Background
Lucius was the first son in his family, and born on his father"s plantation in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he grew up.
Lucius was the first son in his family, and born on his father"s plantation in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he grew up.
Lamar was named for the Roman statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus. Lucius Lamar studied law at Milledgeville, Georgia, and at Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1819.
He set up his practice in his hometown of Milledgeville.
Lamar revised Augustin Smith Clayton"s Georgia Justice about 1819. He was commissioned by the legislature to compile The Laws of Georgia from 1810 to 1819 (Augusta, 1821).
He gained respect as an attorney. In 1830 Lamar was elected as judge of the Superior Court, succeeding Thomas West. Cobb.
In 1834 he committed suicide by gunshot, despondent after learning that a man he had convicted of murder and sentenced to death was in fact innocent of the crime.
He was buried at Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville.