Memucan Hunt

Full Name: Memucan Hunt
Date of birth: August 7, 1807
Date of death: June 5, 1856

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 35 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     Galveston / Galveston   Galveston

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House District 35
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th  
Home City/County: Galveston / Galveston
Counties in district: Galveston

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Appointed brigadier general by President David G. Burnet in August 1836. Secretary of the Texas Navy, December 1838 to May 1839. Inspector general of the army and adjutant general in the Somervell expedition in 1842. Served briefly in the Mexican War. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

  • Memucan Hunt, burial in Montgomery New Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County. Includes portraits and death notice from the Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer, 7/10/1856. Find a Grave.
  • Death notice, "The Late Gen. Memucan Hunt," State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 7/19/1856, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853
Federal Relations  
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