Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joab H. Banton

Full Name: Joab H. Banton
Birth date: September 10, 1833
Death date: July 13, 1874

Census of 1860 - J.H. Banton, Huntsville, Walker County, age 26, born circa 1834 in Tennessee, lawyer.
Census of 1870 - J.H. Banton, Huntsville, Walker County, age 36, born circa 1834 in Tennessee, lawyer. FamilySearch . 1860 FamilySearch
Joab H. Banton, birth date 9/10/1833, death date 7/13/1874, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McClennan County. Includes citations from the Waco Daily Examiner, July 1874, "Judge Banton about 50 years of age. Educated Austin College. Member of the Legislature from Walker County. Judge of Probate Court for several years." Find a Grave .
Death notice, J.H. Banton, "From Waco [Special to the Galveston News]," The Galveston Daily News, 7/14/1874, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date 7/13/1874. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .