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John Houston
Full Name: John N. Houston
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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27
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Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863
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9th
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Belton / Bell
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Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, Williamson
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(1)
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.
(2)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(3)
One of eight Senators in 9th Legislature that only served one term in the Senate, p. 12.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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J.N. Houston, Belton, Bell County, nativity North Carolina, lawyer, age 39.
Senate Journal.
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Census of 1860 - John N. Houston, Belton, Bell County, age 37, born circa 1823 in North Carolina, lawyer.
FamilySearch.
Possibly Houston, John N., Junior 2nd Lieutenant (killed at battle of Mansfield in Civil War, 4/8/1864), in Captain John F. Smith's Company I, 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Nannie's Scrapbooks, Bell County,
TXGenWeb Project.
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