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W.P. Hancock

William Powell Hancock

Full Name: William Powell Hancock
Date of birth: June 19, 1833
Date of death: November 19, 1913

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 51 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Salado / Bell   Bell, Milam, Robertson

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
19th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Salado / Bell
Counties in district:
Bell, Milam, Robertson

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, W.P. Hancock, pp. 28-29. Born 6/19/1833 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
  • Obituary, "Death of W.P. Hancock," The Belton Journal, 12/11/1913, p. 4, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Includes biographical sketch of his life written by Hancock himself. Born 6/19/1833 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died 11/19/1913 near Wilmeth, Runnels County. "I was elected to the 19th Legislature as floater from Milam, Robertson and Bell counties; served in the two subsequent sessions of that body as Committee Clerk, one session in the Senate and one in the House." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

  • Confederate States Army, Private and Sergeant, Company A, 16th Texas Infantry, enlisted 11/26/1861. William Powell Hancock, death date 11/19/1913 in Runnels County, widow Mrs. V.E. Hancock, marriage date 9/15/1892 in Bell County. Pension File Nos. 11170 (W.P. Hancock) and 24754 (William Powell Hancock), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
  • Member of Walker's Division during the war between the States. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.

  • Census of 1900 - William P. Hancock, Bell County, age 67, born June 1833 in Mississippi, farmer, wife Victoria E. FamilySearch.
  • W.P. Hancock, birth date 6/19/1833, death date 11/19/1913, burial in Wingate Cemetery, Wingate, Runnels County. Find a Grave.

  • Photograph. W.P. Hancock, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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