Hon. Harry Toulmin^[1]

1766 - 1823  (57 years)

• Name	Harry Toulmin
  		Hon. Harry Tuolmin Federal Judge
  Prefix	Hon.
  Born	07 Sep 1766	Taunton, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1791	Virginia   [2]
  	Emigration from England.
  Occupation	1804	Mississippi Territory   [2]
  	Appointed first United States judge for the Tombigbee District of the Mississippi Territory by President Thomas Jefferson.
  Residence	1 May 1804	Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky   [3]
  Residence	1806	Ft. Stoddert, Washington, Alabama   [4]
  	Mississippi Territory
  Residence	1816	Baldwin County, Alabama   [5]
  		Tensaw Country (1818) Philadelphia: John Melish,
  Died	11 Nov 1823	Washington County, Alabama
  Notes	TOULMIN, HARRY, minister, lawyer, judge, member of the constitutional convention of 1819, was born April 7, 1766, at Taunton, England, and died in December, 1824, at Washington Court House; son of Rev. Joshua Toulmin, who was an independent clergyman at Colyton, Devonshire, a Baptist clergyman, Taunton. England, 1765-1804, and a Unitarian clergyman. Birmingham, England, 1804-15. He received his education in England, and was licensed to preach, was a dissenting minister at Chorobert. Lancashire, until 1793, when he came to this country, accompanied by Dr. Joseph Priestly, landed at Norfolk, Va., and proceeded to Winchester, Va., Dr. Priestly settling in Pennsylvania. He established a seminary at Norfolk and the following year removed to Lexington, Ky., where he became president of the Transylvania university, for four years. He was suspected of Unitarian sentiments, and as he was also a friend of Thomas Jefferson, he won disfavor with the Presbyterian trustees, several of whom resigned and established an academy of their own known as the Kentucky academy. They, however, reunited with the seminary in 1798, and although Mr. Toulmin was re-elected unanimously to the presidency of the academy, he retired, April 4, 1796, and Rev. James Moore succeeded him. In 1796, he became secretary of the state of Kentucky, and removed to Frankfort, where he resided and continued in his office for eight years, during the two terms of Gov. James Garrard. He studied law, attained eminence at the Kentucky bar, and in 1804, was appointed by President Jefferson judne of the superior court of the Mississippi Territory, and subsequently became the first federal judge of what was then called the Tombigbee District. When he came to the territory, he first settled at Fort Stoddart in Washington County, two or three miles from the Mt. Vernon garrison. His first court was held in the fall of 1804, at a place named by him. New Wakefield. He was distributing postmaster for all mails arriving for the territory in his neighborhood, and served as minister and as physician. His judicial functions ceased, in 1819, when the Mississippi Territory was divided, and he subsequently removed to Washington Court House, where he was one of the framers of the State constitution. He is the author of: "Description of Kentucky," 1792; "Magistrate's Assistant; Collection of the Acts of Kentucky," 1802; "Review of the Criminal Law of Kentucky, with James Blair," 1804; "Mississippi Magistrate's Guide," and the "Laws of Mississippi," 1807; and "Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama," 1823. He was a Democrat. Married: (1) in England, to Ann Tremlett; (2) in Washington County, to Martha Johnson, a native of England. Children, by first marriage: 1. Lucinda, m. Daniel Garrard, deceased; 2. Frances, m. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, major general in the U. S. Army, deceased; 3. Hannah, m. Major Reuben Chamberlain of the C. S. Army, deceased; 4. Theophilus Lindsey, m. Amante Elizabeth Juzan, deceased; 5. Joshua, d. in early life; 6. Jane, m. Green Duke Caller, deceased; 7. Ann Tremlett, m. William Hunter, deceased; 8. Emma, m. Thomas H. Herndon, deceased; by second marriage: 9. Helen, m. William P. Gaines, deceased; 10. Harry, deceased, m. Frances Biddle Priestly, child Priestly, residence, Birmingham. Last residence: Washington Court House, Washington County. [6]
  Person ID	I9230	Dickinson
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Tremlett,   d. 1812, Washington County, Alabama
  Children	+ 1. Frances Tremlett Toulmin,   b. 15 Jan 1789, Chowbent, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1811  (Age 21 years)  [Birth]   2. Lucinda Toulmin,   b. 03 Jul 1790, Chowbent, Lancashire, England ,   d. 10 Apr 1849, Garrard, Clay, Kentucky  (Age 58 years)   3. Hannah Toulmin,   b. Abt 1794, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky + 4. Theophilus Lindsey Toulmin,   b. 4 Jul 1796, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky ,   d. 4 Jul 1866, Toulminville, Mobile, Alabama  (Age 70 years)  [Birth]   5. Jane Toulmin   6. Ann Tremlett Toulmin,   b. 17 Sep 1804, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky ,   d. 28 Nov 1884, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama  (Age 80 years) + 7. Emma Sarah Toulmin,   b. 22 Oct 1806, Ft. Stoddert, Washington, Alabama ,   d. 27 Oct 1862, Eutaw, Greene, Alabama  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F2499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Johnson
  Married	21 Nov 1812	Mercer County, Kentucky   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Helen Toulmin,   d. 12 Mar 1829, Alabama  [Birth]
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F2502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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