Terms of Service

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

(1) Democrat. 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

• Census of 1860 - Jno. S. Cleaveland, Polk County, age 34, born circa 1826 in Alabama, planter.
  Census of 1870 - John S. Cleveland, Polk County, age 44, born circa 1826 in Alabama, school teacher. FamilySearch . 1860 1870
• John Smith Cleveland, father of Lula Nora Richardson, birth date 1/31/1868 in San Jacinto County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• John Smith Cleveland, birth date 1/7/1826 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama; death date 3/4/1874; portrait; burial in Camilla Hill Cemetery, San Jacinto County, Texas. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
• Obituary, "The Late John S. Cleveland of Cold Springs - Testmonial [sic] of the Bar," The Galveston Daily News, 3/14/1874, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "Capt. Cleveland was born in Selma, Alabama, in 1822; served with distinction as captain of Company H, Fifth Texas Regiment, and was a member of the House of Representatives of Texas before the war." Death date 3/4/1874. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• John Smith Cleveland, no dates available; married Mary Elizabeth Tipton. Camilla Hill Cemetery, San Jacinto County, Texas. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .

Committee Information

• 7th R.S. - 1857
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary  
• Privileges and Elections