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. 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, pp. 291-293, 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.