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Jesse Cogbill

Member From: 1777 - 1783

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  • Additional Info: ​Es`cheat´or n.1.(Law) An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.   es·cheat (s-cht) n. 1. Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. 2. Law a. Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. b. Property that has reverted to the state when no legal heirs or claimants exist. intr. & tr.v. es·cheat·ed, es·cheat·ing, es·cheats Law To revert or cause to revert by escheat. [Middle Englisheschete, from Old French (fromescheoir, to fall out) and from Anglo-Latinescheta, both from Vulgar Latin*excadre, to fall out : Latinex-, ex- + Latincadere, to fall; seekad- in Indo-European roots.] es·cheata·ble adj. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published byHoughton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  
    1779 Assembly-Jesse Cogbill became an escheator. An election to fill the vacancy was ordered on October 19, 1779. See below for more information
Session District District Number Party Leadership Committees
1777-1778 Chesterfield
1778 Chesterfield Courts of Justice
Privileges and Elections
Public Claims
1779 Chesterfield Courts of Justice
Privileges & Elections
1783 Chesterfield Courts of Justice
Propositions and Grievances

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