Chapter XIII: Appendix: B

JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

1742-1976

Lists Compiled By E. Sprouse, P. Howe, V. Peters, A. Lewis, and N. Netherton.

(Because of missing books and records, this listing is incomplete.)

First Commission for Fairfax County, _1742_

William Fairfax
John Colvill
Richard Osborne
Jeremiah Bronaugh
Lewis Elzey
William Payne
Thomas Pearson
John Minor
William Henry Terrett
John Gregg
Gerard Alexander
Edward Barry
Daniel Jennings
Thomas Arbuthnot

(_1742-1748_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)

_1749_

John Minor
William H. Terrett
Daniel Jennings
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
Daniel McCarty
John Colvill
Moses Linton
Lewis Ellzey
William Payne
Richard Osborn
George W. Fairfax
Anthony Russell
Joseph Watkins
George Mason
Jeremiah Bronaugh
Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax
Chief Justice
Stephen Lewis

_1750_

John West
Lawrence Washington
Catesby Cocke

_1752_

Fielding Turner

_1753_

Thomas Colvill

_1754_

Hugh West

_1755_

John West, Jr.
Sampson Turley
Sampson Darrell
James Hamilton
Oneas Campbell

_1757_

Henry Gunnell

_1758_

John Hunter
Robert Adam
William Bronaugh
William Payne, Jr.

_1759_

Bryan Fairfax
Townshend Dade
Benjamin Grayson
Edward Blackburn
Lee Massey
William Adams

_1762_

Hector Ross

_1764_

George William Fairfax
William Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
Thomas Colvill dead
John West, Junior
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Dorrell Sher.
Townshend Dade Quo:
Henry Gunnell

_1767_

Marmaduke Beckwith
Robert Adam
John Hunter dead
Richard Sanford
Wm. Payne
Benjamin Grayson
William Adams
Edward Blackburn
Hector Ross &
Alexander Henderson Gent.
George William Fairfax
Lewis Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
Wm. Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
John West, Junr
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Dorrell Quo:
Townshend Dade
Henry Gunnell
Wm. Adams
George Washington &
Daniel French Gent:

_1768_

George W Fairfax
Lewis Ellzey
John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
Wm. Ramsey
Charles Broadwater
John West Junior
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Darrel
Townshend Dade Quorum
Henry Gunnell
Marmaduke Beckwith
Robert Adam
Richard Sanford
Wm. Payne
Benjamin Grayson dead
Wm. Adams
Hector Ross
Alexander Henderson
George Washington
Daniel French &
Edward Payne Gent:

_1770_

John West
George Mason
Daniel McCarty
John Carlyle
William Ramsay
Charles Broadwater
John West Junr
Bryan Fairfax
Sampson Darrell Quor.
Henry Gunnell
Robert Adam
William Payne
William Adams
Hector Ross
Alexander Henderson
George Washington and
Edward Payne Gent.

(_1774-1782_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)

_1783_

John Gibson
George Gilpin
Richard Chichester
Robert McCrea
Charles Little
James Hendricks
Josiah Watson
Henry Darne
Thomas Lewis
Robert T. Hooe

_1784_

James Wren
David Stuart
David Arell
Charles Alexander

_1785_

William Deneale
John Moss

_1786_

George Minor
William Herbert

_1787_

Roger West
Richard Conway
Thomas Gunnell
John Fitzgerald
William Brown
Benjamin Dulany
Thomas Pollard
James Waugh
John Potts

_1788_

Martin Cockburn
William Lyles

(_1793-1796_ Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.)

_1797_

Thompson Mason
James Keith, Jr.

_1798_

Francis Adams
John Stewart Alexander
James Coleman
Elisha C. Dick
Charles Eskridge
John Gunnell
William Gunnell
John Jackson
William Lane, Jr.
Ludwell Lee
Richard Bland Lee
Samuel Love
John Potts, Jr.
Richard Ratcliffe
William Stanhope
George Summers
William H. Washington

_1801_

Francis Adams
Charles Alexander
John S. Alexander
Charles Broadwater
James Coleman
Richard Conway
William Deneale
Elisha C. Dick
Benjamin Dulany
Charles Eskridge
John Fitzgerald
George Gilpin
John Gunnell
Thomas Gunnell
William Gunnell
William Herbert
Robert T. Hooe
John Jackson
William Lane, Jr.
Ludwell Lee
Richard B. Lee
Charles Little
Samuel Love
Daniel McCarty
Thompson Mason
George Minor
John Moss
William Payne
John Potts, Jr.
Richard Ratcliffe
William Stanhope
David Stewart (_sic._)
George Summers
William H. Washington
James Waugh
John West
Roger West
James Wren
Now dead: Love, Fitzgerald,
T. Gunnell, R. West,
J. Gunnell, J. S.
Alexander, D. McCarty
Now moved: Ludwell Lee
Now refuses to qualify:
Summers
Now in D. C.: Gilpin, Hooe,
Alexander, Conway, Herbert,
Potts, Dick, Washington
Now disqualified: Adams

_1802_

Augustine J. Smith
Humphrey Peake
John Keene
James H. Blake

_1803_

Samuel Adams, Jr.

_1804_

Richard Coleman
Spencer Jackson
George Graham

_1807_

Present:
William Gunnell, Jr.
William Payne
Wm. Deneale
Augustine J. Smith
Hancock Lee
Humphrey Peake
Spencer Jackson
Absent:
George Summers, Gentleman
Persons to be recommended to the Governor as proper persons to be
commissioned by him as Justices of the Peace, or added to the
Commission of the Peace for the County:
John C. Hunter
John C. Scott
Daniel McCarty Chichester
Joseph Powell
Edward Dulin
James L. Triplett
John Y. Ricketts
George Mason

_1808_

Present:
William Gunnell, Jr.
James Waugh
William Lane, Jr.
Thomson Mason
George Summers
Humphrey Peake
George Graham
James L. Triplett
Absent:
James Coleman
William Gunnell, Jr.
David Stuart
William Payne
William Deneale
Thompson Mason
Richard Ratcliffe
George Summers
Augustine J. Smith
James Waugh
Hancock Lee
Humphrey Peake
George Graham
John Coleman

Acting in _1816-17_

James Coleman
Wm. Lane, Jr.
Thompson Mason
Rich. Ratcliffe
John Jackson
Augustine J. Smith
Rich. M. Scott
Humphrey Peake
Rich. Coleman
Spencer Jackson
John C. Hunter
James L. Triplett
John T. Ricketts
Lawrence Lewis
Wm. H. Terrett
Henry Gunnell, Jr.
Alex'r Waugh
Geo. Minor
Geo. Gunnell
Francis L. Lee
John W. Ashton
Dan'l M. Chichester
Geo. Taylor
Wm. H. Foote
James Waugh
James Sangster
Thomas Moss
Dan'l Dulany
Chas. G. Broadwater
Wm. H. Fitzhugh

_1819-1826_

William A. G. Dade

Acting in _1824_

Rich. Ratcliffe
Rich. M. Scott
Lawrence Lewis
Spencer Jackson
John C. Hunter
James L. Triplett
Alex'r Waugh
Geo. Gunnell
Geo. Mason
Augst. J. Smith
John W. Ashton
Geo. Taylor
Wm. H. Foote
James Sangster
Thos. Moss
Dan'l Dulany
Chas. L. Broadwater
Wm. H. Fitzhugh
Chas. F. Ford
Benedict M. Lang
Eli Offutt
John Jackson
Robt. Ratcliffe
Chas. Ratcliffe
Wm. E. Beckwith
John Geanit
Mottrom Ball
Rich. C. Mason
Joshua Hutchison
Sam'l Summers

_1831-1838_

John Scott

Acting between _1825-42_

Geo. Millan
Silas Burke
Rich. H. Cockerille
Rich. C. Mason
Dennis Johnston
John D. Bell
John Gunnell
Frederick Carper
Spencer M. Ball
Edward Sangster
James Millan
Thomas Nevett
John H. Halley
Wm. Ball
John Millan
Geo. Mason
John B. Hunter
Henry Fairfax
Wm. H. Alexander
Frederick A. Hunter
Wm. A. Chichester
Alfred Moss
Chas. C. Stuart
James Hunter
Benj. F. Rose
James Cloud
Fred. M. Ford
Wm. R. Selectman
Nelson Conrad
W. W. Ball
Jno. Powell
Jno. A. Washington
Wm. H. Wren

_1839-52_

John Scott
John W. Tyler

_1852-55_

Silas Burke
William Ball
Wm. R. Selectman
W. W. Ball
John Millan
Nelson Conrad
William H. Wrenn
James Hunter
Ira Williams
Thomas Suddath
George H. Padgett
James M. Benton
John R. Dale
Thos. A. Davis
S. T. Stuart
Levi Burke
James Fox
Robert M. Whaley
Abner Brush
John Cowling
F. W. Flood
Francis E. Johnston
John W. Hickey
R. C. Mason
R. McC. Throckmorton
W. W. Elzey
Willis B. McCormick
William Barker
F. M. Ford
Francis C. Davis
John W. Hickey
Spencer Jackson
John N. Taylor
John B. Farr
J. C. Gunnell
John R. Grigsby

_1858-60_

John C. Gunnell
Tenley S. Swink
Richard L. Nevitt
Daniel Kincheloe
Francis C. Davis
Richard Johnson
W. B. McCormick
F. C. Davis
Ira Williams
Francis E. Johnston
Geo. H. Padgett
George Burke
John Burke
John Dole
John A. Washington
Alfred Leigh
Francis C. Davis
James Hunter
W. B. McCormick
William L. Lee
Wm. W. Ellzey
John Cowling
Benjamin F. Shreve
William S. Seitz
James P. Machen
George Padgett
James Simpson
---- Mann
W. W. Ball
Richard Johnston
B. D. Utterback
F. M. Ford
Cyrus Hickey
A. S. McKenzie
R. C. Mason
Henry Jenkins

_1863-1867_

Thomas P. Brown
James H. Rice
Wm. Terry
Andrew Sagar
Herain Cockrill
Samuel Pullman
Reuben Ives
Daniel W. Lewis
E. E. Mason
Levi Dening
Harry Bready
William A. Ferguson
William Walters
William T. Rumsey
Talmadege Thorne
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
John B. Troth
George B. Ives
Josiah B. Bowman
Job Hawxhurst
George F. M. Walters
J. W. Barcroft
George W. Millan
Cyrus Hickey
James C. Dentz
B. D. Utterback
Thomas E. Carper

_1866_

John Powell
Lewis George
Francis Davis

_1867_

T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Thomas E. Carper
Francis C. Davis
James C. Dentz
M. E. Fora
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
Job Hawxhurst
George B. Ives
Richard Johnson
William Lee
Alfred Leigh
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
E. E. Mason
Samuel Pullman
James H. Rice
W. T. Rice
Jonathan Roberts
Silas Simpson
Daniel Sims
Cyrus Stickey
B. D. Utterback
Wm. F. McWalters

_1868_

T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Thomas C. Carper
N. P. Dennison
Francis C. Davis
James C. Dentz
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
Job Hawxhurst
Richard Johnson
George B. Ives
Alfred Leigh
Courtland Lukens
Metrah Makely
E. E. Mason
Sam Pullman
W. T. Rice
Silas Simpson
Daniel W. Sims
Cyrus Stickey
R. D. Utterback
Geo. F. M. Walters

_1869_

T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Jacob Brooks
Carter Burton
John L. Detwiler
Wm. E. Ford
John B. Troth
George B. Ives
Job Hawxhurst
Richard Johnson
Alfred Leigh
Daniel W. M. Lewis
Courtland Lukens
E. E. Mason
Samuel Pullman
James H. Rice
T. W. Rice
Samuel Shaw
Silas Simpson
D. Sims
Cyrus Stickey
B. D. Utterback
E. W. Wakefield
Wm. Walters

_1870_

T. Wm. Barcroft
W. B. Bowman
Jacob Brooks
Carter Burton
George B. Ives
Job Hawxhurst
Courtland Lukens
Samuel Pullman
E. W. Wakefield
Geo. F. W. Walters

_1870-1874_

Richard H. Cockerille

_1874-1885_

James Sangster

_1886-1899_

D. M. Chichester

_1897-1903_

James M. Love

_Virginia Circuit Court Judges_

John M. Tyler, 1852-1860
No record of a court held, 1861-1863
Edward K. Snead, 1864-1865
Henry W. Thomas, 1866-1868
W. Willoughby, June 1869
Lysander Hill, November 1869
James Keith, 1870-1894
C. E. Nicol, 1895-1907
Louis C. Barely, 1907
J. B. T. Thornton, 1908-1918
Samuel G. Brent, 1918-1928
Howard W. Smith, 1928-1930
Walter T. McCarthy, 1931-1944
Paul E. Brown, 1944-1966
Arthur W. Sinclair, 1950-1977
Harry L. Carrico, 1956-1961
Calvin Van Dyck, 1961-1967
Albert V. Bryan, Jr., 1962-1971
Barnard F. Jennings, 1964-
James Keith, 1966-
William G. Plummer, 1967-
Lewis D. Morris, 1968-
Percy Thornton, Jr., 1968-1977
Burch Millsap, 1968-
James C. Cacheris, 1971-
Thomas J. Middleton, 1975-
Richard J. Jamborsky, 1976-

_County General District Court_

Robert Fitzgerald, 1951-1955
John Corboy, 1954-1955
John A. Rothrock, Jr., 1955-
J. Mason Grove, 1955-
Martin E. Morris, 1965-
Donald C. Crounse, 1966-1974
Robert M. Hurst, 1972-
Lewis Hall Griffith, 1974-
G. William Hammer, 1976-

_Juvenile Court Judges_

Frank L. Deierhoi, 1965-
Richard J. Jamborsky, 1968-1976
Philip N. Brophy, 1973-
Arnold B. Kassabian, 1976-
Raymond O. Kellam, 1976-1977