Terms of Service
-
House,
14th
(1)
Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
(1)
Rockwall was part of Kaufman County until 1873. ROCKWALL, TX (ROCKWALL COUNTY). "In the late 1840s members of the Boydstun family of Illinois settled on a 572-acre tract of land near the East Fork of the Trinity River; they were the first Anglo-Americans to arrive in the area, which at that time was part of Kaufman County . . . In 1873 the state legislature established Rockwall County from part of Kaufman County, and Rockwall became the county seat. The town was incorporated in 1874."
Handbook of Texas Online .