Minor, Henry, 1783-1839.

Minor was born on 1783 Jan. 4, in Dinwiddie Co., Va., to Thomas Carr and Anne (Redd) Minor. He read law under his uncle, married Frances Throckmorton in 1809, and then settled in Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala., in 1816. He was a member of the Ala. Constitutional Convention in 1819, and was elected by the first state legislature as supreme court reporter. He served as a supreme court justice from 1823-1825, and thereafter until his death, was a supreme court clerk. That is when he authored the Alabama Reports. He and his wife had eleven children. He died on 1839 Jan. 1.

From the description of Letter, 1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122330738