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] He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1807.[4]

Webb served in North Carolina's legislature before being appointed an Alabama territorial judge in 1818.[3] He 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

  1. ↑ Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1921), p. 1738.
  2. ↑ "History of Supreme Court". Alabama Judicial System. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Daniel J. Meador, "The Supreme Court of Alabama—Its Cahaba Beginning", 61 Alabama Law Review No. 5 (2010), p. 897.
  4. ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle, History of the University of North Carolina (1907), p. 183.
  5. ↑ Kimberly R. Jacobson, The Greene County Historical Society, Greene County and Mesopotamia Cemetery (2007), p. 108.
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