Jesse Walling

Full Name: Jesse Walling
Date of birth: June 17, 1794
Date of death: August 11, 1867

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	13	Feb 6, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863	9th ⁽¹⁾	Henderson / Rusk	Rusk
H	22	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽²⁾	Millville / Rusk	Rusk
H	Rusk	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽³⁾	Millville / Rusk	Rusk

(1) Jesse Walling, in special election 8/4/1862, sworn 2/6/1863, succeeded N.G. Bagley, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 185-186. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
WALLING, JESSE (1794-1867). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch of Jesse Walling included in sketch of his nephew, James K. Walling, Volume II, pp. 542-544. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.

Other Resources

Interred originally at Walling Bend Cemetery. Reinterred at Whitney Cemetery in 1950. Hill County, Texas, 1998.

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861 Private Land Claims
7th R.S. - 1857 Land Office Military Affairs Private Land Claims Roads, Bridges and Ferries
2nd R.S. - 1847 Contingent Expenses County Boundaries Military Affairs

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