Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Jefferson Weatherford

Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Weatherford
Birth date: 1810
Death date: 1867

Terms of Service

Senate, 10th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ & 9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
11/4/1861 - 10/17/1864
Senate, 6th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ & 5th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislatures
11/7/1853 - 11/2/1857

(1) Weatherford did not attend 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Pleasant Run, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Lancaster, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(8) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(9) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(10) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .
(11) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Jefferson Weatherford, age 43 (born circa 1810), native state Tennessee, emigrated from Illinois in 1846, farmer, postoffice Pleasant Run, Dallas County. House Journal .
Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

Census of 1850 - Jefferson Weatherford, Dallas, Dallas County, [age 39, born circa 1811 in Tennessee], farmer, living in household with Mary Weatherford and children Harbira, Burrell, Thomas J., Millery, and William Weatherford.
Census of 1860 - Jeff Weatherford, Lancaster, Dallas County, age 50, born circa 1810 in Tennessee, farmer, living in household with Sarah, B.B., Thomas J., M.E., Mary, Ellen, Syrena, and Edith Weatherford. FamilySearch . 1860
Confederate States Army, Private, Darnell's Regiment, enlisted 3/1/1862 in Dallas County, age 52. Jeff Weatherford. FamilySearch Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865 .
Jefferson Weatherford, born 1811 in Bedford County, Tennessee, died 1867 in Wilmer, Dallas County, burial in Stadden Cemetery, Wilmer. No grave marker photograph. Includes biographical sketch from History of Wilmer 1883-1983 by Florence Booster Warren. Find a Grave .
WEATHERFORD, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1810-1867). Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. ". . . named Weatherford in honor of Jefferson Weatherford, a member of the Texas Senate who coauthored the bill establishing the county [Parker]." Handbook of Texas Online .
2nd Lieutenant, Capt. John Harris' company during the Black Hawk War. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Jefferson Weatherford, p. 10. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas 1877.
Mentioned in "Establishing Parker County," pp. 18-19. History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials 1937.
Jefferson Weatherford, born 1810 in Alabama, elected to state senate, died 1867; included in biographical sketch of his son Thomas J. Weatherford. Lindsley, Philip. A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity, Vol. 2, 1909, Chicago, p. 198. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Darnell's Regiment. Lindsley, Philip. A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity, Vol. 2, 1909, Chicago, p. 198. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Mentioned in 5th Legislature, p. 245. ". . . moved to Texas from his native Alabama in 1846, served two terms, then went off briefly to the Confederate Army and returned to the Senate for the 9th and 10th Legislatures." The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.