Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Shaw

Full Name: James Shaw
Birth date: August 8, 1808
Death date: February 14, 1879

Terms of Service

House, 6th Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
House, 5th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
House, 3rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
House, 2nd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849

(1) Burleson county acquired its present boundaries in 1874, when its western reaches beyond East Yegua Creek were given to the new Lee County, thus reducing Burleson County by some 31 percent. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) James Shaw of Lexington, Burleson County - farmer, age 45, born in Ohio. House Journal .
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, James Shaw, age 45, native state Ohio, emigrated from Missouri, farmer, postoffice Lexington, Burleson County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 169-170. Death date, 2/14/1879. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Biographical sketch, James Shaw, mentions son Travis Shaw, p. 251. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
Census of 1860 - J. Shaw, Lexington post office, Burleson County, age 51, born circa 1809 in Ohio, farmer. FamilySearch .
James Shaw, birth date 8/6/1808, death date 2/14/1879, burial in Early Chapel Cemetery, Lee County. Find a Grave .
SHAW, JAMES (1808-1879). Handbook of Texas Online .
Private, Capt. Henry Wax Karnes's company of Mirabeau B. Lamar's Cavalry corps at the battle of San Jacinto. 1st Lieutenant, cavalry company. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Travis Shaw, pp. 131-132. Relatives: Capt. James Shaw of Burleson County and member of Texas Congress and Texas Legislature - father; Travis Shaw - son. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.