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Elihu H. Bay

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Elihu Ball Bay
Associate Justice of South Carolina
Personal details
Bornc. 1754
Havre de Grace, Maryland
DiedNovember 10, 1838
The Judge Elihu Bay House, at 76 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, is now the rectory for St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

Elihu Hall Bay was an associate justice on the precursor to the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected as an associate justice of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas on February 17, 1791.[1] Bay began the tradition of recording court decisions in South Carolina in 1809.[2] He died on November 10, 1838.[3] He is buried at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.[4]

References

  1. ^ O'Neall, John Belton (1859). Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina: S.G. Courtney & Co. pp. 53–65.
  2. ^ Moise, E. Warren (2003). Rebellion in the Temple of Justice. p. 172. ISBN 0-595-29575-4.
  3. ^ "Death of Judge Bay". Charleston Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. November 21, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  4. ^ "Judge Elihu Hall Bay (1754-1838)". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 30, 2014.