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MUSTER ROLL OF CANEY MOUNTED RIFLES  |
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Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas, Civil War Records, Matagorda
County, 44R & File, 1861, Reg. & Com., Aug. 23, 1861 |
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(Note: These two documents are in the Civil War Collection at the This information
appeared in the Matagorda County Genealogical Society publication,
Oak Leaves (Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1982), and is posted here
with permission granted by the MCGS. |
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THE STATE OF |
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I Edward S. Rugeley Captain & Commanding Officer of Military Company called "Caney Rifles" do here by certify under oath that said Military Company was organized in the County of Matagorda in said State of Texas, that said Company belongs to the Cavalry arm of the service and the following are the names of the Officers and members of said Company at the date of this certificate; viz
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E. S. Rugeley
G. J. Bowie* J. H. Shortridge A. W. Thompson* W. H. Wiggins R. C. Files J. D. Rugeley* J. Duncan, Jr. A. C. Jones Gale Talbot
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Thomas Cooper G. K. Davis Alex Forrestier J. W. Granger Willis A. Hawkins
James T. Parks C. Roberts Terril Vincent John Walnut Ben Seaborn Jno. L. Croom Thomas Davis Jesse S. Gordon Wm. A. Gibson
D. Hardeman, Jr. |
A. R. Howell R. H. Rugeley J. R. Thompson Jno. W. Wiggins R. G. Turner G. M. Collinsworth, Jr. A. W. Carothers Jno. W. Brown Jno. W. Gordon Jas. B. Hawkins Saml. W. Hardeman Jesse Mathews H. L. Rugeley Thos. Thompson Edward Wootten
Wm. Turner |
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TO ALL WHICH STATEMENT AND CERTIFICATE I EDWARD S. RUGELEY CAPTAIN AS AFORESAID DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- SO HELP ME GOD. (Signed) E. S. Rugeley L S SWORN TO &
SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE A.D. 1861. WHICH I HEREBY
CERTIFY UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE |
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MUSTER ROLL OF CANEY MOUNTED RIFLES CAPTAIN E. S. RUGELEY CLASS****ACTION****HEADQUARTERS****HARDEMAN
POST OFFICE OF CAPTAIN & LIEUTENANTS HARDEMAN, MATAGORDA CO.
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OFFICERS |
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E. S. Rugeley A. I. Rugeley Wm. F. Davis W. H. Wiggans Chas. Cooper G. M. Collinsworth, Jr. R. C. Files J. I. B. Johnson J. D. Rugeley Jno. Duncan, Jr. I. T. Parks Gayle Talbot
R. G. Turner
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Captain
2nd Corp. |
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D. A. Bradshaw T. J. Barker R. J. Bruce Dr. J. W. Brown A. W. Corothers Dr. R. H. Chinn Jno. L. Croom Geo. K. Davis Thos. Davis C. H. Evans Saml. W. Hardeman D. Hardeman, Jr.
A. C. Johnson J. P. Johnson Jno. H. Jones, Jr. Geo. Jones A. C. Jones Dr. J. A. Thompson Wm. Turner J. or T H. Wood Benj. Seaborn |
A. Forrestier Wm. Gibson W. A. Hawkins J. B. Hawkins A. R. Howell Jas. T. Herman Geo. Hearst D. A. Hunt Thos. Hunt T. J. Harris Jno. Murphy Jesse Matthews Jas. S. Perry R. H. Rugeley Dr. H. L. Rugeley Dr. Thos. Thompson C. C. W. Roberts Elijah Roberts Jno. Walnut Jno. W. Wiggins Edward Wooten
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I do hereby certify that the above
is a correct roll of the Officers and Privates of the Caney Mounted
Rifles.
Hardeman, Matagorda Co.
I do hereby certify that the
Captain & Lieutenants Mentioned in the above Roll were duly elected
to their respective offices. W. H. Wiggins, Orderly Serjent
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Clipart courtesy of |
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Copyright 2005
- Present by Carol Sue Gibbs |
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Created Feb. 1, 2005 |
Updated Apr. 4, 2007 |