Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 155.  Franklin County.

HARRY INNES, was born in Caroline county, Virginia, in 1752.  His father,
Rev. Robert Innes, an Episcopal clergyman, was a native of Scotland, who
married Catherine Richards, a native of Virginia.  Two of their sons,
Robert and James, became distinguished citizens of the Old Dominion.
Harry Innes studied law, and in 1777 was employed by the Virginia
committee of safety to superintend Chipel's lead mines for the purpose
of securing supplies for the army.  He was elected by the legislature of
Virginia as a commissioner to settle unpatented land claims, and in 1782
became connected with the judicial history of Kentucky through his
election by the legislature of Virginia as one of the judges of the
supreme court for the district of Kentucky, and, in conjunction with
Judges Caleb Wallace and Samuel McDowell, held the first court near
Danville, November 3, 1783.  September 26, 1789, he was appointed judge
of the United States court for the district of Kentucky by President
George Washington, and continued to hold that position until his death,
which occurred in 1816.
     In 1792, on the admission of Kentucky into the Union, he was
appointed chief justice, but declined to accept the office.  He was
president of the first electoral college of Kentucky for the choice of
governor and lieutenant-governor; was appointed in 1790 to organize the
defense of the frontier; in the following year was a member of the
local war board for the western country; and was sole judge of the United
States court for the Kentucky district until 1807, his decisions being
subject to the reversal of only the supreme court of the United States.
His name was involved in the Spanish intrigues on the lower Mississippi,
but congress refused to entertain charges of impeachment, believing him
actuated by the noblest sentiments of patriotism.

Innes Wallace McDowell
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Boyle-KY Caroline-VA Scotland

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