JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS 1742–1976 Lists Compiled By E. Sprouse, P. Howe, V. Peters, A. Lewis, and N. Netherton. (Because of missing books and records, this listing is incomplete.) First Commission for Fairfax County, 1742 - William Fairfax
- John Colvill
- Richard Osborne
- Jeremiah Bronaugh
- Lewis Elzey
- William Payne
- Thomas Pearson
- John Minor
- William Henry Terrett
- John Gregg
- Gerard Alexander
- Edward Barry
- Daniel Jennings
- Thomas Arbuthnot
(1742–1748 Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.) 1749 - John Minor
- William H. Terrett
- Daniel Jennings
- John Carlyle
- William Ramsay
- Charles Broadwater
- Daniel McCarty
- John Colvill
- Moses Linton
- Lewis Ellzey
- William Payne
- Richard Osborn
- George W. Fairfax
- Anthony Russell
- Joseph Watkins
- George Mason
- Jeremiah Bronaugh
- Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax
- Stephen Lewis
1750 - John West
- Lawrence Washington
- Catesby Cocke
1752 1753 1754 1755 - John West, Jr.
- Sampson Turley
- Sampson Darrell
- James Hamilton
- Oneas Campbell
1757 1758 - John Hunter
- Robert Adam
- William Bronaugh
- William Payne, Jr.
1759 - Bryan Fairfax
- Townshend Dade
- Benjamin Grayson
- Edward Blackburn
- Lee Massey
- William Adams
1762 1764 - George William Fairfax
- William Ellzey
- John West
- George Mason
- Daniel McCarty
- John Carlyle
- William Ramsay
- Charles Broadwater
- Thomas Colvill dead
- John West, Junior
- Bryan Fairfax
- Sampson Dorrell Sher.
- Townshend Dade Quo:
- Henry Gunnell
1767 - Marmaduke Beckwith
- Robert Adam
- John Hunter dead
- Richard Sanford
- Wm. Payne
- Benjamin Grayson
- William Adams
- Edward Blackburn
- Hector Ross &
- Alexander Henderson Gent.
- George William Fairfax
- Lewis Ellzey
- John West
- George Mason
- Daniel McCarty
- John Carlyle
- Wm. Ramsay
- Charles Broadwater
- John West, Junr
- Bryan Fairfax
- Sampson Dorrell Quo:
- Townshend Dade
- Henry Gunnell
- Wm. Adams
- George Washington &
- Daniel French Gent:
1768 - George W Fairfax
- Lewis Ellzey
- John West
- George Mason
- Daniel McCarty
- John Carlyle
- Wm. Ramsey
- Charles Broadwater
- John West Junior
- Bryan Fairfax
- Sampson Darrel
- Townshend Dade Quorum
- Henry Gunnell
- Marmaduke Beckwith
- Robert Adam
- Richard Sanford
- Wm. Payne
- Benjamin Grayson dead
- Wm. Adams
- Hector Ross
- Alexander Henderson
- George Washington
- Daniel French &
- Edward Payne Gent:
1770 - John West
- George Mason
- Daniel McCarty
- John Carlyle
- William Ramsay
- Charles Broadwater
- John West Junr
- Bryan Fairfax
- Sampson Darrell Quor.
- Henry Gunnell
- Robert Adam
- William Payne
- William Adams
- Hector Ross
- Alexander Henderson
- George Washington and
- Edward Payne Gent.
(1774–1782 Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.) 1783 - John Gibson
- George Gilpin
- Richard Chichester
- Robert McCrea
- Charles Little
- James Hendricks
- Josiah Watson
- Henry Darne
- Thomas Lewis
- Robert T. Hooe
1784 - James Wren
- David Stuart
- David Arell
- Charles Alexander
1785 - William Deneale
- John Moss
1786 - George Minor
- William Herbert
1787 - Roger West
- Richard Conway
- Thomas Gunnell
- John Fitzgerald
- William Brown
- Benjamin Dulany
- Thomas Pollard
- James Waugh
- John Potts
1788 - Martin Cockburn
- William Lyles
(1793–1796 Fairfax County Court Order Books are missing.) 1797 - Thompson Mason
- James Keith, Jr.
1798 - Francis Adams
- John Stewart Alexander
- James Coleman
- Elisha C. Dick
- Charles Eskridge
- John Gunnell
- William Gunnell
- John Jackson
- William Lane, Jr.
- Ludwell Lee
- Richard Bland Lee
- Samuel Love
- John Potts, Jr.
- Richard Ratcliffe
- William Stanhope
- George Summers
- William H. Washington
1801 - Francis Adams
- Charles Alexander
- John S. Alexander
- Charles Broadwater
- James Coleman
- Richard Conway
- William Deneale
- Elisha C. Dick
- Benjamin Dulany
- Charles Eskridge
- John Fitzgerald
- George Gilpin
- John Gunnell
- Thomas Gunnell
- William Gunnell
- William Herbert
- Robert T. Hooe
- John Jackson
- William Lane, Jr.
- Ludwell Lee
- Richard B. Lee
- Charles Little
- Samuel Love
- Daniel McCarty
- Thompson Mason
- George Minor
- John Moss
- William Payne
- John Potts, Jr.
- Richard Ratcliffe
- William Stanhope
- David Stewart (sic.)
- George Summers
- William H. Washington
- James Waugh
- John West
- Roger West
- James Wren
- Now dead:
- Love, Fitzgerald, T. Gunnell, R. West, J. Gunnell, J. S. Alexander, D. McCarty
- Now moved:
- Now refuses to qualify:
- Now in D. C.:
- Gilpin, Hooe, Alexander, Conway, Herbert, Potts, Dick, Washington
- Now disqualified:
1802 - Augustine J. Smith
- Humphrey Peake
- John Keene
- James H. Blake
1803 1804 - Richard Coleman
- Spencer Jackson
- George Graham
1807 - Present:
- William Gunnell, Jr.
- William Payne
- Wm. Deneale
- Augustine J. Smith
- Hancock Lee
- Humphrey Peake
- Spencer Jackson
- Absent:
- George Summers, Gentleman
- Persons to be recommended to the Governor as proper persons to be commissioned by him as Justices of the Peace, or added to the Commission of the Peace for the County:
- John C. Hunter
- John C. Scott
- Daniel McCarty Chichester
- Joseph Powell
- Edward Dulin
- James L. Triplett
- John Y. Ricketts
- George Mason
1808 - Present:
- William Gunnell, Jr.
- James Waugh
- William Lane, Jr.
- Thomson Mason
- George Summers
- Humphrey Peake
- George Graham
- James L. Triplett
- Absent:
- James Coleman
- William Gunnell, Jr.
- David Stuart
- William Payne
- William Deneale
- Thompson Mason
- Richard Ratcliffe
- George Summers
- Augustine J. Smith
- James Waugh
- Hancock Lee
- Humphrey Peake
- George Graham
- John Coleman
Acting in 1816–17 - James Coleman
- Wm. Lane, Jr.
- Thompson Mason
- Rich. Ratcliffe
- John Jackson
- Augustine J. Smith
- Rich. M. Scott
- Humphrey Peake
- Rich. Coleman
- Spencer Jackson
- John C. Hunter
- James L. Triplett
- John T. Ricketts
- Lawrence Lewis
- Wm. H. Terrett
- Henry Gunnell, Jr.
- Alex'r Waugh
- Geo. Minor
- Geo. Gunnell
- Francis L. Lee
- John W. Ashton
- Dan'l M. Chichester
- Geo. Taylor
- Wm. H. Foote
- James Waugh
- James Sangster
- Thomas Moss
- Dan'l Dulany
- Chas. G. Broadwater
- Wm. H. Fitzhugh
1819–1826 Acting in 1824 - Rich. Ratcliffe
- Rich. M. Scott
- Lawrence Lewis
- Spencer Jackson
- John C. Hunter
- James L. Triplett
- Alex'r Waugh
- Geo. Gunnell
- Geo. Mason
- Augst. J. Smith
- John W. Ashton
- Geo. Taylor
- Wm. H. Foote
- James Sangster
- Thos. Moss
- Dan'l Dulany
- Chas. L. Broadwater
- Wm. H. Fitzhugh
- Chas. F. Ford
- Benedict M. Lang
- Eli Offutt
- John Jackson
- Robt. Ratcliffe
- Chas. Ratcliffe
- Wm. E. Beckwith
- John Geanit
- Mottrom Ball
- Rich. C. Mason
- Joshua Hutchison
- Sam'l Summers
1831–1838 Acting between 1825–42 - Geo. Millan
- Silas Burke
- Rich. H. Cockerille
- Rich. C. Mason
- Dennis Johnston
- John D. Bell
- John Gunnell
- Frederick Carper
- Spencer M. Ball
- Edward Sangster
- James Millan
- Thomas Nevett
- John H. Halley
- Wm. Ball
- John Millan
- Geo. Mason
- John B. Hunter
- Henry Fairfax
- Wm. H. Alexander
- Frederick A. Hunter
- Wm. A. Chichester
- Alfred Moss
- Chas. C. Stuart
- James Hunter
- Benj. F. Rose
- James Cloud
- Fred. M. Ford
- Wm. R. Selectman
- Nelson Conrad
- W. W. Ball
- Jno. Powell
- Jno. A. Washington
- Wm. H. Wren
1839–52 1852–55 - Silas Burke
- William Ball
- Wm. R. Selectman
- W. W. Ball
- John Millan
- Nelson Conrad
- William H. Wrenn
- James Hunter
- Ira Williams
- Thomas Suddath
- George H. Padgett
- James M. Benton
- John R. Dale
- Thos. A. Davis
- S. T. Stuart
- Levi Burke
- James Fox
- Robert M. Whaley
- Abner Brush
- John Cowling
- F. W. Flood
- Francis E. Johnston
- John W. Hickey
- R. C. Mason
- R. McC. Throckmorton
- W. W. Elzey
- Willis B. McCormick
- William Barker
- F. M. Ford
- Francis C. Davis
- John W. Hickey
- Spencer Jackson
- John N. Taylor
- John B. Farr
- J. C. Gunnell
- John R. Grigsby
1858–60 - John C. Gunnell
- Tenley S. Swink
- Richard L. Nevitt
- Daniel Kincheloe
- Francis C. Davis
- Richard Johnson
- W. B. McCormick
- F. C. Davis
- Ira Williams
- Francis E. Johnston
- Geo. H. Padgett
- George Burke
- John Burke
- John Dole
- John A. Washington
- Alfred Leigh
- Francis C. Davis
- James Hunter
- W. B. McCormick
- William L. Lee
- Wm. W. Ellzey
- John Cowling
- Benjamin F. Shreve
- William S. Seitz
- James P. Machen
- George Padgett
- James Simpson
- —— Mann
- W. W. Ball
- Richard Johnston
- B. D. Utterback
- F. M. Ford
- Cyrus Hickey
- A. S. McKenzie
- R. C. Mason
- Henry Jenkins
1863–1867 - Thomas P. Brown
- James H. Rice
- Wm. Terry
- Andrew Sagar
- Herain Cockrill
- Samuel Pullman
- Reuben Ives
- Daniel W. Lewis
- E. E. Mason
- Levi Dening
- Harry Bready
- William A. Ferguson
- William Walters
- William T. Rumsey
- Talmadege Thorne
- Courtland Lukens
- Metrah Makely
- John B. Troth
- George B. Ives
- Josiah B. Bowman
- Job Hawxhurst
- George F. M. Walters
- J. W. Barcroft
- George W. Millan
- Cyrus Hickey
- James C. Dentz
- B. D. Utterback
- Thomas E. Carper
1866 - John Powell
- Lewis George
- Francis Davis
1867 - T. Wm. Barcroft
- W. B. Bowman
- Thomas E. Carper
- Francis C. Davis
- James C. Dentz
- M. E. Fora
- Wm. E. Ford
- John B. Troth
- Job Hawxhurst
- George B. Ives
- Richard Johnson
- William Lee
- Alfred Leigh
- Courtland Lukens
- Metrah Makely
- E. E. Mason
- Samuel Pullman
- James H. Rice
- W. T. Rice
- Jonathan Roberts
- Silas Simpson
- Daniel Sims
- Cyrus Stickey
- B. D. Utterback
- Wm. F. McWalters
1868 - T. Wm. Barcroft
- W. B. Bowman
- Thomas C. Carper
- N. P. Dennison
- Francis C. Davis
- James C. Dentz
- Wm. E. Ford
- John B. Troth
- Job Hawxhurst
- Richard Johnson
- George B. Ives
- Alfred Leigh
- Courtland Lukens
- Metrah Makely
- E. E. Mason
- Sam Pullman
- W. T. Rice
- Silas Simpson
- Daniel W. Sims
- Cyrus Stickey
- R. D. Utterback
- Geo. F. M. Walters
1869 - T. Wm. Barcroft
- W. B. Bowman
- Jacob Brooks
- Carter Burton
- John L. Detwiler
- Wm. E. Ford
- John B. Troth
- George B. Ives
- Job Hawxhurst
- Richard Johnson
- Alfred Leigh
- Daniel W. M. Lewis
- Courtland Lukens
- E. E. Mason
- Samuel Pullman
- James H. Rice
- T. W. Rice
- Samuel Shaw
- Silas Simpson
- D. Sims
- Cyrus Stickey
- B. D. Utterback
- E. W. Wakefield
- Wm. Walters
1870 - T. Wm. Barcroft
- W. B. Bowman
- Jacob Brooks
- Carter Burton
- George B. Ives
- Job Hawxhurst
- Courtland Lukens
- Samuel Pullman
- E. W. Wakefield
- Geo. F. W. Walters
1870–1874 1874–1885 1886–1899 1897–1903 Virginia Circuit Court Judges John M. Tyler, | 1852–1860 | No record of a court held, | 1861–1863 | Edward K. Snead, | 1864–1865 | Henry W. Thomas, | 1866–1868 | W. Willoughby, | June 1869 | Lysander Hill, | November 1869 | James Keith, | 1870–1894 | C. E. Nicol, | 1895–1907 | Louis C. Barely, | 1907 | J. B. T. Thornton, | 1908–1918 | Samuel G. Brent, | 1918–1928 | Howard W. Smith, | 1928–1930 | Walter T. McCarthy, | 1931–1944 | Paul E. Brown, | 1944–1966 | Arthur W. Sinclair, | 1950–1977 | Harry L. Carrico, | 1956–1961 | Calvin Van Dyck, | 1961–1967 | Albert V. Bryan, Jr., | 1962–1971 | Barnard F. Jennings, | 1964– | James Keith, | 1966– | William G. Plummer, | 1967– | Lewis D. Morris, | 1968– | Percy Thornton, Jr., | 1968–1977 | Burch Millsap, | 1968– | James C. Cacheris, | 1971– | Thomas J. Middleton, | 1975– | Richard J. Jamborsky, | 1976– | County General District Court Robert Fitzgerald, | 1951–1955 | John Corboy, | 1954–1955 | John A. Rothrock, Jr., | 1955– | J. Mason Grove, | 1955– | Martin E. Morris, | 1965– | Donald C. Crounse, | 1966–1974 | Robert M. Hurst, | 1972– | Lewis Hall Griffith, | 1974– | G. William Hammer, | 1976– | Juvenile Court Judges Frank L. Deierhoi, | 1965– | Richard J. Jamborsky, | 1968–1976 | Philip N. Brophy, | 1973– | Arnold B. Kassabian, | 1976– | Raymond O. Kellam, | 1976–1977 |
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