History of Portobago, (Caroline County) Virginia United States of America

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John Tayloe Lomax, jurist, was born in Port Tobago, Caroline county, Va., Jan. 19, 1781; son of Maj. Thomas and Ann Corbin (Tayloe) Lomax; grandson of Lunsford and Judith (Micou) Lomax; great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Wormley) Lomax of Port Tobago, Caroline county, and great2-grandson of the Rev. John Lomax, born 1637, died at North Shields, England, 1694, and Catherine (Gray) Lomax, his wife. He was graduated from St. John's college, Annapolis, Md., in 1797, studied law in Annapolis, 1797-1801; was admitted to the bar in 1801, and settled in practice in Port Royal county. He was married July 25, 1805, to Charlotte B. Thornton of Mansfield, Va. He removed to Fredericksburg, Va., in 1805; settled in Menokin, Richmond county, in 1810; and returned to Fredericksburg in 1813. He was professor of law in the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1826-30, and associate justice of the general court of Virginia, 1830-38 and 1851-57, when he retired to private life. He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard in 1847. He is the author of: A Digest of the Laws respecting Real Property Generally Adopted and in Use in the United States (1839), and A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators Generally in Use in the United States (1841). He died in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 1, 1862.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Portobago, (Caroline County) Virginia

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