Isaac Robertson Gwathmey
Gender:
Male
Born:
Unknown
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Jefferson Counnty, KY
Marriage(s):
Elizabeth Anderson Gwathmey (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Isaac Robertson Gwathmey graduated from Transylvania University in 1811. He lived in Oldham County, KY.
Education
Years at LLS:
1813
Other Education:
Attended Transylvania College in 1811.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Elizabeth Anderson Gwathmey
Wife - Ann Clark Gwathmey
Mother - Owen Gwathmey
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation.
Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Baldwin, Roger S. "Notes on law taken from the lectures of the Honble. Tapping Reeve and James Gould, esquire … at the Litchfield Law School." Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University; Ledger. "Journals of the Barr - Litchfield C
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1813, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library, Litchfield Historical Society.
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1813, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library, Litchfield Historical Society.
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