Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Fields

Full Name: William Fields
Birth date: 1810
Death date: September 9, 1858

Terms of Service

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

(1) CHAMBERS COUNTY. "Chambers County was formed in 1858 from Liberty and Jefferson counties, and organized the same year with Wallisville as its county seat." Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Anahuac [currently in Chambers county], Liberty County. 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

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, William Fields, age 44 (born circa 1809), native state North Carolina, emigrated from Tennessee in 1837, printer, postoffice Anahuac, Liberty County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Census of 1850 - William Fields, Liberty, Liberty County, age 40, born circa 1810 in North Carolina, printer, in household with Minerva Fields. FamilySearch .
FIELDS, WILLIAM (ca. 1810-1858). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, "Like Autumn Leaves They Fall," The Belton Independent, 9/25/1858, p. 2, crediting the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. " . . . from 1847 to 1853 was an active honest and useful representative in the Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
William Fields included in biographical sketch of son William A. Fields, pp. 291-293. Relatives: William Fields (Liberty County) - father; William Abner Fields (Hill County). Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
William Fields included in biographical sketch of son Wm. A. Fields, pp. 97-98. Relatives: William Fields (Liberty County) - father; William Abner Fields (Hill County) - son. William Fields "came to Texas shortly after the admission of the State to the Union, and located in Liberty county. He taught school for a time and later represented his county in the Legislature . . . " Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.