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He was particularly fond of female company
and was charged with several little matters
of gallantry unbecoming his vocation. He became
unpopular with all the religious community
in and about Lexington, & ultimately resigned or
was removed from office. He died at sea, on his
passage from N. Orleans to the north.

In 1824, Genl Joseph Desha was electd Go-
vernor [Governor] of Kentucky in opposition to Judge Christo-
pher [Christopher] Tompkins. Desha was what was called
a "Relief & a New Court" man; that is to say, he
was the candidate of the party, that was in fa-
vor [favor] of granting relief to debtors & in favor of
repealing the law establishing the Court of Ap-
peals [Appeals] for the armed purpose of turning the old
Judges out of office, on the grounds that they have
decided the relief or "stay" law unconstitutional.
My son Thomas & myself both voted for Desha
with approving his principles to the full extent
he was disposed to carry them.
Thomas had obtained a law license, & was then
residing & practicing law in Nicholas County, where
he soon became very popular as a man & a lawyer.
He rose immediately by the force of his talents
to the head of the bar & immediately after the
election, possibly before, commensed the publi-
cation of a series of No's written by himself
in opposition to the constitutional power of the
Legislature to repeal the old judges out of office.
They were published originally in a paper print-
ed [printed] in Paris called the "Western Citizen" from
which, a portion of them was published in
other "Old Court" papers. It was admitted by