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UNDERWOOD, William Henderson, jurist, born in Culpeper county, Virginia, 13 September, 1779; died in Marietta, Georgia, 4 August, 1859. At an early age he removed with his father to Elbert county, Georgia, obtained his education by his own exertions, and taught in a country school for several years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810, and after the war of 1812, in which he served as a captain of volunteers, rose in his profession, and for several years was judge of the western circuit, being elected to this post in 1825. He was the leading counsel of the Cherokees during their controversy with the state of Georgia, and became famous in the supreme court of the United States for the ability with which he advocated their cause.
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