Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry Dillahunty

Full Name: Henry Dillahunty
Birth date: 1797
Death date: 1878

Census of 1860 - Harvey Dillahunty, Titus County, age 61, born circa 1799 in Tennessee, lawyer, living in household with B.M. Dillahunty and Hervey Dillahunty, age 25.
Census of 1870 - Henry Dillhunty, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, age 71, born circa 1799 in Tennessee, lawyer, in household with Bethanne Dillhunty. FamilySearch . 1860 1870
Biographical sketch and portrait, Hervey Dillahunty, pp. 82-83. Born 1797 in Tennessee; elected to Tennessee House of Representatives in 1830; moved to Titus County in 1850 and served as County Judge of Titus County and member of the Texas House of Representatives; died 1878 and buried in Edwards Cemetery. Second wife Betheland Johnson. Pioneers and Heroes of Titus County 1974.
Possibly mentioned in "Red River District Court," The Standard (Clarksville, Texas), 7/7/1860, p. 2, crediting the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Judge Dillahunty . . . from Titus." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .