Terms of Service

• House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
  Democrat
  
• House, 12th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  10/31/1871 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) William C. Jones, in special election 10/3/1871 - 10/5/1871, sworn 10/31/1871, succeeded Edwin P. Becton, granted leave of absence for remainder of session 4/24/1871, resigned thereafter. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1880 - W.C. Jones, Hunt County, age 40, born circa 1840 in Georgia, attorney at law, wife M.S. Jones, daughter Sallie.
  Census of 1900 - William C. Jones, Greenville, Hunt County, age 62, born May 1838 in Georgia, lawyer, widowed. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
• Wm. Clayton Jones, birthplace Elberton, Georgia; age 72; death date 6/17/1911 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• William Clayton Jones, birth date 5/13/1840, death date 6/17/1911, burial in East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary, Colonel W.C. Jones, Greenville, 6/19/1911, p. 7. Born 5/13/1839 in Georgia, Confederate veteran, lawyer, and early settler of Greenville. Fort Worth Record and Register .
• Biographical sketch, William Clayton Jones, p. 258. Born 1841 in Elbert County, Georgia. Member of the House in the 12th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
• Confederate States Army. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Committee Information

• 16th R.S. - 1879
• Assessment and Collection of Taxes  
• Claims and Accounts  
• Code of Criminal Procedure, Select (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• New Judiciary Article to the Constitution (Co-Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Affairs