Henry Y. Webb
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| Born | Henry Young Webb September 4, 1784 |
| Died | September 20, 1823 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Occupation | Jurist |
Henry Young Webb (August 4, 1784 – September 20, 1823)[1][2] was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama]] from 1820 to 1823.
Webb was born in Granville County, North Carolina]].[3] Webb graduated from the University of North Carolina]] in 1807.[4] He served in North Carolina's legislature before being appointed an Alabama territorial judge in 1818. He died in September 1823.[3]
Webb was "one of five men who gathered in Cahaba]] in 1820 to organize the supreme court of Alabama and hold its first term".[5]
References
- ↑ Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1921), p. 1738.
- ↑ "History of Supreme Court". Alabama Judicial System. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daniel J. Meador, "The Supreme Court of Alabama—Its Cahaba Beginning", 61 Alabama Law Review No. 5 (2010), p. 897.
- ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle, History of the University of North Carolina (1907), p. 183.
- ↑ Kimberly R. Jacobson, The Greene County Historical Society, Greene County and Mesopotamia Cemetery (2007), p. 108.
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