William Milling Johnston

Full Name: William Milling Johnston
Date of birth: September 16, 1836
Date of death: December 25, 1894

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	26	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Centerville / Leon		Leon
H	26	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Centerville / Leon		Leon

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 26
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Centerville / Leon
Counties in district: Leon

House District 26
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Centerville / Leon
Counties in district: Leon

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, William Milling Johnston, p. 259. Born 9/16/1839 in Melrose, Scotland. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 26th Texas Cavalry, enlisted 10/8/1861. William Milling Johnston, death date 12/25/1894 in Leon County; widow Mrs. Mary E. Johnston, marriage date 11/29/1866 in Leon County. Pension File No. 15899, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, 26th Texas Cavalry. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Other Resources

W.M. Johnston, birth date 9/16/1836, death date 12/25/1894, burial in Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Leon County. Find a Grave.
Death notice, Capt. Wm. M. Johnston, Centerville, Leon County, The Galveston Daily News, 12/28/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Member of the 16th and 17th Legislatures. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
W.M. Johnston, birth date 9/16/1836, death date 12/25/1894, burial in Centerville Cemetery, Leon County. C.S.A., husband of Mary Ella Johnston, Company D, DeBray's Regiment. Leon County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. W.N. Johnston, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Constitutional Amendments County Governments and County Finances (Chair) Institute for the Blind (Co-Chair) Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries Senatorial and Representative Districts
16th R.S. - 1879 Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Insurance and Statistics Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary No. 2 New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Penitentiary Reduction of Expenses in Departments, Select

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