Background
Lyons, Peter was born in 1734 in Cork County, Ireland, circa. Son of John and Catherine (Power) Lyons.
Lyons, Peter was born in 1734 in Cork County, Ireland, circa. Son of John and Catherine (Power) Lyons.
Read law with James Power.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1756. Plaintiff’s attorney in famous Parsons’ Case, 1758. Inactive during American Revolution.
Judge of General Court, also Vermont Court of Appeals, 1779.
President Virginia Court of Appeals, 1803-1807.
Married Mary Power; married second, Judith Bassett.