| 1803 | BORN | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Old Pendleton, South Carolina | 849 |
| 1825 | MOVED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | From Pendleton District, South Carolina to Clarksville, Georgia. | 11 |
| 1827 | MARRIED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | Mary Frances Cleveland [9490] | Clarksville, Habersham County, Georgia | 1315 |
| 1835 | MOVED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | From Clarksville, Georgia to Nacogdoches, Texas. | 12 |
| 1836 | APPOINTED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | First Secretary of War. Actually took command of the Army at the Battle of San Jacinto and remained in command until October, 1836. | 15 |
| 1836 | ELECTED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | As delegate to Convention for Texas Independence. | 13 |
| 1836 | SIGNED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington on the Brazos. | 14 |
| 1837 | ELECTED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Texas House of Representatives of the Second Congress. | 16 |
| 1838 | APPOINTED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Served through 1842. | 17 |
| 1846 | ELECTED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Democrat Senator from the new state of Texas. Started when Texas was admitted to the Union and was re-elected in 1851 and 1857. | 18 |
| 1857 | DIED | Thomas Jefferson Rusk [9489] | | Nacogdoches, Texas. Suicide by rifle shot to head. | 1086 |