Jesse Slocumb

Slocumb was born on a plantation near Dudley in Wayne County, North Carolina on August 20, 1780.^[1] He was the son of Revolutionary patriots Col. Ezekiel Slocumb (1750–1840) and Mary Hooks Slocumb (1760–1836), who had distinguished herself at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776.^[1]

He completed the preparatory studies and then engaged in agricultural pursuits,^[2] on a plantation six miles southeast of Goldsboro, North Carolina.^[1]

He held several local offices and was a member of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county. He served as the register of deeds from 1802 until 1808.^[2]

He was elected as a Federalist to succeed William Gaston to represent North Carolina's 4th congressional district in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, until his death.^[2] After his death, William S. Blackledge succeeded him.^[3]

Slocumb was married to Hannah Gray Green (1787–1848), a daughter of Joseph Green. Together, they were the parents of:^[1]

• Julia Ann Slocumb, who married David Bunting.^[1]
• Harriet Adeline Slocumb (1809–1875), who married Hiram Wildman Husted (1802–1868).^[4]
• John Charles Slocumb (b. 1811), who married Rachel R. Wright.^[1]
• Junius Greene Slocumb (b. 1815), who married Mary L. Boon.^[1]

Slocumb died of pleurisyinWashington, D.C., on December 20, 1820.^[5] He was buried in the Congressional Cemetery.^[2]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

• United States Congress. "Jesse Slocumb (id: S000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Jesse SlocumbatFind a Grave