Henry W. Webb

Henry W. Webb was a political leader in Reconstruction era South Carolina. He was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868 and elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives the same year.

He was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868.[1] He represented Georgetown County, South Carolina.[2] He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.[3] He and a couple of other state legislators were dead by November 1869, and James A. Bowley was elected to replace him as Georgetown representative.[4][5] He was white.[6]

He was originally from Connecticut then moved to Georgetown around 1866. He had a shop from which he traded goods for rice, then turned his hand to running a hotel. In January 1868 he was accused of assault and battery on a small black boy.[7]

References

  1. ^ Carolina, South (June 11, 1868). "The Constitution of South Carolina: Adopted April 16, 1868, and the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly Passed at the Special Session of 1868[-1871] Together with the Military Orders Therein Re-enacted". John W. Denny, printer to the state – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Lewis, Catherine Heniford (June 11, 1998). Horry County, South Carolina, 1730-1993. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570032073 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". The State. June 11, 1868. p. 2 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". The State. June 11, 1870 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 48th General Assembly (1868-1870)". www.carolana.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress - The Journal of Negro History, Jan., 1920, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan., 1920), pp. 63-119". JSTOR 2713503. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "22 Jan 1868, 4 - The Charleston Mercury at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. p. 4. Retrieved 25 June 2020.