1855 Bexar County Texas Juror Pay Voucher J. G. Campbell J. McDonald Wm Menger

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1855 Bexar County Texas Juror Pay Voucher J. G. Campbell J. McDonald Wm Menger.
This 1855 Bexar County juror pay voucher is made to J. G. Campbell for .12, who endorsed it on the back. District Clerk John Stewart McDonald signed the voucher. He would only live another year before being murdered.
We are not sure why so many of these vouchers ended up in the Menger papers. Maybe William took them in trade at his saloon or brewery or he just cashed them. We do have a document showing where he tried to be compensated for them by the court.
We can find little about J. G. Campbell. It seems he may have ended up living in Corsicana, Navarro County. We are including 2 articles from the “Galveston Daily News” 8/8/1874 and 2/1/1876. There was also a J. G. Campbell nominated for Judge in an article from the Austin “Texas Democrat” 4/21/1849…so it is all a guess. We were able to eliminate him from being the man who founded Campbellton, Texas.
John Stewart McDonald (1814-1856) was born in Kentucky. He was trained as a surveyor. He came to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1837 and was the surveyor to set up Nacogdoches County boundary lines. Arriving in San Antonio in 1848, he acted as administrator of the estate of Marcus Sewell (1810-1836), Alamo defender. In 1849, John married Clintonia Samuel, the daughter of Santa Fe trader, Giles Samuel. They had at least two children.
McDonald was mayor of San Antonio from 1849-1851. He was serving as Bexar County District Clerk at the date of this voucher and he served until his death. He was an active leader in the secretive Know-Nothing Party…which was later called the American Party. McDonald was at a political meeting at the drugstore of the current mayor, James Devine, a Democrat. The two got into a physical confrontation with McDonald grabbing Devine’s hair and throwing him to the floor. He was restrained by onlookers but broke away and headed for Devine…who suddenly pulled a pistol. McDonald turned to flee when he was shot in the back (as shown by autopsy)…and he died ten minutes later. Devine fled to the sheriff near Alamo Plaza to turn himself in before being strung up by an angry mob. Later, a grand jury declared the Devine shot in self defense. He was soon back acting as mayor. McDonald is buried in San Antonio Cemetery #1.
Approx 7 X 4 inches, pale blue color. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class. To combine purchases and save shipping costs you may wait until the end of the auctions for the week and we will invoice you. Thanks.