Harry Innes, minature watercolor on ivory by Matthew Harris Jouett

Harry Innes (January 4, 1752 - September 20, 1816) was the first federal judge in Kentucky. Jouetts portrait of Jefferson Matthew Harris Jouett (Mercer County, Kentucky, 22 April 1788 - Lexington, Kentucky, 10 August 1827) was an American portrait painter. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Innes was born in Caroline County, Virginia, the son of the Reverend Robert Innes and Catharine Innes nee Richards. Innes attended Donald Robertson's school and William and Mary College. Innes was married twice, first to Elizabeth Calloway, with whom he had four daughters: Sarah, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Ann. After his first wife's death he married Ann Shield, with whom he had a daughter named Maria, who eventually married John J. Crittenden. The two also raised a daughter from her first marriage. Caroline County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ... The College of William and Mary in Virginia is a public, liberal-arts university located in Williamsburg, Virginia. ... John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786–July 26, 1863) was an American statesman. ...

Innes was admitted to the bar in 1773, and worked briefly as a lawyer in Bedford County, Virginia. He worked in a variety of government jobs from 1776 until 1782, when he was made an assistant judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the Kentucky District of Virginia. Innes' work as a judge still allowed him time to practice law, farm, and invest in real estate. He was also a trustee of Transylvania University. Innes resigned as presiding judge in 1784 after he was appointed Attorney General for the western district of Virginia. Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. ...

Innes was a member of eight of the ten conventions leading to the separation of Kentucky from Virginia, and was a vocal proponent of separation. He also served as president of the first electoral college which chose Kentucky's first Governor and Lieutenant Governor. This is a list of Governors of Kentucky: See also Kentucky Categories: Lists of United States governors | Governors of Kentucky ... The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ...

On September 26, 1789, President George Washington appointed Innes the first federal judge of the District of Kentucky, then a part of Virginia. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ...

After Kentucky separated from Virginia, Innes was selected to be chief judge of the state court of appeals (then the state's highest court), but declined the appointment. He was the only federal judge in Kentucky until the Judiciary Act of 1801 made what had been the Kentucky District Court a part of the new Sixth Circuit. In 1802 the Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed and Innes was once again the judge of the District of Kentucky. He remained in office until his death on September 20, 1816. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Innes' biography at the Sixth Circuit website