Terms of Service

• House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1870 - W.A. Stuart, Crockett, Houston County, age 40, born circa 1830 in Georgia, lawyer, living in household with S.J. Stuart (female, age 36) and children E.J., Willie, Mollie, H.I., and I.B. Stuart.
  Census of 1880 - William Stewart, Crockett, Houston County, age 50, born circa 1830 in Georgia, lawyer, widowed, daughters Ella Stewart, Willie and Mollie Burnett. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
• Death notice, Colonel W.A. Stewart, The Galveston Daily News, 6/28/1896, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "At one time one of the leading members of the Crockett bar . . . he represented this county [Houston County] in the Sixteenth legislature." Death date 6/26/1896, burial at Crockett. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch, William Alexander Stewart, p. 253. Born 11/25/1829 near Crawfordsville, Green County, Georgia; admitted to bar in Tuskegee, Alabama, 1852; moved to Texas in 1854 and settled at Crockett. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
• Confederate States Army, "served a short time in the Confederate service." Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
• Representative from Houston County in the 16th Legislature, p. 24; mentioned, Capt. of the Guard in Trinity Chapter No. 4 of R.A.M. (Masons), history of the Baptist Church and Presbyterian Church in Crockett, distinguished lawyer and member of the Crockett Bar, pp. 91, 107, 113, and 140. The History of Houston County, Texas 1943.
• Obituary, Miss Mollie Stewart, daughter of Col. W.H. Stewart of Crockett, 1892. Houston County, TXGenWeb Project .

Committee Information

• 16th R.S. - 1879
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Judicial Districts, Select  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Revised Civil Code, Select  
• State Affairs