Last Years and Death
After losing the 1803 gubernatorial election, Roane returned to the practice of law. In 1811 he was elected to a circuit judgeship and in 1815 he became a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, which had been formed in 1809 as an appellate court in place of the Superior Court of Law and Equity. He served on that court until his death on January 18, 1819. He was a promoter of institutions of higher learning until his death, serving as a trustee of Blount College, Greeneville College, Washington College, and East Tennessee College.
He is buried at Pleasant Forest Cemetery in Farragut, Tennessee.
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