1823 William was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, from Lee County. Member of the Const. Convention of Va. 1829-30.
William moved to Tenn. in 1833, he became a Representative in 1849 till 1851. Director of the East Tenn. & Virginia Railroad Company, 1849 to 1870. Representative for Knox Co. and Speaker of the House, 1865-1867. Pres. and Trustee of Hampden-Sidney Acad.
District 9, Monroe, Tennessee, United States In 1857 William was the Wig candidate for Congress in the third district of Tennessee, he was not elected.
Knoxville City, Knox County, Tennessee William was a large plantation owner and slave owner, but he sided with the Union. In 1866 President Lincoln appointed him Receiver of Customs at Knoxville.
By an act of the Tennessee legislature, passed January 26, 1838, William Heiskell was appointed a member of a commission consisting of himself, John McGhee and Hugh E. Leper to contract for the superintend the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Little Tennessee river.
William Heiskell was one of the original promoters and a director of the railroad from Knoxville to Chattanooga, then called the East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, which was afterwards, in 1869, combined with the railroad from Knoxville to Bristol, called the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad, and the name of the consolidated roads was East Tennessee, Virginia, and Gerorgia raidroad. On account of bad health, and a year before his death on September 9, 1971, William Heiskell resigned as director in the East Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia railroad, and also in the Knoxville and Kentucky railroad, which was the part of what is now the Southern railway extending from Knoxville to Jellico.
1823 William was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, from Lee County. Member of the Const. Convention of Va. 1829-30.
William moved to Tenn. in 1833, he became a Representative in 1849 till 1851. Director of the East Tenn. & Virginia Railroad Company, 1849 to 1870. Representative for Knox Co. and Speaker of the House, 1865-1867. Pres. and Trustee of Hampden-Sidney Acad.
District 9, Monroe, Tennessee, United States In 1857 William was the Wig candidate for Congress in the third district of Tennessee, he was not elected.
Knoxville City, Knox County, Tennessee William was a large plantation owner and slave owner, but he sided with the Union. In 1866 President Lincoln appointed him Receiver of Customs at Knoxville.
By an act of the Tennessee legislature, passed January 26, 1838, William Heiskell was appointed a member of a commission consisting of himself, John McGhee and Hugh E. Leper to contract for the superintend the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Little Tennessee river.
William Heiskell was one of the original promoters and a director of the railroad from Knoxville to Chattanooga, then called the East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, which was afterwards, in 1869, combined with the railroad from Knoxville to Bristol, called the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad, and the name of the consolidated roads was East Tennessee, Virginia, and Gerorgia raidroad. On account of bad health, and a year before his death on September 9, 1971, William Heiskell resigned as director in the East Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia railroad, and also in the Knoxville and Kentucky railroad, which was the part of what is now the Southern railway extending from Knoxville to Jellico.
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