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John N. Houston

Full Name: John N. Houston
Death date: Deceased, date unknown

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 9th (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    11/4/1861 - 11/2/1863
     
(1) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 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 .
(3) One of eight Senators in 9th Legislature that only served one term in the Senate, p. 12. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • J.N. Houston, Belton, Bell County, nativity North Carolina, lawyer, age 39. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - John N. Houston, Belton, Bell County, age 37, born circa 1823 in North Carolina, lawyer. FamilySearch .
  • John N. Houston mentioned among lawyers that arrived in Bell County probably before 1855. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, p. 251, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Possibly John N. Houston, Confederate States Army, Junior 2nd Lieutenant (killed at battle of Mansfield in Civil War, 4/8/1864), in Captain John F. Smith's Company I, 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Nannie's Scrapbooks, Bell County, TXGenWeb Project .

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