Benjamin Mills was a lawyer and judge who served in the Kentucky Circuit Courts and the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
12 Facts About Benjamin Mills
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Benjamin Mills represented Bourbon County, Kentucky, in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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The controversial measure abolishing the old court was repealed in 1826, and Benjamin Mills resigned from the court in 1828.
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Benjamin Mills died suddenly of an apoplectic stroke on December 6,1831.
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When he was young, the family moved to Washington, Pennsylvania, where Benjamin Mills was educated and studied medicine.
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One son, Thornton Anthony Benjamin Mills, was born in September 1810.
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Benjamin Mills served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Benjamin Mills served for a time as president of Washington Academy.
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Benjamin Mills abandoned the practice of medicine and studied law, commencing practice in Paris, Kentucky, around 1806.
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In 1820, Mills authored the court's opinion in the case of Rankin v Lydia concerning the status of slaves born in the Northwest Territory where the Ordinance of 1787 outlawed slavery.
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Benjamin Mills' opinion set a precedent that was adhered to in Kentucky for the next forty-five years and was frequently cited in both northern and southern courts.
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Benjamin Mills died suddenly of an apoplectic stroke on December 6,1831.