Grayson County, Virginia Bar, 1793-1837

                                             Lawyers

The practices of Grayson County and the North Carolina counties differed
considerably in admitting lawyers to the Bar.  In the early days of both
counties, the county court admitted lawyers to practice before the bar.  The
Ashe
County records fail to record many of the men who must have practiced
before the
courts in that county.  It appears that an attorney in North Carolina was
usually
a resident of the county in which he practiced.  In Virginia roaming
attorneys
seem to have been the rule.  North Carolina also required formal legal
training,
while in Virginia a person could "read" law with an established attorney in
a
type of apprentice system without attending a law school, though many
Virginia
attorneys attended William and Mary or the University of Virginia Schools
of Law.

(Grayson Checked 1793 - 1837)

Amis, Lewis                   Grayson County        October 19, 1812
Blair, James                  Grayson County        August 20, 1793
Boyd, Chatham                 Grayson County        October 19, 1830
Boyd, Thomas J.               Grayson County        October 19, 1830
Boyd, Thomas J.               Grayson County        September 13, 1832
Brackenbrough, W.,            Grayson County        Judge - 1810
Brown, George W.              Grayson County        May 27, 1834
Brown, James E.               Grayson County        May 19, 1823
Brown, James E.               Grayson County        Judge April 13, 1833
Campbell, John                Grayson County        August 25, 1810
Caruthers, Benjamin F.        Grayson County        March 25, 1833
Chapman, Hanly                Grayson County        August 15, 1810
Chapman, John                 Grayson County        May 19, 1823
Chapman, John                 Grayson County        September 13, 1832
Draper, Joseph                Grayson County        May 14, 1821
Evans, James                  Grayson County        1809
Evans, Joseph                 Grayson County        1810
Floyd, Benjamin R.            Grayson County        April 27, 1835
Foster, John                  Grayson County        October 13, 1828
Friel, Silas                  Grayson County        May 19, 1823
Graham, William A.            Grayson County        May 15, 1827
Gray, David W.                Grayson County        May 22, 1810
Greer, Shadrach               Grayson County        Special Case
Henderson, Arthur H.          Grayson County        May 19, 1818
Idle, Frederick               Grayson County        ?
Johnson, Peter                Grayson County        Judge - 1811
Johnston, Charles             Grayson County        May 17, 1819
Kane, Henry S.                Grayson County        April 13, 1833
Keith, Daniel                 Grayson County        1807
Kelly, John                   Grayson County        1809
Kelly, William                Grayson County        Special Case
Lee, Charles C.               Grayson County        August 24, 1833
Leftwich, Isaac J.            Grayson County        September 13, 1832
Leftwich, James J.            Grayson County        September 24, 1832
Matthews, Richard             Grayson County        April 1837
Mays, Peter                   Grayson County        1809
McCamant, Samuel              Grayson County        May 15, 1827
Michie, Thomas                Grayson County        October 15, 1821
Moore, Alfred                 Grayson County        September 12, 1831
Perry, Zebb                   Grayson County        June 27, 1809
Sanders, Fleming              Grayson County        Judge April 12, 1831
Smith, Alexander              Grayson County        June 10, 1793
Smyth, Harold                 Grayson County        October 15, 1821
Steward, Archibald            Grayson County        May 18, 1824

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