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Robert Carter Nicholas was from a colonial Virginia family. He studied law and practiced in the general court under the royal government. He was a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 1776 to 1778 and in 1779 was appointed to the high court of chancery. Consequently he became a member of the first Court of Appeals, predecessor of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Judge Nicholas died in 1780, so only served one year. His son, Robert C. Nicholas was a United States Senator from Louisiana.
