John Coalter

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John Coalter
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Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals
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June 1, 1811 - March 23, 1831
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Judge of the Virginia General Court
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1809-1811
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Born August 20, 1769
  Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Died February 2, 1838
  Stafford Co., Virginia
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Profession Lawyer
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Judge
Spouse(s) Maria Rind (1791-1792)
Margaret Davenport (1795-1797)
Ann Frances Bland Tucker (1802-1813)
Hannah Harrison Jones Williamson (1822-1838)
Relatives Michael Coalter (father)
Elizabeth Moore Coalter (mother)
St. George Tucker (father-in-law)
Known for Studied law under George Wythe
Delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830)
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John Coalter (1769 – 1838) was judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals from 1811 until 1831.[1] Born in Augusta County, Virginia (later Rockbridge, Co.) to Michael and Elizabeth Moore Coalter, his early education was at Liberty Hall Academy (later Washington and Lee University) in Staunton. At eighteen, he became a tutor for the children of St. George Tucker, in Chesterfield County and in Williamsburg. In 1789, Tucker arranged for Coalter to study law at William and Mary under George Wythe.[2]

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  1. "John Coalter (1811-1831)," Virginia Appellate Court History, accessed January 14, 2018.
  2. Timothy S. Huebner, "John Coalter (1769-1838)," Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond, VA: Library of Virginia, 1998), 3:316.

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