Yanceyville Bar 1877: More Weighty in Numbers than Ability
The Yanceyville Bar, Colonel Thomas Ruffin says, is as usual, more weighty in numbers than in ability, abounding in briefs, and as hungry for fees as wolves. The resident lawyers are: R. B. Watt, J. A. Long, J. F. Terry, A. E. Henderson. Visitors: Geo. N. Thompson, Leasburg; John R. Winston, Caswell county, J. H. Dillard, Rockingham; Thomas Ruffin, J. W. Graham and F. N. Strudwidk, Hillsboro; Jas. A. Graham, Graham; P. B. Johnson, A. J. Boyd and R. B. Glenn, Wentworth; E. B. Withers and Thos. Hamlin, Danville, Va.
The last two gentlemen are natives of North Carolina, and have settled in Virginia, and as they have license to practice in the courts of both States, parties having business in either State in the border counties will find it to their interest to consult them.
Source: "Caswell County Letter," R. A. Leigh (Correspondence of The Observer, Yanceyville, October 8, 1877). The Weekly Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), 16 October 1877, Tuesday, Page 1.
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"They Once Practiced In Rockingham County"
Many of our older citizens will recall that Caswell at one time had in numbers and ability the equal, if not the superior, of any bar in the State -- we have reference to the practitioners of the court bar, not to sordid things. We chanced recently to run a cross a printed copy of "Minimum Fees of Caswell County Bar." This document is signed by Dillard and Ruffin, M. McGehee, Watt and Withers, Samuel P. Hill, A. M. Scales, James T. Morehead, John W. Graham, George N. Thompson, John Kerr, J. T. Morehead, Jr., L. L. M. Totten, Walker J. Jones, and R. Y. McAden. All of these lawyers practiced at the Rockingham bar also, and we believe most of them regularly attended Guilford courts. It will be news to many that the lawyers had in those halcyon days a formidable "trust." It is interesting to note that while the scale of fees seems very reasonable, those old lawyers charged for everything from an unwritten opinion up to a "motion for license to retail spiritous liquor." -- Yanceyville Sentinel.
Source: The Reidsville Review (Reidsville, North Carolina), 25 March 1913, Tuesday, Page 1.
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North Carolina Law Practice History
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Alphabetical List (By Surname)
Allen, Philip Walters
Allen, Philip Walters
Blackwell, Robert Ross (Bob)
Bradsher, Ronald Sutton, Jr.
Daniel, George Berkley
Daniel, Jacob Berkley (Jake)
Daniel, William Harold (Bill)
Daniel, William Harold (Bill)
Farmer, Ryland Lee
Gentry, Lloyd Michael (Mike)
Hammock, Wanda Gayle McGuire
Johnston, William Russell
Kerr, John
Pinnix, J. C., Jr.
Powell, David G.
Powell, David G.
Pugh, Sandra Jean Strader
Smith, William Osmond III
Thomas, John Moore
Watlington, Stuart Neal
Watt, Robert B.
Wilson, Robert Thomas
Withers, Elijah Benton
Watt, Robert B.
Wilson, Robert Thomas
Withers, Elijah Benton
Yancey, Bartlett
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Caswell County Residents Who Practiced Elsewhere
Atwater, Dixie Lee (North Carolina)
Atwater, William Bennett, Jr. (Siler City, North Carolina)
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Caswell County Residents Who Practiced Elsewhere
Atwater, Dixie Lee (North Carolina)
Atwater, William Bennett, Jr. (Siler City, North Carolina)
Clay, Taylor Anderson Daniel (Guilford County, North Carolina)
Frederick, Richmond Stanfield, Jr. (Michigan)
Murphey, Archibald Debow (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
Neal, Francis Brent (North Carolina)
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Notes
Supreme Court [NC]: The following young gentlemen have undergone an examination before the Judges, and been admitted to County Court Practice, viz:. . . . James N. Fuller, Leasburg, Caswell County; . . . ."
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC), 12 June 1846.
Born 20 February 1824 in Caswell County, North Carolina, a son of John Nehemiah Fuller (1795-1853) and Anna McGehee Moore Fuller (1797-1861), he died of scarlet Fever 22 December 1851, only twenty-seven years old. He rests at the Fuller Family Cemetery, Osmond, Caswell County, North Carolina.
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Branson's Business Directory 1867-1868
Lawyers
Kerr, John, Yanceyville
Hill, Samuel P. Yanceyville
McGehee, Montford, Milton
Withers, E. W., Yanceyville
Totten, L. L., Yanceyville
Thompson, Geo. N., Leasburg
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North Carolina State Bar
Bar #: 44332
Name: Ms. Taylor Daniel Clay
Address: 420 West Market Street
City: Greensboro
State: NC
Zip Code: 27410
Work Phone: 3362729122ext.3009
Email: tclay@woodrufflawfirm.com
Status: Active
The lawyer is presently eligible to practice law in North Carolina.
Date Admitted: 08/24/2012
Status Date: 08/24/2012
Judicial District: 24 - Guilford
Board Certified In: Family Law
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