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therein named, for the introduction and settlement of immi- grants," and authorizing the President to enter into contract with said parties and designate the territory into which they should introduce settlers, etc. The contract was executed by President Houston and Samuel Browning, attorney for the company-thereafter commonly known as the Peters' Colony Company-on the 30th of August, 1841. It was modified November 20th, 1841, and again, through Horace Burnham, attorney of the company, July 26th, 1842.
This enterprise, first discussed in 1840, the headquarters of the projectors being in Louisville, Kentucky, is what drew attention to this unoccupied wilderness and led to its settle. ment, beginning, as already stated, with John Neely Bryan in November, 1841. The colony covered a large district lying on the south side of Red river and extending south, so as to include a large portion of Ellis. The east line, beginning at the mouth of Big Mineral creek, on Red river and in Grayson county, ran about ten miles east of Dallas; so that all of Dallas county, excepting a strip about three miles wide, on the east side, was embraced in the colony. Though there were subsequently acrimonious contentions between the contractors, who sought to claim a portion of each settler's land, and the colonists-involving matters of great interest then, but with- out interest now-the matter was finally adjusted by laws of the State, under which each head of a family received six hundred and forty acres of land and each single man half the quantity ..
The company widely advertised the enterprise, describing the country and its many natural advantages, and this drew an excellent population from the Southern and Western States -more especially from Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee-who diffused themselves over the large territory,
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the limits now embraced in Dallas county receiving its full share.
Prior to this many surveys had been made in this county by surveyors from Nacogdoches, to which county all of Dallas county, east of the Trinity, belonged till 1846-while west of the river, till the same time, belonged to the county of Rob- ertson. Hence, from 1842 to 1846, the settler in Dallas, on the 'east, had to attend court in Nacogdoches, about 200 miles distant, while his neighbor, a mile distant, over in the then unchristened and undreamed-of suburb of Oak Cliff, had to do jury duty and answer for his errors, if any, at the now extinct, but then important village of Old Franklin, 150 miles on the way to Houston! Say not that men with wives and children, but without intelligence, courage and aspira- tions for improving their condition, would have assumed the hazards, the hardships and sore trials through which alone success-peace, plenty and happiness-could be attained! The grey-haired survivors of those stout-hearted pioneers-the middle-aged children of both the dead and the living, and the grandchildren of all-have just and rational cause to felicitate themselves in manly and womanly pride at the record made and the achievements won.
The actual settlement of Dallas county, therefore, began in the spring of 1842, when the first cabin was erected and the families of John Beeman and Capt. Gilbert being the first to arrive (Mrs. Martha Gilbert being the first American lady) and relieve the loneliness of the adventurous and true-hearted avaunt courier, John Neely Bryan, who had, for five or six months, been "monarch of all he surveyed"-pro- vided, he neither surveyed red men of the forest nor the raging Trinity on one of its periodic "spreads." He entertained them with the best he had-chiefly "bear meat and honey"-
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Perhaps without recalling the adage about "entertaining angels unawares," yet it was verified in this case, for, ere a great while, the lonely son of Tennessee gave his heart and hand to a comely and pure-hearted daughter of Illinois, in the per- son of Margaret, a daughter of Mr. John Beeman, the same estimable lady yet surviving her faithful husband and, until recently, daily beholding the mighty contrast-Dallas in its primeval state in 1842, and Dallas in 1887. Very recently she went to reside with her daughter, in Montezuma, Pike county, Illinois.
In 1842, besides James J. Beeman and family, the fami- lies of Thomas Keenan, Preston Witt, Alexander W. Webb, John H. Cox and others arrived, as will appear in the alpha- betical list of pioneers, elsewhere given.
The family of William M. Cochran came in March, 1843. In May came the family of Dr. John Cole, with his grown sons, Calvin G., John H. and James M., and other children, and in December George W. Glover and family, Elder Amon McCommas and grown sons, John, Elisha, Stephen B., and his brothers, Stephen B. and John C., George L. Leonard and family and others.
In 1844 other members of the Cox family, the Cameron family, Isaac B. Webb and family, the Jenkins family, the Harwood family, the Rawlins family and many others came.
In 1845 came Wm. H. Hord and family, Wm. B. Elam and family, W. Hamp Witt and family, A. J. Witt and family, Pleasant Witt and family, Thomas M. Ellis and family, John H. Daniel, D. W. Reedy, the Haught brothers, Adam C., Peter and Samuel A., with their families, John W. Smith and James M. Patterson (afterwards the well-known first merchants of Dallas), both from Green River, Kentucky, John Thomas, wife, grown sons and daughters from Missouri,
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James A. Coats, Marion A. and Thomas D. Coats, Jol McCoy and others.
Among those arriving in 1846 were the families of S Beeman, Mrs. Mary Ann Freeman, Obediah W. K William Traughber, I. N. Webb, John R. Fondren, T Collins, James Collins (brothers), Albert G. Collins (" Albert" arrived January 16th, 1846), Rev. James A. £ R. E. Rawlins and other members of the Rawlins f Wormley Carter, Asher W. Carter, John Anderson, M De Lafayette Gracey (single) and many others.
Elsewhere is given in alphabetical order, as near a be ascertained, a list of all who settled in Dallas county John Neely Bryan's arrival in November, 1841, up to tł 1850. To extend the list to a later period would be ir ticable.
It is not designed to give special details of ordinary connected with the settlement of the county. The g reader is familiar with the difficulties of settling a wild far removed from navigation, markets and towns. Th all magnified when on a frontier open to the inroad assaults of cunning and hostile savages, as were the pi of Dallas county. While it so happened, from the effo government was making to effect, and in 1843 did pa effect, treaties with the tribes more directly contiguous territory, the early settlers of the county were spared horrors which afterwards and for many years afflicted settlers farther west, yet they were ever liable to the a of those treacherous barbarians, and bidden, by commo dence, to be ever alert and ready for defence.
Their nearest markets were Houston, 275 miles and Shreveport, over 200 miles by the road, on Red and, in the beginning, without roads to either place.
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FROM 1837 TO 1887.
ams for transportation, hand mills for grinding corn, wild - ame for meat, dressed deer skins for men's clothing, rifles Or defense, faithful dogs for sentinels, true women to help and to cheer-a beautiful and fertile country, a mild climate -strong wills, brave hearts, intelligent and laudable aspira- -Sons, sustained by hope and faith, and God, acknowledged >y and ruling over all! these were the conditions attending = The settlement of this now most populous and wealthy of the Organized counties in the imperial State of Texas! And thus Ove reach the county's natal year-
1846.'
The first Legislature of the State, on the 30th of March, - 3 846, passed "An act creating the county of Dallas," with the Following boundaries [which will be Greek to most of the later inhabitants]:
"Beginning on the southern boundary line of Fannin county, three miles east of the eastern boundary of Peters' colony grant; thence south thirty miles; thence west thirty miles; thence north thirty miles to Fannin county line; thence east, with said line, to the beginning." [Acts of '46, p. 26.]
This made a constitutional county of 900 square miles or 576,000 acres; but to this day there is a slight dispute about the exact location of the south boundary line.
A further act, approved April 18th, 1846, provided- "That until otherwise provided by law, the town of Dallas shall be the seat of justice of Dallas county, and all the courts for said county shall be held thereat." [Acts of '46, p. 93.]
A third act, approved May 12, 1846, appointed John Neely Bryan to appoint managers and order an election for organizing Dallas county-the election to be held according -
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to existing law-the returns to be made to Bryan, who sh issue certificates to all persons elected, and make ret thereof to the Secretary of State. [Acts of '46, p. 242.
An act of the second Legislature, approved March 1848, provided for an election for the permanent locatio the county seat, requiring a majority of all the votes car elect; and, should donations of land be offered and acce] William Jenkins, James J. Beeman, William H. Hord, Mic Goodwin and Robert J. West were appointed commissi to lay out the ground, sell lots, etc. [Acts of '48, p. ]
It seems that the act of '48 failed to settle the ques and on the 11th of January, 1850, a somewhat similar was passed, requiring an election to be held at the ger election in August, 1850, "provided that the north boun of the county shall be established by that time; and, if directly after it is established." Rev. James A. Smith, A McCommas, Robert J. West, W. J. Walker and Mic Goodwin were appointed commissioners, as under the fo act. [Acts of '50, p. 32.]
At the election August 5th, 1850, under this last act county seat, the vote stood:
· For Dallas 191
" Hord's Ridge (now Oak Cliff) 178
" Cedar Springs 101
Total 470
Necessary to a choice .236
On the 31st of the same month a second (and last) tion was held, confined, under the law, to the two hig places in the previous contest. The result was:
For Dallas. 244
" Hord's Ridge 216
Total
460
Necessary to a choice
.231
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FROM 1837 TO 1887.
So Dallas was chosen and has ever since remained the at of justice, as well as the usual per cent. of injustice tending the administration of the law in this country, herein minor offenses are generally punished, especially if sing to the dignity of horsetheft; while greater criminals, backed by full purses, receive an immunity not only dis- isting, but discouraging, to the law-abiding citizens of the untry. The remedy lies in an increased infusion of common. nesty and unyielding firmness.
The first election for county officers was held, by order Commissioner Bryan, on the 13th of July, 1846, and the ;wly elected officers of the newly created county were sworn from the 20th to the 23d day of the same month. The ficers were elected for two years. I here give not only the sult of this election, but a list of the county officers from 46 to 1888, covering the present officials of the county. ;casional resignations and the outlying precincts, so often anged, are omitted:
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FICERS OF DALLAS COUNTY, FROM JULY 13. 1846, TO NOVEMBER, 1888.
JULY, 1846, TO AUGUST, 1848.
CHIEF Justice, John Thomas; probate judge, (abolished ' after this term), Dr. John Cole; district clerk, John C. Coy (resigned in December, '46, and Dr. Samuel B. Pryor pointed); county clerk, Wm. M. Cochran; sheriff, John litt; coroner, Anson McCrackin; assessor, Benjamin Mer- The district clerk's term was four years,
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Huitt's sureties were Archibald Greathouse, Wm. J. Hicklin and John Thomas; McCrackin's sureties, Wm. W. Conover, Sanders Elliott; Cochran's sureties, Isaac B. Webb, John L. Pulliam; McCoy's sureties, Morris Ferris, Crawford Brown; Merrill's sureties, Hiram Welborn, Eli Merrill, Isaac B. Webb.
James J. Beeman, justice 1st precinct, his sureties being J. F. Redden and Wm. Pruitt.
George W. Glover, constable 1st precinct; sureties, Amon McCommas, Stephen B. McCommas, Sr., and Jacob Hart.
John L. Pulliam, constable of precinct 4; sureties, Wm. M. Cochran, Crawford Brown and David Shahan.
James Sharrock, constable of No. 2; sureties, Aaron B. Wilson, Everard Sharrock and Philip Kimmel.
James M. Bennett, constable of No. 6; sureties, Hiram Bennett and Abraham Conner. The other precinct officers are not shown on the records.
THE FIRST RECORDS.
The first will-that of J. A. Simmons-was recorded July 23, 1846.
`August 9, 1846, was recorded a bill of sale (dated March 17, 1844,) of a negro woman, Jane, by Edward Welborn to John Young.
The first land patent recorded September 1st, 1846, Anson Jones, President of the Republic, to Samuel Monroe Hyde, to his headright, 640 acres on White Rock creek.
The same day the first power of attorney was recorded, 1 from said Hyde to his father, John H. Hyde, to sell said land.
The first marks and brands recorded, all on the 28th of September, 1846, were those of. John Neely Bryan, John Beeman and John Young.
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FROM 1837 TO 1887.
The first deed, dated October 7, 1846, authenticated before Wm. B. Ochiltree, district judge, November 12th, and recorded November 20th, was from John Neely Bryan and his wife Margaret to Henry Harter, to lots 5 and 6, block 3, in the town of Dallas.
The first marriage in the county, after its organization, was Crawford Treese to Annie M. Henderson, by Justice W. H. Hord, late in July or early in August, the record being lost.
George W. Cox was married to Mary Carver, August 30, 1846, by Joseph Key.
June 19, 1847, was recorded the sheriff's bill of sale to a "runaway" slave named Henry, who, being lawfully advertised and unclaimed, was sold to S. G. Newton and Wm. J. Walker for $350.
The second evidence of divorce was imported from Hender- son county, Kentucky, and recorded August 12, 1847. It was a judgment of the Circuit Court of that county, at the Nov. term, 1843, divorcing A. G. Walker from his wife, Pauline. The first was the Charlotte M. Dalton case.
[The marriage records show by whom the couples were united-frequently by civil officers-but the following list shows the FIRST marriage and the date thereof by each of the following named ministers of the gospel down to the last date given, though most of them performed many such services afterwards. No other minister appears in the records in the dates given: Joseph Key, Aug. 30, '46; David Myers, Nov. 7, '47; Amon McCommas, Feb. 6, '48; Eli Merrill, June 11, '48; Arthur Ledbetter, June 28, '48; Wm. Rawlins, jr;, Aug. 30, '48; John A. Freeman, Aug. 14, '48; James A. Smith, Sept. 20, '48; Finis E. King, April 3, '49; J. A. Cope, May 10, '49; J. English, June 29, '49; Andrew Cumming, Feb.
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27, '50; Gabriel Fitzhugh, May 12, '50; Thacker V. June 27, '50; Samuel Clark, Dec. 26, '50; John A. Oct. 31, '51; John Snead, Dec. 11, '51; R. Crawford, 27, '52; N. H. O. Polly, June 10, '52; John M. Myers 2, '52; Eli Witt, Oct. 13, '52; Milton Glover, May 5, H. (Buck) Hughes, Aug. 10, '53; Robert D. King 30, '53.]
1848 TO 1850.
Wm. H. Hord, chief justice; John W. Smith, clerk; Roland Huitt, sheriff; Dr. Samuel B. Pryor, clerk; assessor, Benjamin Merrill; coroner, Anson McC
1850 TO 1852.
Smith Elkins, chief justice, (resigned and Jar Latimer elected June 30, 1851); district clerk, Edw Browder; county clerk, Alexander Harwood; sheriff, vant C. Hawpe; assessor and collector, Wm. M. ] county commissioners, A. C. Haught, Wm. J. Walker Mounts and Joseph A. Chapman; coroner, Anson McC justice for precinct No. 1, John Scurlock; constable H. Daniel; county treasurer, Dr. Perry Dakan.
1852 TO 1854.
James W. Latimer, chief justice; sheriff, T. C. : county clerk, Alex. Harwood; district clerk, Ed. C. B assessor and collector, N. T. Stratton; treasurer, Dr. Rice; coroner, J. B. Robinson; county commissioners miah Halford, Wm. M. Chenault, Wm. O'Guinn, Chapman; justice in precinct 1, Allen Beard; consta G. Eakins, who resigned in August, 1853, and Jc Daniel was elected.
1854 TO 1856. 1
James M. Patterson, chief justice; Ed. C. Brow
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FROM 1837 TO 1887.
trict clerk; Wm. W. Peak, county clerk; sheriff, Adam C. Haught; assessor and collector, Thos. C. Williams; treasurer, R. J. West; county commissioners, S. A. Fisher, A. M. Horn, F. A. Winn, Creath Renfro; justice of precinct 1, Allen Beard; constable, John H. Daniel. T. C. Hawpe was elected in Beard's place August 23d, and on the 16th of Octo- ber John H. Cole was elected county surveyor.
On the 1st day of February, 1856, Nathaniel M. Burford, for several years district attorney, was elected judge of the newly created 16th district, and John C. McCoy district attorney.
1856 TO 1858.
James M. Patterson, chief justice, without opposition, and receiving 821 votes; commissioners, F. A. Winn, S. A. . Fisher, A. M. Horn, James Chapman; district clerk, E. C. Browder; county clerk, W. K. Masten; sheriff, - Hen- derson; treasurer, R. J. West; county surveyor, D. C. Smith, resigned and John H. Cole elected Nov. 16, 1857; assessor and collector, Thos. C. Williams; justice of precinct 1, James N. Smith; constable, Wormley Carter.
1858 TO 1860.
James M. Patterson, chief justice; county clerk, W. K. Masten; district clerk, E. C. Browder; sheriff, Wormley Car- ter; treasurer, Edw. W. Hunt; surveyor, Wm. H. Thomas; assessor and collector, James P. Goodnight; county commis- sioners, James Chapman, resigned and A. J. Witt elected October 3, 1859, F. A. Winn, Wm. Sprowls, S. A. Fisher; justice of precinct 1, James N. Smith; constable, Asher W. Carter.
1860 TO 1862.
James M. Patterson, chief justice; sheriff, Allen Beard; surveyor, Wm. H. Thomas; treasurer, Ed. W. Hunt; county
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clerk, George W. Laws; district clerk, Ed. C. Browder; assessor and collector, James P. Goodnight; county commis- sioners, Wm. Sprowls, Thos. J. Nash, James H. Holloway, J. McCants; justice of precinct 1, J. Lafayette Smith; consta- ble, James Sheppard.
SECESSION.
On the 8th of January, 1861, the election was held for four delegates to the State Secession Convention which met in Austin January 28th. Thomas J. Nash, Pleasant Taylor, E. P. Nicholson and W. S. J. Adams were elected-votes cast, 1,165.
On the 23d of February, on the ratification of the ordi- nance of secession-in favor, 741; against, 237.
On the 4th of May, 1861, a vote was taken on the ques- tion of appropriating $5,000 of the county's money to buy arms for the Confederate cause. The vote stood: In favor, 516; against, Adam C. Haught, H. H. Hall and Wm. Bur- ton, 3.
George W. Baird was elected justice on the 19th of May, 1862, to fill a vacancy.
1862 TO 1864.
Chief justice, James M. Patterson; sheriff, N. O. McAdams; county commissioners, Wm. Sprowls, Isaac B. Webb, James H. Holloway, Thomas J. Nash; district clerk, Ed. C. Browder; county clerk, Geo. W. Laws; assessor and collector, John H. Cochran; treasurer, James P. Thomas; surveyor, Wm. H. Thomas; justice for precinct 1, John J. Eakins; constable, John E. Lindsey.
At a special election December 5, 1863, John C. McCoy was elected representative in place of George Wilson, resigned, by the same vote he had received when defeated in August-
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FROM 1837 TO 1887,
331. At the former election 1,047 votes were cast for five candidates at the latter only 411 for two candidates.
1864 TO 1866.
James M. Patterson, chief justice; county clerk, George W. Laws; sheriff, N. O. McAdams; assessor and collector, John H. Cochran; treasurer, James P. Thomas; surveyor, Wm. H. Thomas; county commissioners, Isaac B. Webb, Geo. W. Barton, James H. Holloway, Josiah Claypool; justice of precinct 1, Dr. A. D. Rice; constable, Ben. F. Jones, who served till the provisional government of 1865-6.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1866.
Z. Ellis Coombes, county judge; James P. Thomas, county clerk; Wm. C. Young, district clerk; sheriff, Jere M. Brown; assessor and collector, James P. Goodnight; treasurer, James Sheppard; surveyor, Wm. H. Thomas; county com- missioners, Isaac B. Webb, J. P. Stratton, Geo. W. Barton, J. R. Clements; justices precinct 1, John Neely Bryan and John W. Lane; constable, Matt. J. Moore, resigned, and Geo. V. Cole appointed.
1867-8-70-THE MILITARY DESPOTISM.
Following the removal of Governor James W. Throck- morton as "an impediment to reconstruction," as declared in the military order removing him, the officers elected by the people of Dallas county were removed in November, 1867, and the following persons appointed by the military:
County judge, A. Bledsoe; county clerk, Samuel S. Jones; district clerk, E. B. Spillman, superseded by Ben Long June 2, 1868; sheriff, N. R. Winniford; treasurer, A. J. Gouffe; Michel Thevenet, in November, 1868, or shortly before, was appointed district clerk. These persons held office till the installation of those elected under the constitution of
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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY,
1884 TO 1886. 1
County judge, Edwin G. Bower; county attorney, Chas F. Clint; county clerk, Wm. M. C. Hill; district clerk, Henry W. Jones; sheriff, Wm. H. W. Smith; assessor, Beverly Scott; collector, Chas. B. Gillespie; treasurer, Henry H. Smith; surveyor, Jesse M. Strong; county commissioners M. V, Cole, W. A. Orr, Wm. J. Keller, N. O. McAdamy justices precinct 1, T. G. T. Kendall, Henry Schuhl; consta ble, Geo. Miller.
1886 TO 1888.
County judge, Edwin G. Bower; county attorney, J. H. Taylor; county clerk, Wm. M. C. Hill; district clerk, Henry W. Jones; sheriff, Henry Lewis; assessor, Beverly Scott; col- lector, Chas. B. Gillespie; treasurer, Henry H. Smith; surveyor, Charles Archer; county commissioners, Enoch Strait, N. O. McAdams, Lafayette Bailey and W. A. Orr; justices precinct 1, T. G. T. Kendall, Wm. N. Braswell; constable, Dean.
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DISTRICT JUDGES OF DALLAS, 1846 TO 1887. 1
THE following district. judges, residing elsewhere and having a large district, presided successively in Dallas from the fall of 1846 to the year 1856: William B. Ochiltree held the first court, followed by Amos Clark, Bennett H. Martin; and John H. Reagan. Of the new district created in the beginning of 1856, Nathaniel M. Burford was elected judge, i and held office till the spring of 1862. John W. Ferris, of; Ellis, was then elected, and held till the election under the constitution of 1866, when John J. Good, of Dallas, was
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.osen, and served till removed by military authority as "an Lpediment to reconstruction," in November, 1867. D. O. orton, of Parker, was appointed in his place, and in Novem- r, 1868, (having died), A. Banning Norton, of Dallas, was pointed, and it is but simple justice to say that both the ople and the bar of that day awarded to him the credit of ing a fair and impartial judge. He served till 1870, when overnor Davis appointed a stranger named C. T. Garland, .d in May, 1871, Hardin Hart, who resigned in the spring :73,-succeeded by Hickerson Barksdale, of Dallas.
Nathaniel M. Burford was elected in 1876 and served till bout July, 1877, when he resigned, and Gov. Hubbard pointed Zimri Hunt to fill the unexpired term. In 1878 eorge N. Aldridge was elected. He has been re-elected, Ld will hold till 1888.
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ALLAS AS REPRESENTED IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN- TIONS.
DELEGATES.
TO the Secession Convention, January 28 to March 25, 1861 -Pleasant Taylor, Thomas J. Nash, E. P. Nicholson, 7. S. J. Adams. [John Henry Brown, now of Dallas, repre- anted Bell and Lampasas in the same convention, and was ne author of the " Declaration of the causes which impel the. tate of Texas to secede from the Federal Union".]
To the Constitutional Convention of 1866, under Presi- ent Johnson's proclamation-Alexander Harwood and James E. P. Record.
To the Reconstruction Convention of 1868-9-A. Bledsoe known as Big " A.").
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To the Constitutional Convention of 1875-John Hen Brown, of Dallas; Nicholas H. Darnell, of Tarrant, and Joh W. Ferris, of Ellis (one district).
[Wm. B. Wright, for some years since of Dallas, repr sented Lamar county in that convention. William L. Craw ford, now of Dallas, represented Marion county. ]
REPRESENTATIVES OF DALLAS COUNTY-1847 to 1887.
1847-9, Wm. M. Cochran; 1849-51, Jefferson Weather ford; 1851-53, John M. Crockett; 1853 to 1859 (three terms Andrew Jackson Witt; 1859-61, Nicholas H. Darnell; 1861 63, James P. Thomas (resigned in 1862 and James P. Good night elected); 1863-65, George Wilson (resigned and Joh C. McCoy elected); in 1865, no election; in 1866 (under ne' constitution), Nathaniel M. Burford and Archelaus M. Cocl rạn; 1869-72 (under reconstruction constitution), John W Lane; in 1872-3, John Henry Brown (district of Collin, Ta rant and Dallas); in 1873-5, John H. Cochran (in district 1876 (under new constitution), John H. Cochran, J. ] Downs; 1878, John H. Cochran (speaker of the House), Job W. Daniel; 1880, John W. Daniel, Thomas F. Nash; 188. John H. Cochran, Thos. F. Nash; 1884, R. S. Kimbrough Z. Ellis Coombes; 1886, Jesse M. Strong, J. C. Rugel.
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