Freestone County, Texas Jury Lists Grand and Petit Jurors of 1868 [This listing will be *FCJ68* for my indexes.] Traditionally the jury lists are drawn from voter or tax rolls, so this limits the jury pool to white males. I have done my own number sequence tracking people. Brackets are my editoral comments.] County Court - February term of 1868 - January 1: Determined the list: [01] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [02] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [03] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: [04] R. C. Driver [05] S[amuel] Z. Foreman [06] R. E. Colgin [07] Joseph Holladay [08] J. A. Shanks [09] J. M. Story [10] F. H. Groover [11] A. A. Harris [12] C. W. Colgin [13] F. A. Fickland [14] J. P. Robinson [15] F. W. Spillers ---------------------------------------------------------- District Court - February term of 1868 - January 18: Determined the list: [16] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [17] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [18] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: First Week: [19] William Kemsler [20] J. C. David [21] R. T. Moore [22] J. G. Cobb [23] William Tisdale [24] W. W. Robinson [25] Thomas Lamb, Jr. [26] R. D. Loper [27] J. B. Walker [28] John Tisdale [29] W. P. Shanks [30] A. G. Chancellor [31] T. S. Story [32] Charles Robertson [33] Henry Ash [34] W. A. David [35] Samuel Bryant [36] W. L. Cosley [37] Thomas C. Williamson [38] L. P. Walker [39] J. P. Huckaby [40] A. C. Story [41] R. D. Chandler [42] T. J. Bonner Second Week: [43] W. C. W. Day [44] J. R. Anderson [45] G. B. Coleman [46] James L. Mills [47] J. R. Sealy [48] J. L. Sansom [49] John Burleson [50] W. D. Chain [51] Eli Russell [52] John C. Smith [53] R. D. Sloan [54] G. W. Boyd [55] D. P. Chancellor [56] R. C. Murrau [57] Kelsey Webb [58] T. S. Conall [59] W. W. Clark [60] G. W. Dillard [61] R. D. Kennady [Kennedy] [62] James McMillian [63] J. C. Dunagan [64] James Mills [65] R. J. Bryant [66] J. F. Rutherford ---------------------------------------------------------- County Court - April term of 1868 - March 7: Determined the list: [67] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [68] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [69] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: [70] W. F. Scott [71] John Karner [72] W. D. Williamson [73] W. H. Ferell [74] M. Gafferd [Gafford] [75] G. A. Garrett [76] James H. Oliver [77] M. H. McGilvary [78] Wood Noland [79] Lewis Deming [80] W. E. Chism [81] G. S. Walker ---------------------------------------------------------- County Court - June term of 1868 - April 24: Determined the list: [82] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [83] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [84] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: [82] A. M. Walker [83] J. M. Warren [84] W. R. Hammett [85] C. W. Seapard [Shepard?] [86] F. Butler [87] Jesse Sheffield [88] David Clopton [89] W. B. Henderson [90] H. Z. King [91] J. W. Palmer [92] J. S. Tull [93] William Sellars ---------------------------------------------------------- County Court - August term of 1868 - July 1 : Determined the list: [94] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [94] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [96] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: [97] R. E. Grisham [98] W. M. Hines [99] William Boyd [100] William Andrews [101] R. N. Harrison [102] J. P. Adams [103] W. H. Jones [104] W. R. Oswalt [105] M. A. King [106] B. W. Adamson [107] Jacob Miller [108] Thomas Longbotham ---------------------------------------------------------- District Court = Empaneled for September term of 1868 - July 7: Determined the list: [109] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [110] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [111] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: 1st week: [112] R. M. Shanks [113] D. C. Williams [114] A. J. Wynn [115] H. G. George [116] J. J. Prather [117] William Hancock [118] F. C. Sterell [119] James Walker [120] Andrew Baty [121] J. R. Herring [122] J. A. Wright [123] A. H. Carter [124] C. J. Tidwell [125] James Hall [126] David Martin [127] A. C. Carson [128] J. P. Brown [129] J. R. Roberts [130] R. W. Beene [131] S. H. Beene [132] J. R. Beene [133] A[braham] H[azel] Adams [134] S. W. Willis [135] G. G. Cole 2nd week: [136] T. D. Bounds [137] B. P. Roark [138] D. C. Evans [139] W. C. Driver [140] William Bonner, Jr. [141] J. B. Rowlins [142] J. C. Anderson [143] A. F. Jones [144] J. G. Groomes [145] B. M. Mayo [146] J. N. Robertson [147] J. W. Steele [148] J. B. Dillard [149] Dewis Miller [150] F. R. Daniel [151] G. J. Overstreet [152] J. H. Grisham [153] Peter L. Stubbs [154] J. W. Brewer [155] G. A. Simms [156] Nathan Powell [157] W. S. Coker [158] S. J. Terry [159] Bryant Herring ---------------------------------------------------------- County Court - Empaneled for October term of 1868 - August 26: Determined the list: [160] Clerk of District Court: William Cotten [161] Clerk of County Court: A[sa] G[reen] Anderson [162] Justice of the Peace: W[illiam] T[erry] Watson Petit Jurors: [163] W. R. Looney [164] Samuel G. Wells [165] A. Lamb [166] J. L. Carter [167] B. F. Wilson [168] E. W. Chism [169] Thomas G. Mays [170] M. M. Drake [171] J. M. McClouchman [172] James S. Paine [173] R. E. McFall [174] S. M. Drake ---------------------------------------------------------- County Court - Empaneled for December term of 1868 - October 30: Court officers: [175] A. G. [Asa Green] Anderson, C.C.F. clerk; [176] William Cotten, District Court Clerk; [177] W. T. [William Terry] Watson, Justice of the Peace Petit Jurors [178] J. B. Parker [179] W. H. Evans [180] T. S. Terry [181] Charles Ficklin [182] R. P. Jones [183] W. A. Averett [184] J. F. Strange [185] W. B. Waldrum [186] J. M. Cargile [187] J. A. Stilwell [188] J. A. Hendrix [189] T. M. Richards