Freestone County, Texas Jury Lists Grand and Petit Jurors of 1853 [This listing will be *FCJ53* for my indexes.] Traditionally the jury lists are drawn from those registered to vote, so this limits the jury pool to white males. ] Common abbreviations for sources used: *LC50* = 1850 Census for Limestone Co., Texas *FCT51* = 1851 Freestone County tax roll ------------------------------------------------------------- [District Court - Spring term - April 5, 1853 *1* ] [1] Benjamin S. Couchman [2] Luther R. Wortham [this is Luther Rice Wortham] [3] James Dunn [4] Mandred Stroud [5] John F. Huckaby [this is John Fuller Huckaby] [6] Joseph Cooper [7] Henson B. Walker [8] Hopson Burlison[sic, Burleson] [9] John D. Jorden[sic, Jordan] [*LC50* 35/35] [10] Jacob S. Luttrall[sic, Luttrell] [11] David B. Scarbrough [12] John T. Eggar [13] Thomas Malone [14] William C. Bankhead [15] Gabriel Webb [16] Alexander Cheek [17] Tinnan T. Curry [18] Thomas Patton [19] Ezekiel Weaver [20] William M. Patton [21] Thomas Green [22] Edward Webb [23] Joseph Burrass [24] Nathan Powell [25] Joseph Self [26] Thomas G. Mays [sic, Mayes] [27] Joseph Barbee [28] Joshua Hale [29] William Weaver [30] Riley Roland [31] Isaac Malone [32] James McCright [33] Robert M. Tyus [this is Robert Malone Tyus, Sr.] [34] John Self [35] Franklin C. Oliver [36] Caleb Hughs [37] County Court clerk of Freestone County : Emanuel Clements [38] District Court clerk of Freestone County : J. M. Henderson [39] Justice of the Peace - Precinct #1: John Whitt ============================================================ [District Court - Fall term - September 7, 1853 *1* ] [40] Benjamin S. Couchman [41] Jacob S. Luttrell [see 93] [42] Ellis Campbell [*LC50* 47/47] [43] James Nix [44] Thomas A. Gaston [see 91] [45] Nathan Powell [see 85] [46] Cabel Hughs [sic, Hughes] [see 87] [47] Micajah Bateman [see 81] [48] John T. Egger [see 90] [49] William M. Patton [50] Benjamin Green [51] John F. Huckaby [see 95] [52] J. E. Clapps [sic, Clapp] [*LC50* 115/115] [53] Thomas Evins [54] Roderick Oliver [55] Jesse Weaver [see 84] [56] James R. Young [57] N. D. Acock [see 89] [58] William J. Wheelington [59] Jamerson Welch [see 82] [60] Beverly P. Hammitt [sic, Hammett] [see 80] [61] Thomas G. Mays [sic, Mayes] [see 92] [62] George J. Jones [*LC50* 107/107] [63] Joseph Burrass [see 88] [64] Riley Roland [65] E. L. R. Patton [66] William Cotten [see 79] [67] Enock [sic, Enoch] Sevier [see 94] [68] William B. Nettles [69] Tilfred M. Self [70] William T. Harris [71] James J. Barnett [72] James Claredge [sic, Claridge] [see 86] [73] Thomas T.[sic, C.] Snailum [74] William H. Tistale [sic, Tisdale] [75] Robert A. Gordon [Robert Alexander Gordon] [see 83] [76] District Court clerk of Freestone County : J. M. Henderson [77] County Court clerk of Freestone County : Andrew Davis [78] Justice of the Peace : John Whitt -------------------------------------------- The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, August 28, 1925 Page: 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FAIRFIELD by P. D. Browne "During the fall term of District Court (1853), ... the Grand Jury consisted of Messrs. [79] William Cotton [Cotten?], [80] B. P. Hammett, [Beverly P. Hammett] [81] M. Bateman, [Micajah Bateman] [82] Jimerson Welch, [Jamerson Welch] [83] R. A. Gorden, [Robert Alexander Gordon] [84] Jesse Weaver, [85] Nathan Powell, [86] James Claridge, [87] Caleb Hughes, [88] Joseph Burrass, [89] N. D. Acock, [90] J. T. Egger, [91] T. A. Gaston, [Thomas A. Gaston] [92] Thomas G. Mayes, [93] J. S. Suttral, [sic, Luttrell] [94] Enoch Sevier, and [95] John F. Huckaby, Foreman. (See Leon Pioneer, issue of Dec. 7, 1853)" ============================================================ *1* = Primary source - the original record book of the District Court of Freestone County, Texas which contains the jurors from Spring 1852 to January 1870.