Background
Lomax, John Tayloe was born on January 19, 1781 in Portuguese Tobago, Carolina County, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas and Ann (Taylor) Lomax.
Lomax, John Tayloe was born on January 19, 1781 in Portuguese Tobago, Carolina County, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas and Ann (Taylor) Lomax.
Graduated from Saint John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1797. Honorary Doctor of Laws. Harvard, 1847.
Practiced law, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1800. Militia officer for lower counties of Northern Neck in War of 1812. 1st professor of law University of Virginia, 1826-1830, chairman faculty, 1827-1828.
Associate judge Virginia Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery.
1830; conducted private law school, Fredericksburg, influenced legal education in Virginia. The American Association Foreign Justice Circuit Court of General Court of Virginia, 1851-1857.
Author: Digest of the Real Laws Respecting Real Property Generally Adopted and in Use in the United States, 1839, 56.
Married Charlotte Thornton, 1805.