William Little Brown (August 9, 1789 – February 28, 1830) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1822 to 1824.[1]
Brown was born near Cheraw, South Carolina, to Morgan Brown and Elizabeth Little who laid out Palmyra, Tennessee.[2] After attending Transylvania University, he studied law under John Haywood and Joseph H. Hawkins and was admitted to the bar in 1812.[2]
He was appointed solicitor general by Governor Willie 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" near Nashville 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
- ^ a b c "Justices". Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society.
- ^ a b c Goodpasture, 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. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ "Tribute of Respect", National Banner and Nashville Whig (March 26, 1830), p. 3.
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