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" Richmond Pearson's Dream "
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Image size: 10.25"X14" |
Price: $40.00 |
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Story
Richmond Mumford Pearson was born in Cooleemee, Davie County, North Carolina in 1823. He studied law at Williamsboro ( present day Vance County, North Carolina), in the early law school of Leonard Henderson.
Pearson was admitted to the bar in 1829 and began a successful practice in Salisbury, North Carolina then moved to Mocksville, North Carolina. He moved from Mocksville to his Yadkin County home on the banks of the Yadkin River in 1848. That same year, he began his service on the NC Supreme Court. In 1868 he was elected Chief Justice and served until his death in 1878.
Mr. Pearson built the large brick house, represented in this painting, that still stands at Richmond Hill in Yadkin County, North Carolina in 1861. At Richmond Hill, he taught law in his school for about 30 years. It is said that over 1000 lawyers studied there. Many of them later became governors, congressmen and judges. The grounds surrounding Richmond Hill were known as "Logtown" because of the many log cabins on both sides of the road leading to the school. These log cabins where where Pearson's many law students lived.
This, my rendition of the Richmond Pearson Law School, was featured on the cover of the fall 2000 Yadkin Valley Telephone directory.
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