Justice John Blair, Jr.
(Oct 1731-Aug 31, 1800)
Occupation: Attorney, US Supreme Court Justice.
Education: William and Mary College, Middle Temple in London.
Interred: Bruton Parish Episcopal Church Cemetery in Williamsburg, VA
Lodge affiliation:
1773 - Raised as a charter member of Williamsburg Lodge #6
1774 - Elected Worshipful Master of Williamsburg Lodge #6
1778-84 - First Grand Master of Virginia

Justice Blair was appointed by President Washington to the first Supreme Court of the United States. He graduated from William and Mary College and studied law at the Temple, London, soon becoming prominent in his profession and was a member of the legislature as early as 1765. In 1776 he was a member of the committee that drew up a plan for governing Virginia. In 1777 became a judge of the court of appeals for Virginia. He was afterward chief justice and in 1780 was judge of the high court of chancery. A delegate to the convention that drew up the Federal Constitution. President Washington named him as one of the justices of the first Supreme Court of the U.S. where he served from 1789 until 1796 when he resigned.