(1) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Other Resources

Benjamin Gooch, birth date 1/31/1790, death date 3/10/1872, burial in Gooch Cemetery, Mason, Mason County, includes portrait. Memorial cenotaph in Justiss Cemetery, Titus County, ". . . Member of first Texas Legislature, author of act creating Titus county." Find a Grave. Gooch Cemetery Justiss Cemetery

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1st R.S. - 1846
County Boundaries
General Land Office, Select

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