Terms of Service

• House, 1st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
   
  

(1) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Benjamin Gooch, birth date 1/31/1790, death date 3/10/1872, burial in Gooch Cemetery, Mason, Mason County, includes portrait. Memorial cenotaph in Justiss Cemetery, Titus County, ". . . Member of first Texas Legislature, author of act creating Titus county." Find a Grave . Justiss Cemetery Gooch Cemetery

Committee Information

• 1st R.S. - 1846
• County Boundaries  
• General Land Office, Select