William Roscoe Wilson Curl Explained

William Roscoe Wilson Curl was a Virginia lawyer and judge. Born in Tidewater, Virginia, Curl studied law and then practiced in the county courts. He was made a judge of the Court of Admiralty in 1777 and thus automatically became a justice of the first Virginia Court of Appeals (now the Supreme Court of Virginia). He died a short time later, by February 1782.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Encyclopedia of Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. 16 March 2015.
2. Book: Call. Daniel. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880. 1902. Michie Company. 626. 16 March 2015.