W.R. Anderson

William R. Anderson

Full Name: William R. Anderson
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 8 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1)     Homer / Angelina   Angelina, Nacogdoches

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 8
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th (1)  
Home City/County: Homer / Angelina
Counties in district: Angelina, Nacogdoches

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Other Resources

  • Possibly W.R. Anderson, Burnet County, lived one year in Burnet County as of March 1914, born circa 1835 in Mississippi. Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 22nd Regiment, 1st Battalion of Col. R.B. Hubbard's Texas Infantry. Enlisted February 1862 and company disbanded at Hempstead, Texas, 5/15/1865. Deposition of Harrison York of Angelina County states he had known W.R. Anderson since 1862 and first knew him in Angelina County in 1862. Deposition of T.J. York of Freestone County states he had known W.R. Anderson since 1860 and first knew him in Angelina County. Pension File No. 27100, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
  • Possibly William R. Anderson, birth date 5/21/1834 in Mississippi; death date 1/4/1917 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas; teacher; parents Robert J. Anderson and Judith Ann Ligon. FamilySearch.
  • Possibly William Robert Anderson, 1850 Nacogdoches County, marriage to Emily A. Muckleroy 12/18/1856 in Nacogdoches County, 1880 Kaufman County, 1900 Limestone County, 1910 Irion County. FamilySearch.
  • Possibly William R. Anderson, birth date 5/21/1834 in Mississippi; death date 1/3/1917 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas; teacher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Possibly William R. Anderson, birth date 5/21/1834, death date 1/3/1917, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet, Burnet County. Find a Grave.
  • William R. Anderson. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
  • Angelina County, by W.R. Anderson, Rep. The Galveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas, December 1866, p. 74, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Possibly W.R. Anderson from Irion County, member of the 22nd Texas Infantry, was one of three Confederate veterans who moved to Burnet within the past two months, "Burnet," The Houston Post, 2/9/1913, p. 68. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

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11th R.S. - 1866
Militia  

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