Terms of Service

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

(1) James B. McCown served in the 1st and 2nd Legislatures; J.B. McCown served in the 6th Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Election returns for Harrison County show 447 votes for James McCown for represenatative. Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Texas), 1/7/1846, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Mentioned in discussion of Harrison County religious life and denominations, pp. 102-103. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
• Quartermaster, Texas Regiment of Volunteers, Somerville Expedition 1842. James McCown, birth date 2/11/1808 in Tennessee; death date 7/6/1852 in Texas; burial in Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in "McCown Family History: McCowns Montgomery and Harrison Co, Texas." James served a single term in the Texas Legislature. His brother, Jerome, served two terms. Google Groups .
• Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical notes, Relatives: James McCown (1808-1852) and Jerome B. McCown (1821-1887) - brothers. "Upon the death of their father, James was appointed guardian for his brother Jerome." "James, his mother, his brother Sampson, and brothers Alexander and Jerome and their families moved as a group to Texas from Tuscaloosa, Alabama in November 1841 . . . Jerome was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in the Second Legislature in 1847. He was also elected to the Sixth Legislature in 1855." Message board post, Wedemeyer by Nancy Wedemeyer. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
• Biographical sketch included in the "Guide to the McCowan Family Papers, 1848-circa 1866." "He [James McCown] also served in the first Texas State Legislature." Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas. Texas Archival Resources Online 2010.
• "In 1839, W. W. Shepperd sold the town of Montgomery, Texas to James McCown for $8,000.00." The Early History of Montgomery, Texas 2011.

Committee Information

• 1st R.S. - 1846
• Internal Improvements  
• Land Office