John Coalter

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John Coalter
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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Personal details
Born	August 20, 1769
	Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Died	February 2, 1838
	Stafford Co., Virginia
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Profession	Lawyer Planter 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. 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.

See also

• Glimpses of Old College Life, January 1900
• Wythe the Teacher

External links

• Virginia Appellate Court History.