Letter, 1830.

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Letter, 1830.

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Letter, 1830 Apr. 15, from Henry Minor in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., to John Overton, in Nashville, Tenn., discussing the Alabama Reports, which covers Ala. jurisprudence; the recent constitutional change in which supreme court justices were elected to six year terms instead of two year terms, his son Henry's appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and Mrs. Minor's ill health.

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Alabama Reports.

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Minor, Henry, Jr., d.1839.

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Minor, Frances, 1923-

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Minor, Henry, 1783-1839.

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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 Ala...

Alabama. Supreme Court

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Overton, John, 1766-1833

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John Overton was a Tennessee lawyer and politician. From the description of John Overton papers, 1827-1830 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23294706 John Overton was an early Tennessee jurist, who served on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Also, he was a founder of Memphis, Tennessee. From the description of Letter, dated 1808 February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, to Return J. Meigs. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 47091540 John Ove...