Egbert R. Watson

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Egbert R. Watson was born in Albemarle County in 1810, entered the legal field as a law clerk for Judge George Hay, a prosecutor in the historic Aaron Burr trial.

Watson’s five-decade career included serving as private secretary to former President James Monroe, six years in the Virginia General Assembly and a Circuit Court judgeship. At the age of 24, Watson opened a one-man law office on the Albemarle County courthouse lawn. Watson’s first case was an 1833 criminal trial. In 1870, Watson formed a partnership with his son-in-law, George Perkins. [1]

In 1861 Judge Egbert R. Watson who read law under James Monroe's son-in-law Judge Hay and was a personal friend of the former president, purchased 2 3/10 acres from Richard K. Mead. The lot was off the southern side of his Meadlands estate. Judge Watson resided at this home until his death in 1887. His residence, at 713 Park Street, is known locally as the Judge Watson House.


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