Freestone County, Texas Jury Lists [Grand and Petit Jurors of 1891] [I have not been able to locate the Jury List for February. I have looked through January issues of the Fairfield Recorder. Maybe it was done at end of prior year in Decemeber 1890 for which I do not see any existant copies.] ====================================================================== The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, February 6, 1891 Page: 2 Deputy Sheriff R. P. Riley was on our streets a few days since summoning parties to attend District Court at Fairfield as Grand and Petit Jurors. ====================================================================== The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, February 13, 1891 Page: 3 Grand Jurors The following are the names of the Grand Jurors implaneled last Monday to serve for the present term of District Court: J. P. Oglesby, Foreman J. M. Hill Q. V. Shockley L. C. King F. A. Coleman C. J. Turner Charles Robertson I. R. Betts Carey May F. Tate, Sr. A. M. Miller L. Johnson G. M. Walker, Door Bailiff ====================================================================== The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, March 6, 1891 Page: 3 District Court adjourned for the term last Tuesday. Judge Hardy's next court will be at Corsicana. ====================================================================== [for District Court for September term of 1891 (Sept 21): *1*] Grand and Petit Jurors The following is a list of the Grand and Petit Jurors as drawn for the September term of District Court, beginning the 3d Monday in September. [Sept 21 is 3rd Monday] Grand Jury: A J Red R E Steele A M Brown J R Hawk Fred Hill W H Henderson H Pot Norman I H Bonner Polk Beene R F Chandler C C Stubbs J C Anderson W B Streety Tom Blackmon Egbert Beall W W Riley Petit Jurors - First week: S H Brown H W Chancellor G W Kelley Oliver Carter A P Carter J T Craig William Gillons Thomas Smith D T Speits S H Anderson Ed McNeil J P Anderson George May A T Miles S A Lamb G B Brown W D Knox J S Caldwell E S Click J T Campbell J M Collins T B Newman Hiram Hill A M Black T J Boyd Petit Jurors - Second week: Will Walker R N Harrison Elliott Lee J W Humphries J B Steen J N Richardson D S Clark James Griffin R L Smith W C Miller J J Stubbs Brown May Robert Longbotham George Berry A J Burleson C O Steen Young Bonner George Anderson John Seals A J Berry J L Roberson G C Stallings Mack Cockrell W H Miller J S Smith Will Dattis Jeff Summers A N Snapp Dock Williamson Dock Harvey Petit Jurors - Third week: W A Emmons S W Scott George Evans G H Goodwin R F Hatter F R Harper I N Robertson M S Clark Dan Owens Henry Heatly W H McCreary T B Kenderick John Sellers J W McClellan T H Mosteller W R Shanks B A Whatley J E Pateet B H Martin W P Johnson J W Kilborn J F Lemons Andrew Emmons R Harding Walker Jefferson Will Compton J N Robertson J A Stillwell Dock Robertson J T Rutherford Petit Jurors - Fourth week: Boon Anderson W H Richardson William Tyus W H Gordon Z Massey Thomas Hay W C McLeod Frank Willard Charley Young D A Mandeville J G Lindsey Ben Spencer Felix Speed J A Newman J W Anderson P M Martin L R Measles B F Rutherford A J Lindsey J J Boggan N A Lucas G A Beene F Jones A N Wingfield S M Corley Joe McEachern Harry Powell W F Henson William Smith T H Garrett ====================================================== The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, October 9, 1891 Page: 5 "The bloody twelve" is what the boys call the petit jury this term of court. They have not turned any one loose, so far, this court. --------- [same page, next column over] Messrs. L. G. Sandifer, J. G. Lindsey and F. A. Coleman were appointed Jury Commissioners for this term of court, and met yesterday to select the grand and petit jurors for the February term of District Court. ====================================================== *1* = The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, September 11, 1891 Page: 4