John M. Tyler,1852–1860
No record of a court held,1861–1863
Edward K. Snead,1864–1865
Henry W. Thomas,1866–1868
W. Willoughby,June 1869
Lysander Hill,November 1869
James Keith,1870–1894
C. E. Nicol,1895–1907
Louis C. Barely,1907
J. B. T. Thornton,1908–1918
Samuel G. Brent,1918–1928
Howard W. Smith,1928–1930
Walter T. McCarthy,1931–1944
Paul E. Brown,1944–1966
Arthur W. Sinclair,1950–1977
Harry L. Carrico,1956–1961
Calvin Van Dyck,1961–1967
Albert V. Bryan, Jr.,1962–1971
Barnard F. Jennings,1964–
James Keith,1966–
William G. Plummer,1967–
Lewis D. Morris,1968–
Percy Thornton, Jr.,1968–1977
Burch Millsap,1968–
James C. Cacheris,1971–
Thomas J. Middleton,1975–
Richard J. Jamborsky,1976–

County General District Court

Robert Fitzgerald,1951–1955
John Corboy,1954–1955
John A. Rothrock, Jr.,1955–
J. Mason Grove,1955–
Martin E. Morris,1965–
Donald C. Crounse,1966–1974
Robert M. Hurst,1972–
Lewis Hall Griffith,1974–
G. William Hammer,1976–

Juvenile Court Judges

Frank L. Deierhoi,1965–
Richard J. Jamborsky,1968–1976
Philip N. Brophy,1973–
Arnold B. Kassabian,1976–
Raymond O. Kellam,1976–1977

APPENDIX C

PORTRAITS IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE

James Roberdeau Allison, (1864–1927), was born in Orange County, Virginia, grew up in Centreville and taught school in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. He served the county as deputy treasurer, deputy sheriff and then was elected sheriff in 1904. Consistently re-elected, he was sheriff until his death.

Paul E. Brown, (1904–1968), was born in Oklahoma, and moved to Fairfax County with his family in 1919. He served as commonwealth attorney for three terms and was appointed judge of the Fairfax County Circuit Court in 1944. He served as senior court judge from 1951 until his death.