Jesse Hockett

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Full name:Jesse Davis Hockett
Date of birth:19. 08. 1826
Date of death:11. 12. 1898
Age:72† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:North Carolina
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Jesse Hockett was a North Carolina Quaker. Jesse Hockett was conscripted into the Confederate army with his brother Himelius on April 4, 1862. Refusing to bear arms, the brothers were tortured and imprisoned, including four days and five nights without bread or water in a jail at Kinston, North Carolina. (Recorded as Jesse Davis Hockett)

Case

Charges: Refusal to bear arms (Quaker conscientious objector conscripted into the Confederate army, 1862)
Incarcerated: Apr 4, 1862

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