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Martin, Francois Xavier

journalist, lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 17, 1762, in France. He was appointed judge of Mississippi territory by Jefferson; in 1813 was attorney-general of the state of Mississippi; and in 1815 was made judge of supreme court of Louisiana; and chief justice from 1837 to 1845. He published histories of Louisiana and North Carolina; Notes and Decisions in. the Superior Courts of North Carolina from 1787 to 1796; Acts of the North Carolina Assembly from 1715 to 1803; Reports of the Superior Courts of Orleans from 1809 to 1812; Reports. of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1813 to 1830; and a Digest of the Territorial and State Laws, in French and English. He died Dec. 11, 1846, in New Orleans, La.