William Little Brown (August 9, 1789 – February 28, 1830) was a justice of theTennessee Supreme Court from 1822 to 1824.[1]
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| Born | (1789-08-09)August 9, 1789 |
| Died | February 28, 1830(1830-02-28) (aged 40) |
Brown was born nearCheraw, South Carolina, to Morgan Brown and Elizabeth Little who laid outPalmyra, Tennessee.[2] After attendingTransylvania University, hestudied law underJohn Haywood andJoseph H. Hawkins and was admitted to the bar in 1812.[2]
He was appointed solicitor general by GovernorWillie Blount in 1814, and elected as a member of the state senate in 1819.[1] During his term in the senate, he negotiated a treaty regarding the Kentucky/Tennessee boundary line.[3] He was elected to a judgeship on the state's Supreme Court in 1822, but resigned in July 1824[1] and died in his home called "Rose Cliff" nearNashville on February 28, 1830.[2] The state supreme court ordered the publication of a "Tribute of Respect" for Brown a month thereafter, lauding his legal acumen.[4]
References
edit- ^abc"Justices".Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society.
- ^abcGoodpasture, Albert V. (April 1902)."William Little Brown".The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly.7 (2):97–111.ISSN 2333-8997.JSTOR 42657120.
- ^"Portrait of William Little Brown".Nashville Public Library's Digital Collections. RetrievedOctober 6, 2022.
- ^"Tribute of Respect",National Banner and Nashville Whig (March 26, 1830), p. 3.
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| Preceded by Newly established seat | Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court 1822–1824 | Succeeded by |
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