The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-04-27
IN 1926.
Lawyers Who Practiced al the Co.
Iumbia Bar at That Date.
The List Contains the Names of Sew
eral Famous Men, Among
Them James X. Polk.

While searching some old court
records one Gay tue past week, Cir
cult Court Clerk Emory came across
an old triat docket Tor the December
term of Circuit Court, 1926, which
contains list of the lawyers practic-
ing at the Columbia bar .t thai time.
A pernsal of the list reveals the
names of number of prominent
men, some of whom rose high in fame
and whose names now occupy hon
oTably places In the couutry's his
tory; men who have long since
passed into the Great Beyond, but
whose deeds and Influences still live
after them.
Foremost in this list Is the name of
James X. Polk, who afterwards filled
the highest position in the gift OF the
nation. At that time, we are told,
| President Polk had MS office on the
corner OF West seventh anu Garden
streets, where the BeIhell House now
stands His home was on West Sew
enth street, where DR.. Anthony Pill
.Ow now resides, the house III which
he lived having been remodeled and
enlarged since then. The office III
which he worked while at home, and
his smOke-hou,e may etill be seen
standing there.
The others in the list are as fol-
lows:
Edward Dillihunty, who for a
number Of years was Circuit Judge.
j. II. Thomas, who represented
with honor his county in the state
Legislature.
Robert l. Cobb, woo was a mem
Der OF one of the Constitutional Con
ventions held before the CIvu War.
William Erwin, who occupied tht
: position of County Court Clerk FOL
ten or fifteen years.
Sdm DAVIS FrIerson, who became
Judge of this Circuit.
Robert Mack, who was also Cir
cunt Judge, and VINO afterwards en-
tered the ministry Of the Christian
Church and accomplished CRANE
WORK.
Terry H. Cdhall, who was Circuit
Judge and also a member OF TIL
State Legislature, and very bril-
, liant man.
Charles w. Webber, J. w. Egnew
Allen Brown, Robert G Foster, N
+. Smith, ID. CraIgnead, JOSEPH
Herndon, l.. M. BramDlett, William
Field. Tuomas b. Cralghead, VII
liam Anderson, John A. MACK, Z
, Collinsworth, Thomas j. l. icey
Robert h. Mack, Mckay w. Camp
DELL anu John Nuns, all of whom
won more or less distinction IN thel
profession.
Joseph III rndon, mentioned abov
Was the faLner of Or. stephen Hem
don, " no IS one of the Oldest resident
OF this city. At that time he live
$ on "a farm which lay just south c
: Ninth street and excluded iron
! south High TO Galloway, his resi-
uence, which stood where Mr.. Wuot
;, en- Moore now lives, being the onl
one on the south side or Ninth, Yves
!. OF High. Ia fact there were te'
!. other houses south OF Ninth stree
! that part Of the city at chat tine be
S ing tor the most part aensely woode
or farming land.
In addition to the above list, tn
!, names OF the following lawyers, VIII
d lived outside OF COLUMBIA out prae
! tced at this bar, are given: Fell
# Gruudy of Nashville, afterward
Q United States Senator; Aaron Y
}, Brown, of Pulaski, afterwards Go,
ernur of Tennessee; A. M. Harri,
n Marshall 4. Polk, Thomas j. Coole
r. and q. M. Smith.
i Mr.. L. M. Powell, one Of the lane
= marks OF the city, To whom we al
2 Indebted for some OF these fact
II states that the following prominel
- Darrlsters, whose names 90 not al
v pear in this list, If not practlcIns heI
% IN 1926 were admitted to the bs
very soon afterwards, VIZ: A. o.
Nicholson, one OF the most iii
tIngulshed citizens of the Stat
Chief Justice of the Supreme Coul
for years, and United States Senator
$, Houston Thomas, who Decam
g STATE Attorney; Gen. Gideon ri
II low, who won hOnors in the Mexica
war; and Judge A. M. Hughes, wi
was elected Circuit Judge, and VII
died only snort time ago. Georg
er M. Martin, father OF Judge Willia1
Z. Martin, was Circuit Court C!eI
at That time, aud was afterwarC
CLERK and Master of the Chancei
Court.
il The courthouse which stood at tn
.. date was not the same handsome antiql
~ editice in use to-day, notwithstandn
: the prevailing opinion that the prese
10 Temple of Justice was erected ii
~ mediately after Noah dropped anch
IL on Ararat. It stood on the same sit
at however, and was brick binding, tS
" stories high, with a porch with tail bril-
'e columns on both the north and sou
= sides. On the south side, near whe
Of the public cistern is now located. the
was a public whipping post, and on {
lie north side there were the pubic STOCK
is where criminals were punished in a
cordance with the laws theL in force.