Confederate States Army, Company G (Captain Tandy Howeth's Company), 3rd Regular Infantry, Texas State Troops. John Matthew McDonald, death date 4/14/1883; widow Mary E. McDonald, marriage date 11/17/1858 in Cherokee County. Pension File No. 45726 (Mary E. McDonald), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Pension file includes appointment as "Provost Marshal" for Henderson County written 6/24/1862, furlough written 1864. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

"Honoring Athens' first mayor," by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, U.S. House of Representatives, 4/6/2006. John Matthews McDonald was "first known Mayor of Athens, Texas." Volume 152, Number 44, Friday, 4/7/2006. Congressional Record.
John Matthews McDonald, birth 1827 in Moore County, NC, death date 4/14/1883 in Athens, Henderson County. Member of 13th Texas Legislature. Descendants of James Mor Macdonald, IX: James McDonald Family of Moore County, North Carolina, 2007.
J.M. McDonald, Athens, Henderson County, born in NC, lawyer, age 45. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
John M. McDonald (1827-1883), burial in Athens Cemetery, Henderson County. Includes text of historical marker, "He held the offices of justice of the peace, county judge and state representative." Find a Grave. Texas Historical Sites Atlas
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. John M. McDonald, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph. John McDonald, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873
Apportionment
Claims and Accounts
Immigration
Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court
Judiciary No. 2
Lampasas County Disturbance
Military Affairs
Redistricting

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