8th Texas Cavalry [Terry's Texas Rangers] - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Capt. Levi English

Patty_English — 10 Jan 2005 5:53:52 GMT

My gggg-grandfather was Capt. Levi English. According to family stories he served as a Capt. in Confederate Army. At one point in his life he served as a Texas Ranger Scout. Is it possible that he may have served in this unit? Does anyone know of any other TX units he may have served in?
Any information at all would be extremely helpful.

Morgan L. Fitch

grtener — 7 Feb 2004 3:35:50 GMT

I'm looking for information on Morgan L. Fitch who rode with Terry's Texas Rangers (Co. H). He was wounded (by his own pistols) in July 1862 at Murfreesboro and discharged.

One of my great great grandfather's was also Morgan L. Fitch but he fought on the Union side (Benton's Cadets also known as Fremont's Bodyguards). I have recently learned that he was born in Mississippi. I wonder if the Texas Morgan Fitch may be the father of the Ohio Morgan Fitch.

I am in the process of requesting records for both of these soldiers but any other information will be most welcomed. Gail Tener Fishman

James Alfred Collins

CorneliaWarner44 — 28 Jun 2007 8:57:43 GMT

I have just learned that not only did some of my father's ancestors and relatives fight in the battle of murpheesboro, but a relative on my mother's side did as well. my father's side was Union, my mother's side was Confederate.
I'd like a general overview of the battle, and information on James Alfred Collins and the company he was in. he was out of Texas, but is refered to in "Early Settler's of Alabama. he and his siblings were all born in Alabama, and I think it was probably in Morgan Co., but I haven't been able to find anything on them online and I'm a long ways away from Alabama so cannot dig as I would like to.

this is all I have on him at this time.

James A. Collins
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Texas
Regiment Name: 6 Battalion Texas Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 6th Battalion, Texas Cavalry (Gould's) Company: F&S
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M227 roll 7

Early Settlers of Alabama
James Edmonds Saunders.
Wounded.
Lt. James A. Collins , Company K, Eighth Texas

James A. Collins (First_Last)
Regiment Name 8 Texas Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Captain
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M227 roll 7

Name: James A. Collins
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Texas
Regiment Name: 8 Texas Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Terry's) (1st Rangers) (8th Rangers)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Captain
Rank Out Expanded: Captain
Film Number: M227 roll 7

Confederate Indigent Families Index
Surnames A - C
Collins, J A | Madison Texas

CO. D members buried in Gallatin, Tennessee

lucaslawfirm — 23 May 2007 12:17:44 GMT

There are three members of Co. D buried in Confederate Circle of the Gallatin City Cemetery. They are Ed Harris, L.L. Giles and Jesse Roe. Anyone interested in these men, please feel free to contact me.

A D Evans

bluridge — 12 Dec 2006 9:31:03 GMT

I am looking for any information about Dr. A. D. Evans. I have the info from the 8th Texas Cavalry home page.

A D Evans

bluridge — 12 Dec 2006 9:30:58 GMT

I am looking for any information about Dr. A. D. Evans. I have the info from the 8th Texas Cavalry home page.

looking for descendants of Shannon's Scouts

@@Pdd101940@aol.com — 6 May 2004 4:49:44 GMT

I would like to find any descendants of Terry's Texas Rangers who were in Shannon's Scouts and correspond with them about the activities of the unit.Please contact me directly at:
pdd101940@aol.com

Company C 8th Texas Cav picture (another version)

P.F — 9 Sep 2003 7:46:17 GMT

At least a second copy exists of Company C photo of 5 men.
See magazine article "Shannon's Scouts on the Road to the
Sea" from "Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine".
Picture credit "Mrs. Benjamin M. Hines, Fairfield CT"

Robert Franklin Bunting's burial place

Peter Stines — 15 Sep 2006 4:17:00 GMT

Where is R.F. Bunting buried ? The Handbook of Texas gives the date as Sept. 19, 1891 and the place as Gallatin. Need to find the cemetery for a photo of the headstone. Bunting performed the marriage for my great grandparents in Galveston Texas in 1872.

Harrison's Brigade in East Tennessee

Bryce A. Suderow — 13 Aug 2006 7:45:32 GMT

I'm looking for accounts of the brigade's fighting during Longstreet's East Tennessee Campaign during the winter of 1863-64. This includes diaries, memoirs, letters home, letters to newspapers etc.

If you have any material please contact me.

Bryce A. Suderow
streetstories@juno.com

Turley?

Girl called Dev doing a project — 2 May 2006 12:22:49 GMT

Does anyone know anything about the Turleys? Some of my ancestors are Turleys, and I'd like to know if any were involved in the Civil war for my project! (for now I'm using the name Joseph Turley)

8th Cavalry Food

Luke Hashem — 4 Mar 2004 3:16:22 GMT

Hey im doing a TX History report and i need to know what the 8th texas cavalry ate. Any ideas?

R.F. Bunting

Peter Stines — 30 Jan 2006 4:15:00 GMT

My great grandparents were married by R.F. Bunting in the First Presbyterian Church in Galveston in 1872. Does anyone have a portrait of the Rev. ? Would he have kept records of the marriages he performed ?

Nathan Worley Grant, Limestone Co. Company C

Jan P. — 22 Jun 2004 6:45:02 GMT

Fought in Chicamauga, Shiloh, and Murfreesboro before medical discharge due to rheumatism. According to his letters his only injury was a scratch on his hand where a bullet grazed his fingers.

I have a privately printed book, containing some letters to his sweetheart/wife? not sure when he married Josephine Elizabeth - niece of John R Henry, veteran of the battle of San Jacinto.

He wrote in great detail about various people and events, including the battle of Shiloh, Lubbock's death, The Terry's, William Perry who he served with, and was his best friend, apparently.

Appreciate any further information.

Lost King and Wilsons

kjfuller07 — 21 Nov 2005 1:02:03 GMT

A diary written in Austin County, Texas contains this entry:

Friday July 4, 1862 - ...Last night Mr. Bob King staid here just on from the army spent most of the time in Ken. in the army of the south been from home nearly a year been very sick with Typhoid fever in Ken. Says he heard of Mr. O'brien, sons one is at or near Cairo, Ken. and the other was at Ft. Donnelson at the surrender was either killed or taken prisoner did not know which. Said a Mr. Wilson sent work by him to their mother, their name was Wilson--he (Bob King) went first to Corinth then from there to Vicksburg on the Railroad and then on home some three week since he arrived...

I believe that the men referred to were Robert Henry King, William T. Wilson, and Edwin B. Wilson, all of whom had moved from the Trigg/Caldwell County, KY area to the Washington/Austin County, TX area in the early 1850's. I can't find any records of their service in. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help.

H. Hemnofff

Therebrook — 11 Jan 2005 4:38:37 GMT

Does anyone have any information about H. Hemnoff?

Michelle

R.H. McCann (Co.A)

Forrest D. McCann — 11 Dec 2004 5:42:58 GMT

My great, great uncle Bob is mentioned in several letters that Bunting and Ross wrote . These letters are posted on Troy Groves web sight. He was severely wounded at Farminton and left with a family to recover. He made it back to Texas ultimately. I wonder if it is possible that records exist as to the name of this family and any information on how he got home. Any help would be greatly appreciated. He was shot in the hip and the wound never completely healed. Doubt he just rode a horse back home.

Can you Help Us?

Michelle — 3 May 2004 5:10:55 GMT

My daughter and I are working on a school project and I'm hoping someone here can help us.

One of our relatives fought and was held as a prisoner of war in the American Civil War. We are trying to find out where he fought, what the details are surrounding his capture, imprisonment and release. We would like to know where he was held and under what conditions.

His name was Cuff F. Shaw of Calhoun County, Texas. According to the Certificate of Release of Prisoner of War he was released June 20, 1865. The certificate was signed by A.C. Brady, Major and Provost Marshall in Washington D.C. Does anyone have any ideas of where we can start?

Another simple question for you... was any part of the Civil War actually fought in Texas?

Thanks in advance for your help.

~Michelle

B.F.Terrry

keith — 13 May 2003 8:38:33 GMT

looking for stuff to put in our little musam of him since he was born here.I am trying to get stuff during the civil war here so i like to have something or papers on him.I live in russellville ky where he was born at.

Looking for info on Emmitt Lynch

Ernest Dollar — 19 Sep 2002 8:56:01 GMT

I am looking for information on the last ranger killed, Emmitt Lynch. Also interested in the rangers and their fighting in North Carolina at the end of the war.
Thanks,
Ernest Dollar
www.mindspring.com/~nixnox

Memphis Rangers,Confederate Unit, Civil War

BettyCowles93 — 7 Mar 2003 6:10:33 GMT

Benoni R. Smith, Memphis, Tenn.Private, I Co. The Ninth Inf. Reg. from Memphis, Tenn, Shelby Co. known as the, "Memphis Rangers.".Does anyone know of this unit? I would like to know who was in command. Any information will be appreciated Robert Cowles

4th, 7th LA Infty., Terry's Scouts-TX connection?

LoraineMontferret — 30 Aug 2003 8:38:05 GMT

Is anyone familiar with the uniforms of Louisiana or Texas soldiers? I have an ancestor's picture where he's wearing a hat with a leaf crescent and a "7" in the middle. His grey uniform jacket has darker trim on the lapels and vest collar.

His widow's LA pension application:

Target card: BONER, CLARINDA
Applicant Information & Name Variations:
BONER, CLARINDA OSBORNE (ALFRED)
Parish: ORLEANS -- Pages: 16
Soldier Information & Variations:
BONER, GEORGE WHITE
State: TX
Unit: TERRY'S SCOUTS

I have records of his two brothers being in the 4th La. Infty. Co. E. They all lived in Thibodaux, LaFourche, LA.

Can anyone help me make any sense of this Louisiana boy who's both brothers enlisted in the 4th La. Infty., while he wound up in a Texas unit?? I can't find any trace of him in the Texas rosters.
Thanks!

Terry Brothers

B_Koenning — 27 Jun 2005 12:45:00 GMT

I am researching the Terry brothers.
Does anyone know were they were buried
at?
I know that B.F Terry is buried in the Gleenwood Cemetery
in Houston.
Were was he buried at before then?
Why was his body moved?
Did William Jefferson Kyle serve in the Rangers with
his friend B.F. Terry?
I found a name of Eli Manadue Justice iwhile doing my research.
Was he in the rangers or friends with the Terry brothers?

Bobby

can any of u........

i am shortcake — 23 Apr 2003 2:18:55 GMT

hi,

I'm 14 and I'm doing a Civil War report and I was wondering if anyone has sites that I can go to for information. Thank you.

Short Mountain Crossroads

Glenn Davis — 24 Jan 2003 4:45:08 GMT

Looking for anecdotal information, photographs, or diaries mentioning the skirmish between the Texas Rangers and units of the 18th Ohio at the Manchester and McMinnville Railroad August 29, 1862. Desperately need photo, if one exists, of Captain W. Y. Houston who was killed during the skirmish. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

William M. Slaughter - Company C

TroyGroves — 23 Aug 2002 3:50:48 GMT

William M. Slaughter
Pvt., Company "C", Terry's Texas Rangers

Enlisted in Houston, September 1861, at age 20. 1 2
Captured at Stones River in Dec. 1862. 2
Paroled April 1863. 2
Last official record, February 1864. 2
Killed in Sinking Cane (TN) Massacre in March 1864.

http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/roster/s/slaughter_wm.html

Thomas Elliott Bolling - Co. I

Troy Groves — 14 Aug 2002 11:56:51 GMT

William Erastus "Will" Moore - Co. K

TroyGroves — 4 Aug 2002 5:55:19 GMT

James Knox Polk Blackburn - Company F

TroyGroves — 29 Jul 2002 1:42:10 GMT

William D. "Duff" Adams - Co. H

TroyGroves — 26 Jul 2002 6:14:23 GMT

William D. "Duff" Adams
Lieutenant, Company "H", Terry's Texas Rangers

Born around 1829 in Lynchburg, VA.
His father was James C. Adams (Dec. 11, 1797- Nov. 1, 1869)
His mother was M. O. Adams. (March 24, 1818 - March 27, 1885).
The Father moved his family from VA, to AL while they were still children.
Duff came to Texas with his brothers in 1856.
Resided in Ft. Bend County, TX.

Enlisted in Houston during September 1861.
Absent on sick furlough, August 1862.
Elected 3rd Lieutenant of Company H.
Promoted to 2nd Lietenant in November 1862.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in January 1864.
Assumed command of Company H in 1864.
Resigned in July 1864.

His brothers, A. J. Adams and B. F. Adams, also served in Terry's Rangers.

From the Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers.
http://www.TerrysTexasRangers.org/roster/a/adams_wd.html

Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Adams - Co. H

TroyGroves — 26 Jul 2002 6:10:51 GMT

Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Adams
Pvt., Company "H", Terry's Texas Rangers

Born around 1829 in Lynchburg, VA.
His father was James C. Adams (Dec. 11, 1797- Nov. 1, 1869)
His mother was M. O. Adams. (March 24, 1818 - March 27, 1885).
The Father moved his family from VA, to AL while they were still children.
Frank came to Texas with his brothers in 1856.
Resided in Ft. Bend County, TX.

Enlisted in Houston during September 1861.
Absent on sick furlough, August 1862.
Discharged in 1862.

His brothers, A. J. Adams and W. D. Adams, also served in Terry's Rangers.

From the Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers.
http://www.TerrysTexasRangers.org/roster/a/adams_bf.html

Andrew Jackson "Jack" Adams - Co. H

TroyGroves — 26 Jul 2002 6:07:29 GMT

Andrew Jackson "Jack" Adams
Pvt., Company "H", Terry's Texas Rangers

Born Jan.8, 1833 in Lynchburg, VA.
His father was James C. Adams (Dec. 11, 1797- Nov. 1, 1869).
His mother was M. O. Adams. (March 24, 1818 - March 27, 1885).
The Father moved his family from VA, to AL while they were still children.
Jack came to Texas with his brothers in 1856.
Resided in Ft. Bend County, TX.

Enlisted in February 1861.
Severely wounded in the arm at Washington, GA - December 4, 1864.
Paroled at Meridian, MS in May 1865.

His brothers, B. F. Adams and W. D. Adams, also served in Terry's Rangers.

Following the war he returned to Fort Bend county, TX.

Married Columbia Ballard (1844-1900) on January 31, 1872 in Harris County, TX.

Died January 10, 1899 in Stafford, TX.
Buried at the Morton Cemetery in Richmond, TX.

Children:
Dr. Frank Lee Adams (b. 12/5/1872 Stafford, Tx.; d. 1/18/1929 Houston, TX)
Hugh Adams (b. 2/5/1877, d. 5/12/1896)
Stella Adams (died in infancy)
Mary Admas (died in infancy)
Walter Edin Adams / Andrew Jackson Adams, Jr. (b. 1/18/1881 Stafford, TX; d. 8/14/1961)
Roy Adams (b. 4/23/1885, d. 7/23/1893)

From The Online Archives of Terry's Texas Rangers.
http://www.TerrysTexasRangers.org/roster/a/adams_aj.html

Welcome & introduction

TroyGroves — 14 Jul 2002 7:29:16 GMT

Welcome to the RootsWeb Message board for the 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers).

Not to be confused with the Texas Rangers of the Texas frontier or law enforcement, Terry's Rangers were a Confederate Cavalry Regiment that served East of the Mississippi during the War Between the States, 1861-1865. All volunteers, they were universally recognized for their skill and willingness to fight. They served under Generals such as Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, John A. Wharton, and Thomas Harrison. Following their first battle at Woodsonville, Kentucky in December of 1861, Terry's Rangers went on to participate in the Battle of Shiloh, Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stone's River, Wheeler's Tennessee Raid, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Seige of Knoxvill, the Atlanta Campaign, and the Carolinas Campaign. Their final engagement was at Bentonville, North Carolina on March 21, 1865. Additionally, handpicked men were pulled from their ranks for use in special operations and scouting expeditions. Men from Terry's Rangers formed the core body of Shannon's Special Scouts as the opposed Sherman in his March across Georgia and into the Carolinas.

I am the webmaster for the Online Archives of Terry's Texas Rangers at http://www.TerrysTexasRangers.org. The archive contains online versions of several diaries, letters, reports, books, articles, and photos related to Terry's Rangers. It hosts a discussion forum for general discussions regarding the history of Terry's Rangers. In addition the Online Archives contains an expanded roster that will eventually includes bio pages on each man in the regiment.