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John Louis Taylor

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“First Chief Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1829; author of numerous legal works. Grave is 1/2 mi. E. Home is 1 mi. S.W.”

State historical marker: H-55: John L. Taylor 1769-1829

1769–1829 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Memoir of John Louis Taylor : the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina

Battle, William H. (William Horn), 1802-1879 · 1860 · North Carolina University Magazine

William H. Battle's memoir of John Louis Taylor, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, who died in 1829. It appeared in the North Carolina University Magazine for March 1860 and came out on its own at Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829.

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1942

Magazine issue from 7 March 1942: The State, volume 9, number 40. It pairs Orange County history and travel with early justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court (John Hall, Leonard Henderson, John Louis Taylor) and with the Alspaugh plantation and Centenary Church in Winston-Salem.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829.

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