predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name restingplace alma_mater
'' -lrb- none -rrb- '' james park 22 july 1837 lawrenceville , virginia , united states jonesborough , tennessee attorney mayor of knoxville , tennessee 23 june 1773 1816 rachel her death -rrb- ; catherine jacobs -lrb- m. 1833 -rrb- burwell -lrb- 1795 & ndash ; 1832 , thomas emmerson
 1817 thomas emmerson old cemetery william & mary college
thomas emmerson

thomas emmerson -lrb- june 23 , 1773 -- july 22 , 1837 -rrb- was an american judge and newspaper editor , active in the early 19th century .
he was a justice on the tennessee superior court of law and equity -lrb- 1807 -rrb- and the tennessee court of errors and appeals -lrb- 1819 -- 1822 -rrb- , both of which were predecessors of the tennessee supreme court , and served as the first mayor of knoxville , tennessee -lrb- 1816 -- 1817 -rrb- .
in his later years , he moved to jonesborough , where he published an influential newsletter , `` the washington republican and farmer 's journal '' .
