Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Isaac Lafayette Hill

Full Name: Isaac Lafayette Hill
Birth date: February 1, 1814
Death date: July 18, 1889

Terms of Service

Senate, 6th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ & 5th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
11/8/1853 - 11/2/1857

(1) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(2) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 5th Legislature - Senators elect M.M. Potter, Isaac L. Hill, William T. Scott, and James H. Durst "came forward, presented their credentials, were qualified and took their seats," 11/8/1853, p. 6. Senate Journal .
(4) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(5) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Isaac L. Hill, age 40, native state Georgia, emigrated from Georgia in 1834, lawyer, postoffice Round Top, Fayette County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Isaac Lafayette Hill, birth date 2/1/1814 in Jasper County, Georgia, death date 7/18/1889 in Fayette County, Texas, biographical sketch, burial in Hill Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette County. Grave marker inscription: "He was a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836." Find a Grave .
HILL, ISAAC LAFAYETTE (1814-1889). Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas Revolution, Corporal, Company D, 1st Regiment of Texas Volunteers. Fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. Private in the Round Top Guerrillas. Handbook of Texas Online .
Historical marker, Isaac Lafayette Hill, Round Top, Fayette County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .