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near Staunton and practiced law, and at
first was very poor and walked to his courts
with his clothes and papers in a bag on his
shoulders. He was, first, attorney for the
commonwealth, and in 1809 he was ap-
pointed a judge of the general court. On
May II, 181 1, he was promoted to the court
of appeals. About 1821 he removed to
Richmond, and soon after purchased "Chat-
ham," in Stafford county, opposite to Fred-
ericksburg, where he resided until the time
of his death, which occurred February 2,
1838. **Chatham" was formerly one of the
elegant estates of the Fitzhugh family, and
Charles Augustus Murray, grandson of Lord
Dunniore. draws in his "Travels'* (1839)
a flattering picture of Judge Coalter in these
noble surroundings. His face portrayed
with singular force, "frankness, energy* and
shrewdness," a combination of qualities
which had raised him to the highest rank
in his profession. Judge Coalter married
three times, (first) Maria* Rind, daughter of
William Rind, of Williamsburg, editor of
one of the Virginia "Gazettes.*' published in
that city at the time of the revolution. He
married (second) Margaret Davenport, of
Williamsburg, and (third) Frances Bland
Tucker, daughter of Judge St. George
Tucker. By the last wife he left issue sur-
viving.
Green* John Williams, son of William Green and Lucy Williams, his wife, daugh- ter of William and Lucy (Clayton) Wil- liams, was born in Culpeper county. Xo- vcmber 9. 1781. His grandfather was Colo- nel John Green, of Culpeper, a gallant officer of the American revolutipn. who served with distinction with Washington in New York and with Greene in the South. He was descended from William Green, an
English yeoman in the bodyguard of Wil-
liam, Prince of Orange, whose son, Robert,
father of Colonel John Green, came to Vir-
ginia about 1710 with his uncle, William
Duff, a Quaker of large means. He was
educated as a lawyer, and served in the war
of 1812. He became one of the chancellors
of the state, and in 1822 elected judge of the
Supreme Court of Appeals. He married
(first) December 24, 1805, Mary Brown,
daughter of John and Hannah Ball (Cooke)
lirown. of Stafford county; married (sec-
ond) October 9, 181 7, Million Cooke, daugh-
ter of John Cooke. By the first marriage
he was father of the distinguished lawyer
and learned scholar, William Green, LL. D.,
o: Richmond. He died February 4, 1834.
Carr, Dabney» son of Dabney Carr (q. v.) and Martha Jefferson, his wife, was born three weeks before the death of his father, in Albemarle county, in April, 1773. He attended Hampden-Sidney College, and after his return home studied law and be- came intimately acquainted with the cele- brated William Wirt, who had married a daughter of Dr. George Gilmer, and was then settled in Albemarle. Carr practiced in Albemarle county, and in 181 1 became chan- cellor of the Winchester district, and in 1824, on the death of Judge Fleming, was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Ap- peals. His profound investigations of the questions which came before him for deci- sion made for him a great reputation. He helAhi.< office on the Supreme bench till his death. January 8. 1837. He was buried in Sbockoe Cemetery. Richmond.
Tucker, Henry St George, eldest son of Judge St. George Tucker by his first wife, Frances Bland, daughter of Theodorick
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