Richard Phillip Crump

Full Name: Richard Phillip Crump
Date of birth: 1824
Date of death: October 14, 1869

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 13 Nov 3, 1851 - Apr 30, 1852 4th (1) (2) (3)     Unknown / Cass   Cass

(1) R.P. Crump, Cass County. House Journal.
(2) Charles Westmoreland, sworn 1/10/1853, succeeded Richard P. Crump, resigned 4/30/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) "Charles Westmoreland is elected Representative from this county to the Legislature, in place of Hon. R.P. Crump, resigned. Jefferson Herald." The Standard (Clarksville, Texas), 12/11/1852, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 13
Nov 3, 1851 - Apr 30, 1852
Legislatures: 4th (1) (2) (3)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Cass
Counties in district: Cass

(1) R.P. Crump, Cass County. House Journal.
(2) Charles Westmoreland, sworn 1/10/1853, succeeded Richard P. Crump, resigned 4/30/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) "Charles Westmoreland is elected Representative from this county to the Legislature, in place of Hon. R.P. Crump, resigned. Jefferson Herald." The Standard (Clarksville, Texas), 12/11/1852, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • CRUMP, RICHARD PHILLIP (1824-1869). Sheriff of Marion County after Civil War, first marriage to Martha A. Hughes. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, 1st Texas Regiment, Partisan Rangers. Military grave marker, Richard Phillip Crump, death date 10/14/1869, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Committee Information top

4th R.S. - 1851
Finance  
Peters' Colony, Governor's Message, Select (Co-Chair) 
Private Land Claims No. 1  

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