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John Cochran Nicoll
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1840–1848
John Cochran Nicoll , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. John Cochran Nicoll (October 7, 1793 – November 16, 1863) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Education
- Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
Career
Private practice, Savannah, Georgia; Recorder, Savannah, Georgia; State representative, Georgia; Solicitor, Eastern Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1821-1822; Judge, Savannah [Georgia] City Court, 1824-1834, 1835-1838; Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 1834-1835; Mayor, Savannah, Georgia,; Confederate district attorney, District of Georgia, 1861-1863
Biography
John Cochran Nicoll (October 7, 1793 – November 16, 1863) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
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