John (COaLTER) Coalter (1769-1838) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Judge John Coalter formerly COaLTER aka Coulter

Born 20 Aug 1769 in Rockbridge, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Son of Michael Coalter and Elizabeth Moore

Brother of David Coalter

Husband of Anne Frances Bland (Tucker) Coalter — married 5 Jun 1802 [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth Tucker Coalter

Died 2 Feb 1838 at age 68 in Chatham, VIrginia

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- 1.1 Judge John Coalter 1769 - 1838
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Biography

John Coalter was a judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals (1811–1831) and a member of the Convention of 1829–1830. Born in Augusta County and educated at Liberty Hall in Lexington, he studied law under George Wythe at the College of William and Mary. He tutored the children of Wythe’s protégé, St. George Tucker, and later married Tucker’s daughter. Coalter served on the General Court from 1809 until 1811, hearing civil cases in the western part of the state. In 1811, he was appointed to the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, filling a vacancy made by the resignation of Tucker. He compiled a solid but unspectacular record over twenty years, a time when Spencer Roane, with whom Tucker had clashed, led the court and other judges followed. In 1817, Coalter served on a committee that revised the state’s laws. In 1829, he was elected to fill a vacancy among delegates at the Convention of 1829–1830, which revised the Virginia constitution. He opposed many of the proposed reforms, including reducing property requirements for suffrage, but he voted with the majority for the constitution. Coalter retired from the court in 1831, living his remaining years at Chatham Manor, overlooking Fredericksburg. He died in 1838.^[1]