Allen Birdwell

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Birdwell, age 50, native state Alabama, emigrated from Alabama in 1841, farmer, postoffice Mt. Enterprise, Rusk County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Col. Allen Birdwell mentioned in biographical sketch of his grandson, Alton William Birdwell, pp. 254-258. A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, 1936.
• BIRDWELL, ALLEN (1802-1893). Born 3/22/1802 in Blount County, Tennessee; died 1893 in Mount Enterprise, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Included in biographical sketch of grandson, Joseph Allen Birdwell, M.D., Volume V, pp. 2561-2562. Col. Allen Birdwell, "He had a fair education, was a man whose activity went beyond his immediate home, served in the legislature, representing Rusk county twice, was the leader and practically the founder of the Baptist Missionary church in his county, was a Democrat in politics, and belonged to the Masonic Order." A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
• Col. Allen Birdwell represented Rusk County in the Texas Legislature in the 1850s. Included in biographical sketch of grandson, Alton William Birdwell, A.M., Volume V, pp. 269-270. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Military Service Notes

• Alabama State Militia, Colonel. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Allen Birdwell, birth date 3/22/1802, death date 8/3/1893, burial in Birdwell Cemetery, Mount Enterprise, Rusk County. Includes portrait, historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
• Illness of Colonel Allen Birdwell of Mount Enterprise, Rusk County, born 3/22/1802 in Tennessee, member of the legislature in 1853 and 1863, elected colonel of the 19th Alabama regiment in 1836. "An Old Settler Dying: He Was a Member of the First Baptist Church in Texas," The Galveston Daily News, 3/8/1893, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium, and "A Veteran Dying," The Galveston Daily News, 3/27/1893, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). March 27, 1893 March 8, 1893
• Correspondence between Allen Birdwell and his son John Calhoun Birdwell included in John C. Birdwell's Letters, Personal and Family Collection, Identifier A-0116. Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center.
• Historical marker, Birdwell House, Henderson, Rusk County. "Built in early 1840s for Allen Birdwell, 1851 County Commissioner; Member Texas Legislature 1853-54 and 1863-64." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

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