Continental Army, 1779, 1781
Clerk, conventions seeking statehood for Kentucky, 1784-1792
Private practice, Danville, Kentucky, 1788-1801
Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky, 1789-1792
Clerk, Kentucky constitutional conventions, 1792, 1799
Clerk, Lexington [Kentucky] Democratic Society, 1793-1794
Clerk, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1792-1801
Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1799-1801
Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1801-1806
Chief justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1806-1807
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, March 3, 1807-February 7, 1826