Walter Scott Chisholm

Walter Scott Chisholm (November 17, 1836 – December 5, 1890) was an American lawyer who was eminent in Savannah, Georgia.

Early life Chisholm was born in 1836 in Columbus, Georgia, to Murdoch Chisholm, of Scottish descent, and Georgia Barnard. Both of his parents died before Chisholm was twelve.

He was schooled in Liberty County, Georgia, which was described at the time as being "that nursery of eminent men", and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1855.

Chisholm was judge of the Savannah city court between 1863 and 1878.

Death Chisholm died in 1890, aged 54, while in Manhattan, where he had been living for five years. He was interred in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery. His widow survived him by a decade and was buried beside him.