Alfred M. Truit
Full Name: Alfred M. Truit
Other surnames:
Truitt
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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7
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Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
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3rd
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Unknown / Shelby
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Nacogdoches, Shelby
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District No. 7, represented Nacogdoches and Shelby Counties. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
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Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44.
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
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Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office, 11/5/1849, p. 3.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical sketch, James Alfred Truit, 11th Legislature, pp. 63-64. Relatives: James Alfred Truit, father; Alfred M. Truit, son. "[James Alfred] Truit and his family settled in Shelby County in 1840 . . ."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Possibly Alfred M. Truitt mentioned in list of officers who served in the Texas regiments in a discussion of the period following Texas joining the union in 1846, Volume I, Chapter VIII, "The Lone Star Under the Star Spangled Banner," p. 149.
East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
Census of 1860 - Possibly A.M. Truit, post office: Truitt Store, Shelby County, age 42, born in NC, occupation: [?] merchant. No A.M. or Alfred M. Truit listed in Nacogdoches census of 1860-1880.
HeritageQuest Online.
Listed in 3rd Legislature as A.M. Truitt, p. 196.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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