (Winchester), Walter A. Dunn (Richmond), Charles W. Dunstan (Richmond), William N. Fisher (District of Columbia), H.W. Flournoy (Richmond), W.H. Garnett (Manchester), S. Hamilton Graves (Roanoke), James W. Green (Culpeper), N.T. Greene (Danville), Raleigh Gunn (Richmond), R. Randolph Hicks (Roanoke), Volney E. Howard (Lynchburg), E. Hilton Jackson (District of Columbia), Claggett B. Jones (Bruington, King and Queen County), F. Kirkpatrick (Lynchburg), Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Houston, Virginia), W.H.T. Lyall (Norfolk), Laurence T. McCormick (Berryville), John B. Minor (Richmond), Kirkwood Mitchell (Richmond), Hill Montague (Richmond), George W. Morris (Charlottesville), John J. Murphey (District of Columbia), John Adair Pleasants (Richmond), Allen Potts (Richmond), John P. Pryor (Alexandria), Samuel Regester (Richmond), Edward W. Robertson (Roanoke), Walter H. Ryland (Richmond), William Skelton (Richmond), Walter H. Taylor (Norfolk), John G. Tilton (Norfolk), Littleton W. Waller (Norfolk), Edmund Williams (Richmond) and George E. Wise (Richmond).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1896:","J.C. Asbury (Norfolk), Edward R. Baldwin (Norfolk), J. Warren Booker (Richmond), Hunsdon (?) Cary (Richmond), J. Edward Cole  (Norfolk), Allen Collins (Richmond), Frederick Cox (District of Columbia), Frederick L. Davidson (Richmond), Marion L. Dawson (Richmond), William Fendall, Lewis H. Finney, Jr. (District of Columbia), R.C. Florance (Richmond), Minstres (?) Folkes (Richmond), James W. Gordon  (Richmond), Charles B. Glenn (Richmond), Harrcy C. Glenn (Richmond), John E. Heath, Jr. (Norfolk), James H. Hitchen, Jr. (Accomack Court House), A.A. Hochling, Jr. (District of Columbia), Thomas F. Keith (Fairfax Courthouse), William B. King (District of Columbia), James Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), M.M. Martin (Richmond), Thomas McDougall (Cincinnati, Ohio), C.F. McMullan (Madison Courthouse), Warren H. Mercer (Richmond), Bernard L. Metruck (?) (Baltimore), P. Morris (Norfolk), W.G. Pilkinton (Powhatan County), Robert Ramsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), W.A. Ross (Norfolk), William W. Smith (Cumberland Courthouse), E.J. Spade (Eastville), Minton W. Talbot (Norfolk), C.H. Vines (Roanoke), George R. Wales (District of Columbia), Charles M. Wallace, Jr. (Richmond), A.E. Warren (Portsmouth), Asa D. Watkins (Farmville), Jeremiah M. Wilson (District of Columbia), G.D. Wingo (?) (Green Bay, Virginia), and W.W. Woodward (Saluda).\n","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["00030578 \n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"collection_title_tesim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"collection_ssim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, \n1869-1898"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Supreme Court. \n"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Supreme Court. \n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred from the office of the Clerk to the State Law Library in 2006.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 v. (438 p.)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 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 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAny lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["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 1971 changed the name of the court to its present title of Supreme Court of Virginia.\n","Any lawyer licensed to practice law in any court in Virginia was permitted to practice in any other court in Virginia, provided he take an \"oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to honestly demean himself in the practice of the law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law.\" This provision also applied to residents of any state adjoining Virginia or the District of Columbia. (Code of Virginia, Including Legislation to the Year 1860, Chapter CLXIV, 699).  \n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eList of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1869-1978, Accession #00028932, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["List of Attorneys Practicing in the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1869-1978, Accession #00028932, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond. \n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.","Individuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:","Thomas S. Bocock\n","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:","W.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:","M. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n","Stephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).","List of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:","A.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:","(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).","List of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n","Thomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. Holladay (Portsmouth), William D. Casell (Portsmouth), James Pollard (Baltimore), R.B. Seurs (District of Columbia), R.W. Peatross , R.W. (Danville), Charles H. Lee (District of Columbia), Richard B. Tunstall (Norfolk), T.R. Borland (Norfolk), I.I. Deures (Manassas), P. Virney (?) (Fauquier County), Rosewell Page (Danville), Frederick N. Fleming (Goochland Courthouse), Thomas G. Jones (Urbanna, Middlesex County), Edward Spalding (Norfolk), B.W. James (Goochland Courthouse), R.H. Rawles (Suffolk), R.H. Steger (Richmond), R.C. Marshall (Portsmouth), R.M. Dickinson (Farmville), A.A. Tunstall (Lynchburg), R. W. Watkins (Halifax Courthouse), A.B. Geldner (Norfolk), a.K. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William Flanagan (Powhatan Courthouse), James P. Harrison (Danville), Geroge Perkins (Charlottesville), Samuel B. Woods (Charlottesville), (first name illegible) Rixey (Culpeper), Charles H. Sackett (Appomattox Courthouse), William Cosby, William, Jr. (Richmond), A.W. Armstrong (Alexandria), C.H. Causey (Suffolk), L.W. Marye (Richmond), William M. Peyton (Martinsville), A.M. Aiken (Danville), George T. Rison (Chatham), W.P. Dillard (Orange Courthouse), Edward Nicols (Leesburg), Graham Gordon (Baltimore), William A. Little, Jr. (Fredericksburg), James E. Edmunds (Lynchburg), C.C. Faulkner (Bergston), F.M. Whitehurst (Norfolk), William E. Ennis (Bowling Green), J. Samuel Parrish (Columbia, Fluvanna County), Thomas S. Martin (Scottsvillle), John Critcher, Jr. (Alexandria), Floyd Hughes (Norfolk), George A. Mushback (Alexandria), G.D. Wooton (District of Columbia), G. Harman (?) (District of Columbia), James Hay (Madison Courthouse), William F. Wickham (Richmond), W.T. Robins (Gloucester Courthouse), Carter K. Louthan (?) (Clarke County), Allen Watts (Roanoke), Edmund Pendleton (Richmond), Thomas P. Bagby (West Point), G.E. Caskie (Lovingston, Nelson County), Frank A. Massie (Charlottesville), R.O. Thomas (Stanardsville), Morgan H. Beach (Alexandria), James E. Clements (Alexandria), Edward R.D. Wayne (District of Columbia), Thomas Tabb (Hampton), A.b. Evans (Churchview), Robert B. Campbell (Warrenton), W.G.W. Farthing (Lightfoot, James City County), Beverley B. Munford (Chatham)), W.B. McIlwaine (?)(Petersburg), J.r. (surname illegible) (Richmond), R.S. Lacy (Talleysville, New Kent County), George W. Mayo (Richmond), John H. Greene (Alexandria), James Kerr (Norfolk), James W. Martin (Orange Courthouse), Robert Christy (District of Columbia), Thomas C. Croxton (Tappahannock), John G. Williams (Orange Courthouse), W.W. Burgess (Orange Courthouse), John B. Goode (Department of Justice, District of Columbia), William C. Preston (Richmond), John W. Bell (Culpeper), Charles P. Janney (Leesburg), Milton White, Jr. (Abingdon), John r. Moss (Buckingham Courthouse), William H. Innis (Petersburg), John Jackson (Richmond), A.W. Patterson (Richmond), J.M. Ricks (District of Columbia), B. Minor (District of Columbia), Matthew F. Maury (Richmond), Richard H. Gibbs (Leesburg), Charles Pollard (Leesburg), William Turpin (Richmond), Bernard Manns (Petersburg), George T. Garrison (Accomack Courthouse), Thomas H. Bayly Browne (Accomack Courthouse), Hugh C. Davis (Norfolk), Gordon, R.L. (Louisa Courthouse), F. Wilmer Sims (Louisa Courthouse), Abner H. Dickinson (Fredericksburg), Lloyd T. Smith (Heathsville), John G. Blackstone (Accomack Courthouse), Giles B. Jackson (Richmond), G. Hatton (Portsmouth), John Booker (Hampton), Samuel F. Coleman (Oak Forest), John O. Reynolds, John O. (Ashby), George Shackleford (Orange Courthouse), J. Fleshman, (Nebraska, Va.) (Appomattox), J.B. McCabe (Leesburg), Thomas Hughes (Baltimore), A. Merriman (District of Columbia), C. Whittle Sams (Norfolk), W.A. Jones (Warsaw), Charles H. Taylor (Kansas City, Kansas), W.W. Berry (Liberty, Bedford County), W.W. Moffett (District of Columbia), A.T. Holtzmann, (Washington, Rappahanock County), H.F. Woodhouse (Berkley, Norfolk County), George F. Parramore (Accomack Courthouse), James Reeves Lassiter (Petersburg), Claude A. Swanson (Chatham), W.T. Harris (Danville), W.W. Hardaway (Martinsville), R.B. Brown (Petersburg), A.D. Smith, Jr. (District of Columbia), R. Washington, R. (Oak Grove, Westmoreland County), Overton Howard (Richmond), A. Waller (District of Columbia), and L. Bristow (Saluda, Middlesex County)\n","List of attorneys signing oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in December 1888:","Walter Addison (Richmond), James R. Caton (Alexandria), Thomas Temple Powell (Richmond), Edmund S. Ruffin (Norfolk), and John H. Wright,  (Suffolk).","List of attorneys taking the oath to pracitice in the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1889:","L.B. Allen (Norfolk), R.G. Bickford (Newport News), Thomas E. Blakey (Tappahannock), Watson Boyle (District of Columbia), E.B. Brown  (Hampton), E.P. Buford (Lawrenceville), John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia), Charles Caldwell (Warrenton), William Calvin Chase (District of Columbia), Joseph S. Clark (Philadelphia), N.B. Clark (Newport News), J.J. Cocke (Petersburg), Charles E. Foster (District of Columbia), James H. Hayes (Richmond), John W. Helbig (Richmond), Robert W. Hunter (Winchester), Richard W. Johnston (Arlington), Joseph Leedom (?)  (Philadelphia), William H. Lyons (Richmond), Leonard Turner Mauxy (University of Virginia), H. Gordon McCinch (Philadelphia), John H. McGraw (Richmond), James M. McMullen (Petersburg), William P. McRae (Petersburg), A.J. Montague (Danville), Hosea B. Moulton (District of Columbia), J. Norton (Alexandria), Eston Randolph (Danville), John Rutherford (Richmond), E. Beverly Slater (Richmond), John N. Staples  (Greensboro, North Carolina), Charles D. Swett (District of Columbia), and L. Wendenburg (Richmond).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1890:\n","J. Wesley Avery (Alexandria), A.H. Burroughs (Lynchburg), John W. Carter (Martinsville), W.D. Dabney (Charlottesville), J.M. Dayton (Petersburg), Isaac Diggs (West Point), A.C. Drunisfore (?) (Philadelphia), W.E. Garrett (Leesburg), Roger Gregory (Lester Manor, Virginia), C. Kowaslav (?) (Berryville), J.E. Mann (King George County), N.C. Manson, Jr. (Lynchburg), George Mason (Petersburg), Samuel McCue (Charlottesville), J.M. McDougal (Lynchburg), William A. Moncure (Richmond), Robert L. Montague (Richmond), G. Hartley Norton (District of Columbia), Conway R. Sands (Richmond), R.W. Scott (Richmond), Edwin B. Shawnasee (?) (Richmond), R.E. Thornton (District of Columbia), R. Turnbull (Lawrenceville), and Hugh S. White (Martinsburg, West Virginia).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1891:\n","John H. Alexander (Leesburg), W.H. Beveridge (Richmond), Patrick J. Brennan (District of Columbia), William E. Burnes (Lebanon, Virginia), Charles C. Clokey (District of Columbia), T.T. Cockrell (Reedville), William B. Coles (Richmond), G.M. Dillard (Norfolk), John C. Foster (Newark, New Jersey), Robert Grasty (District of Columbia), Randolph Harrison (Lynchburg), Addison Haythe (Buena Vista), L.L. Kelley (Richmond), Wilbur J. Kilby (Suffolk), Julian Lewis (District of Columbia), Robert W. Mallert (?) (Norfolk), Bellum Miller (District of Columbia), H.L. Newbill (Essex County), Howard P. Okie (District of Columbia), W.N. Portlocke (Norfolk), Charles H. Rauman, (Alexandria), A.B. Rawlings (Spotsylvania Courthouse), R.G. Southall (Amelia Courthouse), Walter F. Taylor (District of Columbia), and Hank C. Townsend (Alexandria).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1892:\n","Frank S. Appleman (District of Columbia), Richard B. Ayer (District of Columbia), Strode Barton (Culpeper), M.K. Chamblin (?) (District of Columbia), T.K. deGraffenried (Atlanta, GA), J.H. Deploe (Richmond), T.H. Edwards (West Point), R.R. Fauntleroy (Richmond), W.A. Fentress (Portsmouth), G.W. Fitzgerald (District of Columbia), A.D. Flood (Appomattox Courthouse), W.C. Franklin (Pamplin City, Virginia), J.B. Gunn (Richmond), B. Lacy Hoge (Roanoke), Mateo H. Jeffer (District of Columbia), J.P. Jeffries (Warrenton), H. Lewis (West Point), William M. McCallister (Warm Springs), J.B. McGirr (District of Columbia), J.F. McNabb (District of Columbia), Julian Meade  (Danville), R.H. Merchant (Lynchburg), Ralph C. Minor (Richmond), C.L. Munson (West Point), J.P. OBrien (District of Columbia), D.C. Richardson (Richmond), J. Edgar Smith (District of Columbia), C.M. White (Warrenton), Westel Willoughby (District of Columbia), and R.W. Winborne (Buena Vista).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1893:","B.S. Barret (Richmond), W.R. Booker (Richmond), Wallace Brown (Richmond), P.H.C. Cabell (Richmond), W.D. Cardwell (Richmond), Louis Cuvillier (Alexandria), Will W. Douglas (District of Columbia), T.C. Gordon (Richmond), Newton B. Gorham (Richmond), W.H. Graveley  (Martinsville), Charles D. Hine (Vienna, Fairfax County), W.M. Justis, Jr. (Richmond), R.T. Irvine (Big Stone Gap), Walter Manly (District of Columbia), Leonard Marbury (Alexandria), Eugene C. Massie (Richmond), Chapman W. Maupin (Bedford), George H. Maxwell (District of Columbia), A.R. Monteiro (Goochland County), C.L. Munson (West Point), John H. Nelson (Leesburg), Willoughy Newton,Jr. (Richmond), J.D. Smith (Roanoke), P.A.L. Smith (Richmond), Z.P. Smith (Culpeper), and George Copping Warner (University Station, Charlottesville).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1894:","George Ainslee (Richmond), William P. Barksdale (Houston, Virginia), Bentley Bleamsbed (?) (Amherst), Gardner L. Boothe (Alexandria), P. Bouldin, Sr. (Stuart), J.W. D. Brady (Petersburg), C.C. Carlin (Alexandria), A.E. Chalmers (Richmond), Alfred Cohen (Richmond), Malcolm Argyle Coles (Northumberland County), Alden March Collins (Fairfax Courthouse), James J. Corridan (District of Columbia), Edwin P. Cox (Richmond), Abram C. Eby (Richmond), W.A. Farmer (Richmond), John M. George (District of Columbia), Daniel Grinnan (Richmond), Howard Hathaway (White Stone), J. Jordan Leake (Richmond), John L. Lee (Amherst), Lee Lindsey (Norfolk County), Robert Marye (Richmond), George A. Melvin (Portsmouth), Cornelius Mimms (Chesterfield County), John Garland Pollard (Richmond), J. Breckenridge Robertson (Charlottesville), Beverley T. Sewer (Charlottesville), E.B. Taylor (Alexandria), C.W. Throckmorton (Danville), Charles M. Waite  (Culpeper), William Leigh Williams (Norfolk), and Eugene Withers (Danville).","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1895:","Archer Anderson, Jr.(Richmond), P. St. George Barraud (Richmond), William W. Barrow (Richmond), E. Boggs (Atlanta, Georgia), William Brinnan (?)(Fincastle), Irving E. Campbell (Richmond), James E. Cannon (Richmond), Edgar Carrington (Richmond), George D. Carter (Henrico County), C.H. Causey, Jr. (Suffolk), W.L. Clark (Winchester), Walter A. Dunn (Richmond), Charles W. Dunstan (Richmond), William N. Fisher (District of Columbia), H.W. Flournoy (Richmond), W.H. Garnett (Manchester), S. Hamilton Graves (Roanoke), James W. Green (Culpeper), N.T. Greene (Danville), Raleigh Gunn (Richmond), R. Randolph Hicks (Roanoke), Volney E. Howard (Lynchburg), E. Hilton Jackson (District of Columbia), Claggett B. Jones (Bruington, King and Queen County), F. Kirkpatrick (Lynchburg), Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Houston, Virginia), W.H.T. Lyall (Norfolk), Laurence T. McCormick (Berryville), John B. Minor (Richmond), Kirkwood Mitchell (Richmond), Hill Montague (Richmond), George W. Morris (Charlottesville), John J. Murphey (District of Columbia), John Adair Pleasants (Richmond), Allen Potts (Richmond), John P. Pryor (Alexandria), Samuel Regester (Richmond), Edward W. Robertson (Roanoke), Walter H. Ryland (Richmond), William Skelton (Richmond), Walter H. Taylor (Norfolk), John G. Tilton (Norfolk), Littleton W. Waller (Norfolk), Edmund Williams (Richmond) and George E. Wise (Richmond).\n","List of attorneys signing the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1896:","J.C. Asbury (Norfolk), Edward R. Baldwin (Norfolk), J. Warren Booker (Richmond), Hunsdon (?) Cary (Richmond), J. Edward Cole  (Norfolk), Allen Collins (Richmond), Frederick Cox (District of Columbia), Frederick L. Davidson (Richmond), Marion L. Dawson (Richmond), William Fendall, Lewis H. Finney, Jr. (District of Columbia), R.C. Florance (Richmond), Minstres (?) Folkes (Richmond), James W. Gordon  (Richmond), Charles B. Glenn (Richmond), Harrcy C. Glenn (Richmond), John E. Heath, Jr. (Norfolk), James H. Hitchen, Jr. (Accomack Court House), A.A. Hochling, Jr. (District of Columbia), Thomas F. Keith (Fairfax Courthouse), William B. King (District of Columbia), James Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), M.M. Martin (Richmond), Thomas McDougall (Cincinnati, Ohio), C.F. McMullan (Madison Courthouse), Warren H. Mercer (Richmond), Bernard L. Metruck (?) (Baltimore), P. Morris (Norfolk), W.G. Pilkinton (Powhatan County), Robert Ramsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), W.A. Ross (Norfolk), William W. Smith (Cumberland Courthouse), E.J. Spade (Eastville), Minton W. Talbot (Norfolk), C.H. Vines (Roanoke), George R. Wales (District of Columbia), Charles M. Wallace, Jr. (Richmond), A.E. Warren (Portsmouth), Asa D. Watkins (Farmville), Jeremiah M. Wilson (District of Columbia), G.D. Wingo (?) (Green Bay, Virginia), and W.W. Woodward (Saluda).\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T18:05:57.785Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe List of Attorneys Practicing in the Court of Appeals, 1869-1978, is a register  of signatures of attorneys qualifying to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Most entries include the date the year the oath was taken and the lawyer's residence (town, courthouse, county, or city). Beginning in 1907, each entry includes the date the attorney qualified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals who took the oath from 1869 to 1896 are listed. Beginning in 1897, a written bar exam was given by the Supreme Court of Appeals and the names of those who passed were published by Virginia Law Register (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Company).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1869:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Bocock\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1870:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.R. Berkeley, George L. Christian, Charles S. Cox, John Dunlop, James G. Field, James W. Green, John G. Griswold, James W. Humes, H.H. Robertson, William Terry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1871-1872:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Dulany Ball (resident of Maryland), R.L.T. Beale, George S. Bernard, George W. Booker (Martinsville), Charles A. Bower, E. Holmes Boyd, James O. Brooke, Joseph Bryan (Richmond), L.A. Buckingham (Childress Store), Joseph s. Budd, E.C. Cabell, E.C. (Richmond), George Cabell (Danville), John R. Chambliss, John M. Chapman, C. D. Christian (Lynchburg), John A. Coke (Richmond), Robert S. Craighill (Lynchburg), Richard H. Christian, R.A. Coghill (New Glasgow, Amherst County), F.M. Conner, Samuel Davies (Petersburg), James Davis, John B. Donovan (Mathews Courthouse), Gilbert Elliott, William Ellis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, J. Wesley Friend, John T. Garlick, George H. Gilmer (Pittsylvania Courthouse), John Gilmer, J.D. Godwin, E.P. Goggin (Lynchburg), John Goode, Jr. (Norfolk), William Gregory, Matthew Harrison, Luther D. Haymond, William Wirt Henry (Charles County Courthouse), Drury A. Hinton (Petersburg), Robert Howard (Richmond), Robert T. Hubard, Jr. t T., Jr. (Thurston, Buckingham County), George Hundley (Buckingham Courthouse), John Hunter, Jr. (Richmond), Eppa Hunton, Thomas G. Jackson, John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. Johnson, Otho G. Kean, Walter D. Leake (Goochland Courthouse), William J. Leake (Richmond), Francis Levitt,Jr., Richard Lillauny (?), R.H. Logan (Salem), Alfred Martin (Richmond), G. Martin (Norfolk), George A. Martin, George A., James M. Matthews (Richmond), Joseph Mayo, Jr., E.C. Moncure, E.B. Montague,(Shacklefords, King and Queen County), J.B. Mordecai (Richmond), R. T. Musick, L.C. Neale, J.G. Nelson (Fredericksburg), William W. Old, John Orr (?)(Loudoun), Richard G. Pegram, John E. Penn (Patrick Courthouse), James Pleasants (Richmond), H.R. Pollard, John W. Riely (Halifax Courthouse), Harrison Robertson, L.A. Sale (Liberty, Bedford County), John R. Scots, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland), Robert Scott, Jr., M.B. Seawell (Gloucester County), John Lane Stern, Charles Stewart, Charles Stringellow, William a. Swartz (?), W.B. Tabb, William B. Taliaferro (Gloucester Courthouse), John E. Taylor (Richmond), H. Terry (Lynchburg), Lee Thomas, W.W. Walker, A.M. Wallace, C. Wistar Wallace, Thomas N. Welch, (Flippos, Caroline County), W. Winn, Frank V. Winston, and John S. Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1873-1875:\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen Adams (Lynchburg), John J. Allen (Waskeys Mills, Botetourt County), Robert H. Armistead (Williamsburg), William R. Aylett (Ayletts, King William County), R.b. Berkeley (Richmond), E.E. Bouldin (Danville), John M. Bouldin (Charlotte Courthouse), E.C. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), F.W. Christian (Richmond), James Clarke (Manchester), J. Preston Cocke (Richmond), Charles F. Collins (Petersburg), Richard B. Davis (Petersburg), S.S. Dinwiddie (Tazewell Courthouse), B.J. Epes (Dinwiddie Courthouse), H.r. Farrar (Amelia County), J.P. Fitzgerald(Farmville), Lewis C. Fleming (Onancock, Accomack County), George B. Harrison (Richmond), Lewis Lee Henderson (Lunenburg), F.D. Irving (Farmville), John M. Johnson (Alexandria), B.W. Lacy (Tunstall Station), John A. Logan, (Halifax Courthouse), L.M. (or T.M.) Logan (Richmond), W.B. Martin (Norfolk), Julius J. Mason, John Neely (Accomack County), William H. Payne (Warrenton), E.P. Pitts (City of Norfolk), Edward D. Pitts (Norfolk), J. Benjamin South (or Sutton?) (Stafford Courthouse), Charles E. Stuart (Alexandria), R.T. Thorp (Boydton), Zeph. Turner (Woodville, Rappahanock County), George Walker (Richmond), Richard Walker (City of Norfolk), and H.T. Wickham (Richmond).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attornreys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia, 1876, circa:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Chandler (Bowling Green), William T. Chandler (Bowling Green), N.T. Green (Halifax Couthouse), Alexander Hamilton (Petersburg), Powell Harrison (Leesburg), Wade Haskins (Richmond), Philip B. Hiden (Orange Courthouse), F.M. McMullan (Stanardsville), and Thomas Page (Richmond).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in 1877, circa:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(first name illegible) Cleary (District of Columbia), Alexander Coke (Richmond), C.D. Fishburne (Charlottesville), Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.(Norfolk), Asa Gray (Fluvanna), Addison Holladay (Richmond), George McIntosh (Norfolk), S.C. Redd (Hanover County), Leigh Robinson (District of Columbia), Isaac Shields (Richmond), W.E. Sims (Chatham), James Walker (Madison Courthouse), S.G. Whittle (Henry Courthouse), E.B. Williams (Richmond), and T.R.B. Wright (Tappahannock).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of attorneys taking the oath to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1878-1888 (in chronological order, as they appear in the register):\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas W. Pierce, William Ellyson (Richmond), J.H.C. Jones (St. Stephens, King and Queen County), Richard N. Lee (Millwood), B.F. Bland (Saluda, Middlesex County), John B. Moon (Scottsville), Edgar Allen (Farmville), William R. Barksdale (Halifax Courthouse), John H. Dinnall (Richmond), C. Mason, F.D. Irving (Farmville), James Lyons, Jr.(Richmond), David L. Pulliam (Manchester), B.A. Hancock (Chesterfield County), Henry W. Hobson (Richmond), Beverly T. Crump (Richmond), F.H.M. McGuire (Richmond), John Martin (Danville), Henry Heaton (Leesburg), Howard R. Bayne (Richmond), Elisha E. Meredith (Brentsville, Prince William County), A.D. Payne (Warrenton), M.P. Burks (Liberty, Bedford County), Charles Stage (Richmond), Harvey Willson (Onancock, Accomack County), Tucker R. Warren (Richmond), Micajah Woods (Charlottesville), L.B. Cox (Cincinnati, Ohio), James Caskie (Richmond), William M. Walker (Montross, Westmoreland County), James L. Tredway (Chatham), J.W. Hudgin (Bowling Green), John W. Porter (Portsmouth), Johh Goode (Norfolk), W. Almond (Petersburg), Robert M. Newton (District of Columbia), Samuel G. Brent (Alexandria), Tazewell Ellett (Richmond), Graham Claytor (Liberty, Bedford County), William C. Roane (Richmond), William Gordon Robertson (Richmond), William W. Field (Richmond), Robert M. Hughes (Norfolk), Henry C. Coke (Richmond), Solomon L. Bloomberg (Richmond), H.E. Davis (District of Columbia), B.P. Noland (Middleburg), T.E. Conn (Weatherford, Texas), Richard Fuller Shryock (Charlottesville), Frank S. Blair (Wytheville), L.T. Hanckel (Charlottesville), Linden Kent (Alexandria), Thomas L. Brown (Charleston, West Virginia), B.D. Peachy (Williamsburg), Henry Harrison (Leesburg), J.M. Foster (Leesburg), Louis H. Powell (Leesburg), Edmund Burke (Alexandria), I.F. Hubbard (Yorktown), D.M. Bernard (Lawrencville, Brunswick County), G. Santini (Richmond), William P. De Saussure (Richmond), D.S. Hournshell (Richmond), John W. Ashby (Luray), Jackson Guy (Richmond), Richard M. Venable (Baltimore), Frank Clark (Baltimore), William H. Mann (Nottoway Courthouse), George J. Hooper, Jr. (Richmond), Thomas Smith homas (Warrenton), S. Patteson (Richmond), H. Taylor, Jr. (Richmond), William Hegenheuer (Richmond), Edward D. Minor (Henrico County), Willis B. Smith (Portsmouth), Odin G. Clay, Jr. (Richmond), T.F. Bayard (Wilmington, Delaware), J. Alston Cabell (Richmond), W.G. Elliott  (Norfolk), Arthur S. Segar (Hampton), W.T. Shields (Lexington), James O. Shepherd (Palmyra, Fluvanna County), W. Sydnor (Hanover County), H.R. Miller (Danville), Henry E. Bastian (Danville), P.B. Borst (Luray), J. Fitzpatrick (Chesterfield Courthouse), L.M. Fowler (Louisa Courthouse), B. Rand Wellford (Richmond), William McKierney (Westmoreland Courthouse), Wyndham R. Meredith (Richmond), James M. Ambler (Hanover County), R.H. Cardwell (Hanover Courthouse), W. Peek (Hampton), H.W. Smith, Jr., George Bryan (Richmond), L.D. Starke (Norfolk), \nArchibald Taylor (Baltimore), E.E. Nicol (Brentsville, Prince William County), Daniel Lewis (Manassas), Berryman Green (Danville), Langhorne Scruggs (Pittsylvania Courthouse), Cassius Carter (Fairfax Courthouse), John B. Brockenbrough (Liberty, Bedford County), R. Walton Moore (Fairfax), David H. Pannill (Chatham), W.P. Houston (Lexington), J.L. Hubbard (Nelson County), William Westham (Lexington), Guy H. Thompson (District of Columbia), William F. Atkins (Boydton), Angus M.D. Green (Culpeper), Landon C. Berkeley, Jr. (Danville), Charles W. Turner (Richmond), Robert E. Scott (Richmond), W.E. Bibb (Louisa Courthouse), J.S. Powell (Spotsylvania County), William O. Fry (Charlottesville), R. Douglas Wortham (Richmond), Thomas M. Miller (Manchester), H.G. Moffett, Jr. (Rappahannock County), W.E. Townes (Boydton), Frank E. Anderson (Richmond), Courtland H. Smith (Alexandria), T.N. Jones (Smithville, Charlotte County), John P. Pickett (Richmond), E.P. Phelps, W.W. Henry, Jr.(City of Roanoke), Robert McCandlish (Middlesex County), James E. Heath (Richmond), I. Brown Thompson (Arrington Depot, Nelson County), H.S. Menfee (Washington, Rappahannock County), Charles J. Everett (Utica, New York), Thomas Williams (Mecklenburg, West Virginia), Frank Gilmer (Charlottesville), Edmund Waddell (Richmond), W.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), J.L. Jeffries (Culpeper), W.W. Hubard (Buckingham Courthouse), J.J. Powell (Columbia, Fluvanna Courthouse), James F. Crocker (Portsmouth), C.W. Murdaugh (Portsmouth), W.W.H. Harris (Lynchburg), T.H. Hill (Madison Courthouse), James F. Epes (Nottoway County), Eppa Hunton, Jr. (Warrenton), James E. Heath (Norfolk), George A. Jones (Hanover County), John W. Haffner (Portsmouth), L.R. Watts (Portsmouth), W.B. Barton (Alexandria), William Stewart (Portsmouth), William B. Tinsley (Lynchburg), Leonidas D. Yarrell (Hicksford), Samuel Williams (Blount Courthouse, West Virginia?) 1883, Robert D. Yancey (Lynchburg), W.S. Holland (Isle of Wight County), L.M. Kean (Lynchburg), R. Deveraux Doyle (Norfolk), J.M. Gregory (Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield), Allan C. Hill (Charles City County), James Lamb (Richmond), Issac H. Christiera (?), Page Morris Page (Lynchburg), J. Singleton Diggs (Lynchburg), William H. Sands (Richmond), Charles H. Carter (Ashland), G. Carlton Jackson (Richmond), J.O. Reddy (Richmond), William H. Dudley (Lynchburg), J.B. Johnston (Richmond), M.L. Spotswood (Richmond), Ben Gunter (Accomack Courthouse), R.T. Wilson (Petersburg), Arthur P. Thom (Norfolk), R.A. Ayers (Estilleville), James G. 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