Willis Scott Bledsoe
Full Name: Willis Scott BledsoeDate of birth: February 5, 1837
Date of death: February 12, 1877
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 23 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Cleburne / Johnson | Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor |
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 13th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Cleburne / Johnson
- Counties in district:
- Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor
Biographical Information
- Confederate States Army, Captain, 4th Regiment, Company F, Tennessee Cavalry (Murray's). Willis S. Bledsoe. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
- Confederate States Army, Major, 8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment; Captain, Company F, 4th (Murray's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Willis Scott Bledsoe. FamilySearch United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865.
- Captain of a company in 4th Tennessee Cavalry, later promoted to rank of major. W.S. Bledsoe, served in the state legislature in 1870-1871 during the Davis administration. Father of William H. Bledsoe, Volume III, p. 1321. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
- Willis Scott Bledsoe, birth date 2/5/1837 in Claiborne County, Tennessee; death date 2/12/1877 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas. Anderson Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
- W. Scott Bledsoe (1837-1877), portrait, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave.
- W.S. Bledsoe, Cleburne, Johnson County, p. 46, "admitted 1860, at Jamestown, Tennessee; was member Thirteenth Legislature." Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877.
- "William Harrison Bledsoe and the Founding of Texas Tech University, " Vol. 78, 2002, pp. 38-53. Relatives: Willis Scott Bledsoe - father; William Harrison Bledsoe - son. West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, 1925.
- Photograph. W.S. Bledsoe, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. W.S. Bledsoe, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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