Paul Spooner

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Paul Spooner (born March 20, 1746 in Dartmouth , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † September 4, 1789 in Hartland , Vermont ) was a Vermont politician. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court .

Life

Paul Spooner was born in Dartmouth and raised in Petersham . He studied medicine and moved to Hartland. There he opened a doctor's practice in 1768.

As a delegate, Spooner attended the New York Provincial Congress in 1775 . At the time, there was ongoing disputes between New Hampshire and New York over jurisdiction over Vermont.

He served for the Vermont Republic in the American Revolution and was a member of the Committee of Safety from 1778 to 1782. In 1779 he was appointed town clerk elected by Hartland and directed the municipal assembly .

From 1779 to 1789, Spooner was a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court .

Judge of the Probate Court of Windsor County was Spooner from 1780 to 1782, he belonged to 1781 and from 1780 to the representatives of Vermont, with the Continental Congress negotiated.

He became Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1782 and held this office until 1787. He served as Assistant Judge for Windsor County Superior Court from 1779 to 1782. He was Chief Judge from 1784 to 1785 and in turn Assistant Judge from 1785 until his death.

Spooner died in Hartland on September 4, 1789. His grave is in Weed Cemetery in Hartland.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., And His Descendants , by William Spooner, Issue 1, 1883, pp. 103-105.
  2. ^ John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: and His Descendants, 1634-1899 , by Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, 1900, p. 16.
  3. ↑ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, p. 482.
  4. ^ Independent Vermont, by Charles Miner Thompson, 1942, p. 177.
  5. ^ History of Windsor County, Vermont , edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, pp. 365-366.
  6. ^ Encyclopedia, Vermont Biography , edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, 80.
  7. ^ A Gazetteer of the State of Vermont , by Zadock Thompson, 1824, p. 312.
  8. ^ The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Histories, Antiquities and Biography of America , edited by Charles B. Richardson & Co., New York, Issue 6, 1862, pages 282-283.
  9. ^ Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont , compiled by Jacob G. Ullery, 1894, 172-173.
  10. ^ History of Eastern Vermont , 698.
  11. ^ Magazine article, History and Anniversary of Hartland , by Nancy Darling, The Vermonter magazine, Nov. 1913, 228.
  12. ↑ The Bibliography of Vermont , by Marcus Davis Gilman, p. 260.

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personal data
SURNAME Spooner, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and judge
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Dartmouth , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1789
Place of death Hartland , Vermont