Draft:Thomas L. Williams (judge)

Thomas Lanier Williams (1788 – December 2, 1856) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1825 to 1826.

appointed 1816 (vice Hugh L. White), but next legislature declined to fill vacancy; born in North Carolina; chancellor for East Tennessee, 1836 to 1854; member of state senate from Knox County, 1819, 1821, 1823[1]

On May 16, 1825, while serving on the Supreme Court, Williams organized the chancery court for the district covering Carter, Greene, Washington, Cocke, Jefferson, and Sevier counties.[2]

Williams served as Chancellor for the Eastern District of Tennessee for nearly a third of his life.[3]

Williams died while visiting Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
  2. ^ History of Tennessee: From the Earliest Time to the Present (1887), p. 884.
  3. ^ a b "The Late Judge Williams", The Tennessean (December 7, 1856), p. 3.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
1825–1826
Succeeded by
Seat eliminated


Category:1788 births Category:1856 deaths Category:Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court


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