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Whitfield Scott Full Name: Whitfield Scott Date of birth: March 6, 1842 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 84 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Kerrville / Kerr   Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina H 84 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (6)   Democrat Kerrville / Kerr   Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina (1) On January 26, 1856, Kerr County was formed from Bexar Land District Number 2. Brownsborough, the site of an early shingle-making camp, was renamed Kerrville and became the county seat. Handbook of Texas Online. (2) Bandera County. House Journal. (3) Home address, Kerrville; home county, Kerr. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Post office, Kerrville. Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature, 1885. (5) Home county, Kerr. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (6) 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. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch, Whitfield Scott, p. 268. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Photographs Photograph. Whitfield Scott, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Whitfield Scott, 19th 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 Informationtop 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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