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Burford was elected presiding judge of Dallas County in 1874 and judge for the 11th
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as a private. In 1862, however, Burford raised the 19th Texas
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to enlist, but was turned down because
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Burford died May 10, 1898, in Dallas and is buried in the
Greenwood Cemetery there. Burford was an
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between 1866 and 1869. Burford was also an attorney and a state district judge, and during the
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declared all elective offices in Texas vacant, ending
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In 1856 Burford was selected as judge of the new 16th
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Burford was born to Nancy McAlister and John
Hawkins Burford on June 24, 1824, in
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district court. Finding the local bar too full for his ambitions, he moved on to
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He returned to private practice and, in 1866, was elected to the
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in 1845. He studied law in McMinnville and was accepted into the
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265:19th Texas Cavalry Regiment
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563:"Burford, Nat. Macon"
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425:on September 27, 2007
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321:J. Pinckney Henderson
301:Shreveport, Louisiana
195:Years of service
647:Notes and references
450:(Family group sheet)
347:Good's Texas Battery
293:Mexican–American War
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582:January 26,
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429:January 26,
309:Cass County
285:McMinnville
1110:Categories
1051:Daniel Jr.
1011:Senterfitt
607:1866–1869
534:References
343:Waxahachie
159:Allegiance
133:Alma mater
77:1824-06-24
971:Stevenson
856:Alexander
851:Pendleton
816:M. Taylor
796:M. Taylor
776:M. Taylor
766:W. Taylor
741:Henderson
297:Knoxville
271:Biography
261:Civil War
198:1861–1864
142:Signature
53:In office
1071:Craddick
1041:Mutscher
936:Thomason
911:Marshall
881:Sherrill
876:Dashiell
811:Sinclair
731:Bourland
485:04546372
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1031:Tunnell
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1006:Manford
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956:Bobbitt
946:Seagler
921:Terrell
916:Rayburn
906:Kennedy
896:Seabury
866:Cochran
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801:Burford
791:Buckley
786:Darnell
781:Buckley
756:Runnels
751:Dickson
736:Perkins
612:Unknown
596:Unknown
577:1843096
368:of the
212:Colonel
1086:Phelan
1081:Bonnen
1076:Straus
1036:Barnes
1026:Turman
996:Gilmer
991:Daniel
961:Barron
941:Thomas
931:Fuller
886:Prince
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