Terms of Service

• House, 15th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  4/18/1876 - 8/2/1876
  Democrat
  

(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Resignation letter and Gov. Coke's transmittal letter to Speaker, 8/2/1876, pp. 742-743. House Journal .
(3) Leroy F. Roberts resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. L.F. Roberts, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, Willis' Battalion, Wall's Legion. L.F. Roberts, Beeville, Bee county, Pension File No. 6231, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
• Obituary, "An Old Citizen Dead," 3/5/1909, p. 5. " . . .member of the Fifteenth legislature. . ." Beeville Bee .
• Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, Waul's Legion. Military grave marker, Leroy F. Roberts, birth date 7/15/1827, death date 3/4/1909, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Beeville, Bee County. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, pp. 127-128. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.

Committee Information

• 15th R.S. - 1876
• Agriculture and Stock Raising