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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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