ONLY ONE OF FIRST TROOPERS ALIVE
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COMPANY ORGANIZED TO PROTECT FROM INDIANS
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Following is a list of Company organized in Hamilton County during the
Civil War for protection against Indians and lawlessness. This was part of
the 2nd regiment "Texas State Troops" and was not part of
Regular Confederate Army.
The company was organized in the fall of 1863 and served until the late
spring of 1865, but the list below is taken from the return made for the
period January 31st to June 1st, 1864, which is the only list known and is
in the archives of Texas State Historical Association at Austin.
Only one member of the company is living, Lem D. Reed of Littlefield,
Lamb county.
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J. M. Rice, Captain |
D. C. Snow, 1st Lieut |
J. R. Alford, 2nd Lieut. |
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N. L. Hackworth, 1st Serg. |
J. C. Blansit, 2nd Serg. |
H. Proctor, 3rd Serg. |
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A. Yoe, 4th Serg. |
S. Loyd, 5th Serg. |
T. M. Self, 6th Serg. |
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E. (or B.) Manning, 1st Corp. |
J. Q. Anderson, 2nd Corp. |
John Medford, 3rd Corp. |
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John Witcher, 4th Corp. |
C. W. Baker, 5th Corp. |
Wm. Cummings |
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G. W. Cox |
F. D. Cox |
J. H. Curtis |
|
James Darity |
C. L. Dooley |
M. N. Darson |
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Cebran Essary |
A. Estes |
John Esry |
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Wm. Allison |
J. O. Everitt |
Wain Finley |
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James Furgerson |
James Faggard |
Henry Fuller |
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P. Fuller |
A. Furgerson |
G. W. Fuqua |
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Wm. Fuller |
J. J. Groomer |
I. Gann |
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G. N. Green |
D. W. Holland |
H. F. Hoover |
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Ely Howard |
F. A. Hambright |
John Irvin |
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G. W. Keen |
Milt Lester |
B. J. Loyd |
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A. Lankford |
M. L. Landers |
J. C. Lovell |
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G. H. Medford |
Thomas Malone |
I. K. Nicholas |
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A. L. Malone |
Andy Morris |
J. T. McVey |
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F. G. Morris |
S. D. McCatherine |
J. W. Nall |
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Mm. Nicholas |
L. D. Orman |
Wm. Oats |
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W. S. Pool |
Travis Pool |
John Reed |
|
Lem Reed |
B. Russell |
S. Strickland |
|
B. Stidham |
B. F. Stidham |
John Self |
|
S. Stiles |
David Smith |
A. Timmons |
|
James Watson |
A. T. Witcher |
J. H. Wallace |
The Hamilton County News, Vol. IV, Number
11--Section Three
Historical and Trading Expansion Issue
W. F. Billingslea, Editor-Publisher
Subscription Price ONE YEAR ..$1.00
June 29, 1934
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