Henry Y. Webb

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. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
3. 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.

Political offices
Preceded by Newly established seat	Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama 1820–1823	Succeeded by Henry Minor