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JUDGE JOHN F
RYLAND
KING AND QUEEN
COUNTY VIRGINIA WAS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF
JUDGE RYLAND,THAT EVENT
OCCURING IN
NOVEMBER 1797.HE ALSO SETTLED IN
OLD FRANKLIN IN
THE YEAR 1819 AND PRACTICED
LAW UNTIL 1830
WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED JUDGE
OF THE SIXTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.IN 1848 HE WAS
APPOINTED JUDGE OF
THE SUPREME COURT.HE DIED
IN 1873.HE WAS ONE
OF GODS NOBLE MEN AND BORE
THE JUDICIAL ROBE
WITH A DIGNITY SUITED TO THE
HIGH AND
RESPONSIBLE POSITION.NEITHER STRAINED
OR ASSUMED BUT
EASY,NATURAL,AND COMMANDING.
JUDGE RYLAND WAS
ONE OF THE LAWYERS WHO APPEARED
AT THE RANDOLPH
COUNTY BAR IN 1829,THE YEAR BEFORE
HE WAS APPOINTED
JUDGE OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT. |