James Webb Jr. (1816 - 1897)

Born 25 Oct 1816 in Granville County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Frances (Cheshire) Webb — married 17 Feb 1842 in Edenton, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1897 at age 80 in Hillsborough, North Carolina

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Biography

James Webb was born in 1816. He and his brother Joseph founded Webb's general merchandise store on Churton St. ^[1] His home was Over the River, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he lived with his wife and their 11 children. After the Civil War, he participated in efforts to suppress the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Orange County. His name appears on a letter dated March 5, 1870, addressed to Gov. William W. Holden, recommending him and that Dr. Pride Jones of Hillsborough be commissioned for the purpose of disbanding the Ku Klux Klan. The name of James Webb Jr. appears on a letter dated March 5, 1870, addressed to Governor William W. Holden, recommending him and that Dr. Pride Jones of Hillsborough be commissioned for the purpose of disbanding the Ku Klux Klan. ^[2] Jones offered amnesty to Orange County klansmen on condition that they pledge to disband, warning them that the alternative would be military action. Gov. Holden maintained that he lacked the authority to grant amnesty but nevertheless ordered no arrests of klansmen suspected of violent crimes. The result was a decrease in the occurrence of atrocities. ^[3] He passed away in 1897. He was Senior Warden of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he is buried.

Research Notes

Description of Webb Family Papers, including letters from J.C. Webb, son of James Webb Junior (from online description and collection overview of James Webb Papers in the Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina; Series 4. Webb Family Papers, 1862-1918. About 50 items. Arrangement: chronological.):

Papers of various of James Webb's descendants. The earliest items are letters from J. C. Webb, son of James Webb Junior, of the 27th N.C. Infantry, Walker's Brigade, to his "Aunt Rob" (Robina Norwood Webb, wife of Thomas Webb and daughter-in-law of James Webb). In these three detailed letters, 1862-1864, J. C. Webb described meeting Belle Boyd, described the action of Cook's regiments at the battle of Antietam, defended the conduct of North Carolina troops at the Battle of Bristoe's Station from the attacks of Virginia newspapers, and related the awesome size of the Union army at Orange Courthouse. The remaining items include various wills, letters, and other papers, mostly belonging to the children of James Webb Junior.

Sources

1. ↑ Charles Emerson, North Carolina Tobacco Belt Directory of 1886. Archived at: http://ncgenweb.us/nc/orange/people-gazetteer/ There is also a listing: “Jas Webb, Jr. & Bro . . . General merchandise” in the Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of North Carolina, 1898. Raleigh: Guy V. Barnes, 1899, p. 144.
2. ↑ Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrection States: North Carolina. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872. See also: Dr. Pride Jones agrees to help stop the Ku Klux Klan. Archived at: [1]
3. ↑ Bradley, Mark L, “Bluecoats and tar heels: the transition from war to peace in North Carolina, 1865-1877.” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of History, University of North Carolina, 2006, pp. 399-400.

• James Webb Papers in the Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina, Collection Overview, Biographical Information and Abstract, "[2]." Accessed 27 Aug 2017.

• Apperson, Alves Norwood, b. 1869. Genealogy of the Norwood, Hogg, Lovick, Benners and Howell, Garrett, Harrison lines. "[3]." Accessed online 27 Aug 2017.
• Image of gravestone at St. Matthew's Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, North Carolina, Memorial ID 44576812, accessed at: [4] Photo credit Karen Mickel Bennett.

• William S. Powell. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 4. p. 379.