Record #:

12289

Author(s):

Dalton, David

Abstract:

Richmond Hill, once home to Richmond Mumford Pearson, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1858-1878, is to be renovated and incorporated into a national park for historical posterity. Pearson held a unique law school in the building, teaching more than 1,000 students in a twenty-year period.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 8, Sept 1971, p10, il

Subject(s):

Pearson, Richard Mumford, 1805-1878

Record #:

17210

Author(s):

Hendricks, W. C.

Abstract:

Richmond Hill was home to Richmond Mumford Pearson, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1858-1878. It was there that he held a unique law school, teaching more than 1,000 students in a twenty-year period. The building still stands today but is in a bad state of repair and is slowly falling into ruin.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 45, Apr 1939, p2, 22, il

Subject(s):

Pearson, Richard Mumford, 1805-1878

Record #:

43682

Author(s):

Langan, Tom

Abstract:

Historically considered one of North Carolina's most influential attorneys, Chief Justice Richmond Munford Pearson served on North Carolina's highest court for 30 years. He is remembered also for the private law school, known as Richmond Hill, which he operated from 1846-1878. The following article details the operation of that school and its impacts. The last living graduate of Pearson's school Hugh R. Scott of Rockingham County died in 1947.

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 27 Issue 4, Winter 2022, p17-20, il, por

Subject(s):

Richmond Hill (law school); Pearson, Richard Mumford, 1805-1878; Yadkin County--History; Law schools; Legal practices--History