Freestone County, Texas Jury Lists Grand and Petit Jurors of 1859 [This listing will be *FCJ59* for my indexes.] Traditionally the jury lists are drawn from voter or tax rolls, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- [County Court - February term 1859 *1* ] [Need to research] ---------------------------------------------------------- [District Court - Spring term - March 8, 1859 *1* ] [1] John Welch [2] James Story [3] Henry Awalt [4] H. D. Crawford [5] John W. Speer [6] Alfred Butler [7] John Black [8] J. M. Webb [9] Andrew Baty [10] Jesse Sheffield [11] William J. Drake [12] Benjamin F. Blackmon [13] J. R. Brooks [14] John M. Stilwell [15] D. M. Chambers [16] William A. Chandler [17] A. J. Barbee [18] H. B. Caruthers [19] Joseph Coody [20] A. P. Shoat [21] James Dunn [22] John N. Cook [23] J. L. Carter [24] John Q. Anderson [25] J. M. Henderson, Clerk District Court [26] E. L. Cralle, Clerk County Court [27] J. J. M. Henderson, Deputy [28] G. W. Murray, Justice of the Peace ------------------------------------------------------------- [County Court - July term 1859 - July 9th, 1860 *1* ] [29] John D. Dunbar - selected juror [30] G. H. Hale - selected juror [31] William W. Dickson - selected juror [32] Thomas Kenderick - selected juror [33] Alfred W. Sneed - selected juror [34] Dunbar Bragg - Chief Justice jurors drawn: [35] R. N. C. Williamson [36] John M. Taylor [37] Alexander Lee [38] N. L. Womack [39] Wyler Smith [40] L. J. Hale [41] Moses W. Burleson [42] Washington Steward [43] I. M. Story [44] Sterling Sims [45] William W. Dickson [46] James H. Blain [47] G. G. Cole [48] R. J. Banneron [49] Crockett Bennett [50] Andrew S. Bonner [51] Joseph Barbee [52] John W. Bell [53] R. P. Varnell [54] Thomas M. Archibald [55] John Johnston [56] George W. Mims [57] C. C. Cooker [58] Drury S. Bass [59] J. M. Henderson, Clerk District Court [60] E. L. Cralle, Clerk [61] G. W. Murray, Justice of the Peace ---------------------------------------------------------- [District Court - Fall term of 1859 - *1* ] [Need to research] ============================================================ *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.