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John James Moncure

J.J. Moncure
Full Name: John James Moncure
Other surnames: Montcure
Birth date: March 16, 1829
Death date: July 1, 1909

Terms of Service

  • House, 11th Legislature
    8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870
     

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Texas State Troops, 3rd Lieutenant, Bastrop Cavalry Company, 26th Brigade, enlisted July 1861. John J. Moncure, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1880 - J.J.M... [J.J. Moncure], Fitz Williams Hill, Bastrop County, age 51, born circa 1829 in Virginia, farmer.
    Census of 1900 - John J. Moncure, Bastrop County, age 71, born March 1829 in Virginia, farmer. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company I, 37th Texas Cavalry. John James Moncure, birth date 3/16/1829, death date 7/1/1909, military marker in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County. Includes portrait and death notices from Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, 7/11/1909, and The Free Lance, 7/13/1909. Find a Grave .
  • MONCURE, JOHN JAMES (1828-1909). Also listed as Montcure. Birth date 3/16/1828, death date 7/1/1909. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Bastrop Calvary; Confederate States Army, 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment, and later 2nd Lieutenant and Major, 34th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • J.J. Moncure. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company I, 37th Texas Cavalry (Moncure's Company, sometimes called "The Bastrop Cavalry"). "Civil War Marker Placed at Grave of J.J. Moncure," Bastrop Advertiser, 4/16/1964, p. 1, crediting Bastrop Public Library. John James Moncure served Bastrop county as state representative. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, Captain John James Moncure. Born 3/16/1829 in Caroline County, Virginia. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 596-598. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Obituary, Capt. J.J. Moncure, The Bastrop Advertiser, 7/3/1909, p. 5, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Born 3/16/1829 in Caroline County, Virginia; died 7/1/1909. Burial in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Bastrop County. "Services were held at the family Cemetery on Cedar Creek." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • "John J. Moncure resigns as BC county surveyor because of feeble health and unforeseen circumstances . . . , Moncure has, in the past, served as Sheriff, Representative in the Texas Legislature, and County Surveyor." Abstracts from Bastrop Advertiser, 2/6/1875, Bastrop County. USGenWeb Project 1996.

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