Terms of Service

• House, 7th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
   
  

(1) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(2) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Mentioned on p. 831 of biographical sketch of Ex-Governor James W. Throckmorton, pp. 831-833. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
• BISHOP, ABSALOM (1804-1883). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Mentioned as having named the town of Taylorsville in honor of General Zachary Taylor; later, as a member of the Legislature, "secured the adoption of a resolution which officially changed the name from Taylorsville to Decatur, from which date the village became known by the latter designation" (pp. 76-77). Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads - Twenty Years of Intrepid History 1907.

Committee Information

• 7th R.S. - 1857
• County Boundaries  
• Military Affairs  
• Public Lands  
• Slaves and Slavery