Jesse Billingsley
Full Name: Jesse BillingsleyOther surnames: Billingsly
Date of birth: October 10, 1810
Date of death: October 1, 1880
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 58 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th | Cedar Creek / Bastrop | Bastrop, Fayette, Travis | ||
| H | 56 | Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 | 5th | Cedar Creek / Bastrop | Bastrop |
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 8th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Cedar Creek / Bastrop
- Counties in district:
- Bastrop, Fayette, Travis
- Legislatures:
- 5th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Cedar Creek / Bastrop
- Counties in district:
- Bastrop
Biographical Information
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Billingsly, age 43, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Tennessee in 1835, farmer, postoffice Cedar Creek, Bastrop County. House Journal.
- 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 671. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch, p. 52. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Colonel Jesse Billingsley, p. 36. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, 1995.
- BILLINGSLEY, JESSE (1810-1880). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Jesse Billingsley. Texas State Cemetery.
- "On November 17, 1835, he joined Capt. Robert M. Coleman's company of Mina Volunteers–forty-nine Bastrop County men, including George B. Erath. Billingsley served until December 17. When this unit mustered into Sam Houston's army at the beginning of the Texas Revolution, it was designated Company B of Col. Edward Burleson's First Regiment, and on March 1, 1836, Billingsley was elected its captain. He commanded the company at the battle of San Jacinto, where he received a wound that crippled his left hand for life. The company disbanded at Mina on June 1. Billingsley thereafter served as a private in John C. Hunt's ranger company, from July 1 through October 1, 1836." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Texas Army, Captain, Texas Revolution. "He joined the Texas Army under the command of General Edward Burleson and became captain of the Mina Volunteers." 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 671. Resolutions - Memorial.
- "Capt. Jesse Billingsley, A Soldier in the army of Texas, 1835, Commander of Company C, First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto." Headstone inscription. Texas State Cemetery.
- Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860. Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. Jesse Billingsley, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Committee Information
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