Paul Carrington (judge)
| Paul Carrington | |
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| Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court | |
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In office December 24, 1788 – July 30, 1807 |
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March 16, 1733 Charlotte County, Virginia |
| Died | June 23, 1818 (aged 85) Halifax County, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Read, Priscilla Sims |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge, politician |
Paul Carrington (1733-1811) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the House of Burgesses before being elected a Justice on the Virginia Court of Appeals (now the Supreme Court of Virginia). He was a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788, and cast his vote for ratification of the United States Constitution.
Carrington was born at "Boston Hill" in Cumberland County, Virginia on March 16, 1733, the son of Col. George Carrington (1711–1785) and Johanna Mayo (1712–1785). His paternal grandparents were Dr. Paul Carrington and Henningham Codrington who had migrated from England to the Island of Barbados; his father immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1723. Carrington's maternal grandparents were Major William Mayo and Frances Gould.
At about age 17, he began to study law under Colonel Clement Read in Lunenburg County and received his license to practice in May 1755, signed by Peyton Randolph, John Randolph and George Wythe. On October 1 of that year he was married to Margaret Read, Col. Read's second daughter and they resided at Mulberry Hill. Their children included George Carrington (1756 - 1809), Mary Scott Carrington Venable (1758 - 1837), Ann Carrington Cabell (1760 - 1838), Clement Carrington (1762 - 1847) and Paul Carrington (1764 - 1816).
He was appointed king's attorney of Bedford County in 1756, major of the Lunenburg County militia in 1761 and colonel of the Charlotte County militia in 1764. After practicing law in the county courts, Carrington was elected to the House of Burgesses from Charlotte County from its first formation out of Lunenburg in 1765 until 1775. His wife died May 1, 1766, and he said of her, "she was the best of wives and a woman of innumerable virtues." He was appointed king's attorney of Mecklenburg County in 1767, of Botetourt County in 1770 and of Lunenburg County in 1770. Carrington was additionally made county lieutenant and presiding justice of Charlotte in 1772 and clerk of Halifax County that year. He was for many years a vestryman and churchwarden of Cornwall Parish. He was chairman of the Charlotte County Committee from 1774–1776, which endorsed the resolutions of the Continental Congress. Carrington in 1775 became a member of the first Board of Trustees in the founding of Hampden-Sydney College.
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