Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	84	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Kerrville / Kerr		Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina
H	84	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Kerrville / Kerr		Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Captain Whitfield Scott, pp. 241-244. Born in Mississippi March 1842, died at the age of 45. Kerr County, Texas, 1856-1976, 1975.
Biographical sketch, Whitfield Scott, p. 51. Born 3/6/1842 in Holmes County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, Whitfield Scott, p. 268. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, commanding officer Capt. John M. Stone, Company of Texas Calvary, Burford's Regiment, enlistment date 4/2/1862 in Waco, age 20. Whitfield Scott, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Adjutant, Company S, 19th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Whitfield Scott, birth date 3/6/1842, death date 11/27/1887, burial in Glen Rest Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County. Find a Grave.
Confederate States Army, Adjutant, 19th Texas Regiment, Calvary, p. 51. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - Winfield Scott, Kerrville, Kerr County, age 38, born circa 1842 in Mississippi, wool grower, wife Henrietta. FamilySearch. 1880
Death notice, "San Antonio Siftings," Richmond Opinion, 12/2/1887, p. 1, crediting San Jacinto Museum of History. "Hon. Whitfield Scott, member of the Eighteenth Legislature and prominently known over the State, died at Kerrville Sunday." Death date 11/27/1887. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. W. Scott, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W. Scott, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Commerce and Manufacturing Military Affairs (Chair) Public Land and Land Office Stock and Stock Raising
18th R.S. - 1883 Fence Cutting Military Affairs (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Stock and Stockraising

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