John Done
John Done (c. 1747 – October 9, 1831) was a Maryland judge who served on the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1812 to 1814. He was born in Somerset County, Maryland, to John Done and Sarah Waters Done. He began practicing law in 1769 and later served as sheriff of Worcester County from 1773 to 1775.
During the American Revolution he was made a colonel in the Princess Anne Battalion in 1781. In 1788, he took part in the Worcester County Constitution Ratification Convention. He bought land in Princess Anne and built a large house there before the war; the property later became the Washington Hotel, run by Zadok Long after 1797.
Done ran for the U.S. Congress in 1789 but was defeated by George Gale, receiving about 24% of the vote. He was a presidential elector for John Adams in 1796. He held various judicial posts from 1791 to 1814 and was appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals on December 14, 1812, to fill the seat left vacant by the death of William Polk. He served until resigning in 1814.
Done was married twice, first to Sarah Rigley and then to Patience Bayly, and he had eighteen children. He died in Annapolis, Maryland.
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