Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	13	Nov 4, 1861 - Oct 17, 1864	9th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 10th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾		Lancaster / Dallas		Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman
S	5	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 2, 1857	5th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ 6th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾		Pleasant Run / Dallas		Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant

(1) Lancaster, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Weatherford did not attend 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(4) Pleasant Run, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(7) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(8) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(9) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(10) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(11) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Jefferson Weatherford, age 43 (born circa 1810), native state Tennessee, emigrated from Illinois in 1846, farmer, postoffice Pleasant Run, Dallas County. House Journal.
Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

WEATHERFORD, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1810-1867). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas. HeritageQuest Online.
Mentioned in History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials, by G.A. Holland, Weatherford, Tex.: Herald Pub. Co., 1937, pp. 18-19. HeritageQuest Online.
Jefferson Weatherford, born 1810 in Alabama, elected to state senate, died 1867; included in biographical sketch of his son Thomas J. Weatherford. Lindsley, Philip. A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity, Vol. 2, 1909, Chicago, p. 198. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Darnell's Regiment, enlisted 3/1/1862 in Dallas County, age 52. Jeff Weatherford. FamilySearch Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865.
2nd Lieutenant, Capt. John Harris' company during the Black Hawk War. Handbook of Texas Online.
Confederate States Army, Darnell's Regiment. Lindsley, Philip. A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity, Vol. 2, 1909, Chicago, p. 198. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

Census of 1850 - Jefferson Weatherford, Dallas, Dallas County, [age 39, born circa 1811 in Tennessee], farmer, living in household with Mary Weatherford and children Harbira, Burrell, Thomas J., Millery, and William Weatherford.
Census of 1860 - Jeff Weatherford, Lancaster, Dallas County, age 50, born circa 1810 in Tennessee, farmer, living in household with Sarah, B.B., Thomas J., M.E., Mary, Ellen, Syrena, and Edith Weatherford. FamilySearch. 1860
Jefferson Weatherford, born 1811 in Bedford County, Tennessee, died 1867 in Wilmer, Dallas County, burial in Stadden Cemetery, Wilmer. No grave marker photograph, biographical sketch from History of Wilmer 1883-1983 by Florence Booster Warren. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. ". . . named Weatherford in honor of Jefferson Weatherford, a member of the Texas Senate who coauthored the bill establishing the county [Parker]." Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in 5th Legislature, p. 245. ". . . moved to Texas from his native Alabama in 1846, served two terms, then went off briefly to the Confederate Army and returned to the Senate for the 9th and 10th Legislatures." The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863 Counties and County Boundaries Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Lands
9th R.S. - 1861 Counties and County Boundaries Finance Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Debt State Affairs
6th R.S. - 1855 Finance Militia Privileges and Elections Public Debt Public Lands
5th R.S. - 1853 Finance Militia Penitentiary Roads, Bridges and Ferries Waco to Dallas Mail Transmission, Select

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