About William Little Brown
Lived 1789 – 1830 (aged 40). William Little Brown was an American judge and politician.
William Little Brown (August 9, 1789 – February 28, 1830) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1822 to 1824.
Brown was born near Cheraw, South Carolina, to Morgan Brown and Elizabeth Little who laid out Palmyra, Tennessee. After attending Transylvania University, he studied law under John Haywood and Joseph H. Hawkins and was admitted to the bar in 1812. He was elected to a judgeship on the state's Supreme Court in 1822, but resigned in July 1824
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American judge (–)
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William Little Brown was born on 9 August 1789 in Cheraw, South Carolina.
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William Little Brown died on 28 February 1830 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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William Little Brown was a judge and politician.
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