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Jesse Walling

Full Name: Jesse Walling
Date of birth: June 17, 1794
Date of death: August 11, 1867

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 13 Feb 6, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863 9th (1)     Henderson / Rusk   Rusk
H 22 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (2) (3)     Millville / Rusk   Rusk
H Rusk Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (4)     Millville / Rusk   Rusk

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Jesse Walling, in special election 8/4/1862, sworn 2/6/1863, succeeded N.G. Bagley, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937. ↩
(3) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
9th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Legislatures:
7th (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Millville / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Legislatures:
2nd (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Millville / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Terms of service notes


(1) Jesse Walling, in special election 8/4/1862, sworn 2/6/1863, succeeded N.G. Bagley, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937. ↩
(3) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩

Biographical Information

  • Private, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers, Texas Revolution; took part in battle of San Jacinto. Served in Cherokee War of 1839. Handbook of Texas Online.

  • Interred originally at Walling Bend Cemetery. Reinterred at Whitney Cemetery in 1950. Hill County, Texas, 1998.
  • Relatives: J.B. Walling of Wichita Falls (52nd-55th Legislatures) is a descendant of Jesse Walling (2nd, 7th, and 9th Legislatures). Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.

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