HAMILTON COUNTY MINUTE DETACHMENT OF MOUNTED TEXAS RANGERS

                    
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HAMILTON COUNTY MINUTE DETACHMENT OF MOUNTED TEXAS RANGERS

 

During the Civil War, men in Hico and other frontiers, were exempt from service because they were needed to guard their homes from Indian attacks. When the Federal Troups were removed from the forts in Texas, Indian raids seriously increased. Even before the Civil War, the increased Indian attacks necessitated the organization of Minute Men in Hamilton County. This group was called the Hamilton County Minute Detachment of Mounted Texas Rangers.

The commander of the Hamilton County Rangers was Lieutenant F. B. Gentry.  Cowhouse Island, 12 miles southwest of Hamilton, was  the  post  for the Hamilton militia.  The muster roll on March, 1860, included 

F. B. Gentry, lieutenant;
 A. M. Self, first sergeant;
 D. J. Carter, second sergeant;
 J. W. Witcher, first corporal;
 Arthur Stubblefield, second corporal;
 and privates William Beck,
      W. W. Hackworth,
      Val Howard,
      James P. Hunter, 
       Eli Moore, 
      John Perry, 
       H. Stidham, 
      James Stidham, 
      C. H. Wall, and 
      Adam Witcher.
  W. A. Kemp and D. D. Pollock were added later.

During the Civil War W. F. Cotton's Company of Hamilton County Guards and J. M. Rice's Company, Texas State Guards defended our county.

Captain Wilber F. Cotton's Company of Minute Men was mustered into service June 15, 1861, in Hamilton by H. G. Standefer, chief justice (county judge).  Its officers were:  Wilber F. Cotton, captain, age 23;
Robert Carter, 1st Lt., age 52;  
William Tatum, 2nd Lt., age 56; 
N. Lagrande Hackworth, 1st Sgt., age 22; 
James B. Hughes, 2nd Sgt., age 21, 
Tilfred M. Self, 3rd Sgt., age 36; 
John H. Hurst, 4th Sgt., age 30; 
John W. Clanton, 1st. Corp., age 19; 
Zachariah Stidham, 2nd Corp., age 53; 
Ashbury Simpton, 4th Corp., age 34.  

Pvts. 
Ezekiel Manning, 33 Thomas P. L. Horton, 22
D. Jefferson Carter, 22 Newton H. Clanton, 44
Walter Tatum, 19 Luther Lester, 29
Peter Sneed, 22 Asa Langford, 40;
Alexander Kyle, 40 Jasper Townsen, 26
Alexander V. Power, 34 Thomas Deaton, 34
John C. Blansit,  34 John Dooley, 20
Jonathan Baker, 45 James L. Dooley, 19
John L. Perry, 36 Joseph Windham, 22
Alexander Smith, 33 Moses D. Dickey, 57
John L. McElroy, 33 James Self, 23
 Charles W. Baker, 22 Darrell Pain, 27
Felix Grundy Morris, 34 James Rice. 33
Simpson Loyd, 36  

The J. M. Rice Company, Second Frontier Regiment of Texas State Troops, commanded by Major G. B. Erath was called into service on January 31, 1864, to June 1, 1864.  It included: 

Officers:  J. M. Rice, Captain, 37; 
D. C. Snow, 1st Lt., 47; 
J. R. Alford, 2nd Lt., 30; 
H. L. Hackworth, 1st Sgt., 34; 
J. C. Blansit, 2nd Sgt., 37, 
H. Proctor, 3rd Sgt., 38; 
A. Yeo, 4th Sgt., 34; 
S. Loyd, 5th Sgt., 37; 
T. M. Self, 6th Sgt., 38; 
E. Manning, 1st Corp., 38; 
J. Q. Anderson, 2nd Corp., 38; 
John Medford, 3rd Corp., 21; 
John Witcher, 4th Corp., 25. 

Privates:  
John R. Austin, 31 H. Bruer, 41
Thomas Alwood, 43 McD. Barnett, 48
J. T. Alexander, 32 S. Barron, 40
W. H. Barnes, 31 J. H. Carter, 37
E. E. Ball, 37 N. H. Clanton, 49
J. R. Ball, 30 W. G. Coons, 38
Thomas Brannon, 18 J. T. Chapman; 
William Cummans, 26 G. W. Cox, 20
F. D. Cox, 30 J. H. Curtus, 37
James Doherty, 39 G. L. Dooley, 26
M. N. Dorson, 45 G. Esery, 24
A. Estes, 36 John Esery, 37
William Ellison, 43 J. O. Everett, 18
Fain Finley, 36 James Ferguson, 40
James Faggard, 19 H. Fuller, 48
P. Fuller, 44 A. Furgeson, 30
G. W. Fuqua, 21 William Fuller, 18
J. T. Crooman, 38 J. Gann, 26
G. N. Green, 38 D. M. Holland, 18
H. T. Hoover, 46 E. Howard, 38
F. A. Hambright, 37 John Ivins, 18
G. W. Keen, 41 B. I. Loyd, 30
A. Langford, 44 M. G. Landers, 38
J. C. Lovell, 26 Lester Milt, 38
G. H. Medford, 25 Thomas Malone, 20
A. I. Malone, 18 Andy Morris, 25
J. T. McVey, 28 J. G. Morris, 38
S. S. McCatheron, 30 J. W. Nail, 37
J. T. Nail, 30 William Nicholass, 26
L. D. Orman, 42 William Oats, 35
W. S. Pool, 28 J. B. Pool, 25
Travis Pool, 18 John Roe, 38
Lem Reed, 18 B. Russell, 30
S. Strickland, 30 H. Stidham, 26
B. F. Stidham, 25 John Self, 38
S. Stiles, 31 David Smith, 18
A. Timmons, 44 James Watson, 35
A. T. Witcher, 22 John H. Wallace, 40

 

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