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, he studied law under John Haywood and

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and was admitted to the bar in 1812. He was appointed solicitor general by Governor

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in 1814, and elected as a member of the state senate in 1819. During his term in the senate, he negotiated a treaty regarding the Kentucky/Tennessee boundary line. He was elected to a judgeship on the state's Supreme Court in 1822, but resigned in July 1824 and died in his home called "Rose Cliff" near

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on February 28, 1830. The state supreme court ordered the publication of a "Tribute of Respect" for Brown a month thereafter, lauding his legal acumen."Tribute of Respect", ''National Banner and Nashville Whig'' (March 26, 1830), p. 3.

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1789 births 1830 deaths Transylvania University alumni U.S. state supreme court judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law Tennessee state senators Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court People from Cheraw, South Carolina {{Tennessee-state-judge-stub