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Born March 5, 1733 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Died June 22, 1818 in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Elected to the General Court by the General Assembly on January 23, 1778 and became a member, ex-officio, of the Court of Appeals when it met for the first time on August 30, 1779. Elected to the Court of Appeals when it was reorganized as a separate entity and began his service on that court on June 20, 1789. Service terminated by resignation.

Education:

Read law with Clement Read, Lunenburg County Clerk of Court.

Other judicial service:

Judge, General Court, 1778-1788 (Chief Judge, 1780-1788).

Professional career:

Private practice of law in Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1755-1778, circa.
King’s attorney, Bedford, Charlotte, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg counties, 1756, circa.
Burgess, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-1776.
Clerk, Halifax County, Virginia, 1772-1776.
Chair, Charlotte County Committee of Safety, 1775.
Delegate, Virginia Conventions, 1775-1776.
Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775-1776.
Virginia state senator, 1776-1778.
Founding trustee, Hampden-Sydney College.

Further reading/Research collections

Sources:

Elected and resigned, 4 Call (8 Va.), 633; birth, education, and career, transcript of memorial and tablet presentation on March 10, 1930, published in 153 Va., xi-xiv; and John G. Deal, “Paul Carrington (1733-1818),” Dictionary of Virginia Biography (1998). See also, Henry C. Riely, “Paul Carrington,” Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, v. 39 (Richmond, Va.), 450-464.