AdditionalSoldiers

Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & the Wichita Mountains

Additional Soldiers in Bourland’s Regiment

Not listed in National Archival records

I expect to find at least 50 additional soldiers that belonged to Bourland’s Border Cavalry Regiment that are not listed in the National Archives microfilm reels M-323-189 and -190 transcribed on pages vIIppA-9 to A-32. Bourland's Border Regiment was originally formed in February 1863, but the the first records were written in March 1864, when Bourland's Regiment was accepted into the Confederacy. Records were not kept for December 1864, resumed for only one month in January 1865. We know that some served at least six weeks on patrol on the North and West Frontier free gratis between Feb 1863 and Mar 1864 plus Feb 1865 to Jun 2, 1865 (surrender); therefore, their names were not recorded in public records.

Please send any proofs, or family tradition quotes, that a soldier was in Bourland’s Regt as well as his birth, death, and marriage data. Many have sent family information and photos of soldiers in Bourland’s Regt. I keep a special folder with a file for each soldier and plan to dedicate a least one-half page to each soldier in a future book.

Thirty-nine additional soldiers found thus far.

John Benjamin Anderson

Mr. Ashley

John Boyd Belew

John B. Bolin

John B. Brady

George W. Brosius

Young Burgher

Henry C. Byars

Samuel Ernest Doss

Samuel C. Early

John David Gaston

Wm. Franklin "Matt" Guthrie

Benjamin Hartt

Joseph Hodges

Solomon George Hodges

David Smart Howell

Woody Jones

Abel Lee

J. W. Lynn

Berry McGuire

Sterling J. McKnight

J.J. Metcalf

David M. Nicholson

W. S. Patterson

Thomas J. Pollard

John Brown Powers

Ira Clement Prewitt

Jim Price

John W. Rich

Van R. Robbins

Jackson Smith

M. C. Smith

J. M. Taylor

Reuben Vaughn

David Wallace

William Warren

James Russell Washington

George Washington Watson

F. J. White

Ben Franklin Williams

Anderson, John Benjamin Anderson, m-Doyle; one J.B. Anderson (b-1836 TN) p5 of 1870 Grayson cen; Doyle Anderson, b-1871 TX, 5 ch, in 1910 Pottawattomie Co OK cen p182; Dail Anderson on 1920 Pott cen p117; Oklahoma Co OK CSA application 7295 widow's pension 6019 on Feb 25, 1931 (Bourland's Regt)

Ashley, Mr. Ashley, a private in Lt. J.F. Hagler’s Co. ‘F’, who was quizzed on Feb 3, 1865 about two deserters. per BP-DM4406-3P-209 (see vIp300.)

Belew, John Boyd Belew, b-1827 TN; m-Mattie; 1870 Denton cen p167; Mayes Co OK CSA application 120 pension 62, May 22, 1915 (? Co F, Bourland's Regt)

Bolin, John B. Bolin (1844 MO MO MO-1941 Pontotoc Co OK, Box X Cem); m,4-Nora; Pontotoc Co OK CSA application 7587 pension 6326, Jun 9, 1933, served as a fifer (musician) in Bourland’s Regt.

Brady, John B. Brady; Comanche Co OK CSA application 7178 pension 5912, Jul 21, 1930 (Bourland's Regt).

Brosius, George W. Brosius, 1835-1885 Lamar Co TX, Odd Fellow Cem. tombstone: "Pvt, Co. ‘H’, Bourland's Texas Cavalry". sent by Randy Farmer of Plano TX.

Burgher, Young Burgher, 1821-1901, "claimed to have been in Bourland's Regiment as a 'scout' spending his time ‘watching and fighting’ Indians. ... Uncle Young Burgher joined up with Col. Bourland and did border patrol around Wichita County where they saw much action and were engaged several times by the Indians." per J.R. Mallory’s Some Mallorys and Bells, p55. ... A Honey Grove TX Methodist church has "Y Burgher, Building Committee" on cornerstone. ... In the Sep 26, 1853 estate sale (Lamar Co TX, WB-F, No 258, pp227-8, Filed Sep 27, 1852) of John McElroy Bourland and wife Nancy Hood, Young Burgher paid $31 for a colt. John Simpson Chisum (1824-1884), executer of the will, was initially the guardian of their 13 orphans, then Aug 1, 1859 Cooke Co TX, Col. James Bourland posted a $5,000 bond to adopt the 10 minors of the 13 children (see vIp99). sent by Randy Farmer of Plano TX.

Byars, Henry C. Byars, b-1846 AL; 1860 Fann cen p214; Carter Co OK CSA application 2549 pension 1130, Sep 3, 1915 (? Co C, Bourland's Regt)

Doss, Samuel Ernest Doss, 1824-1886, "During the Civil War, he furnished all of his cowboys and others who wanted to go to war horses and equipment. Later he joined the Regulators [J. O. Hill] under the command of Col. James Bowland [sic, Maj. W. Quayle in the Frontier Service." per Paddock’s History of North and West Texas (1906). sent by Dennis Maness of South San Francisco CA.

Early, Samuel C. Early (b-1848) sworn into Capt. A.J. Nicholson’s Co. ‘C’ on May 3, 1865. per BP-DM4406-3P-205 (see vIp321.)

Gaston, John David Gaston (1844 Wayne Co IL-1913 Bosque Co TX, Boggy Cem) 1860 Cooke cen p248; Choctaw-Chick Battn, Co B; Wells' Battn, Co A (Co A, Bourland's Regt). "... he became a member of Wells' Battn, from Cooke County, but was soon transferred to Bourland's Regt." per Shelba Davis of Whitney TX

Guthrie, Wm. Franklin "Matt" Guthrie (1846 Franklin Co TN-1929 Knox Co TX) m-1872 Navarro Co TX to Mary Templeton; Knox Co TX CSA pension #30424; widow’s pension #45786; arrived c1850 Kaufman Co TX with mother and 7 siblings; enrolled Jan 1860 in Capt. Ed Burleson Jr.’s Co A, Mtd Rangers, mustered Jun1860, served until Jan 1861; enlist Mar 1861 Kaufman Co. in Co A, Darnell’s 18th Cav, that became Co A of Morgan’s Regt; traded to Lt. N.F. Carson’s Co ‘B’ that became Co ‘D’ in Bourland’s Regt.; was in Oct 13, 1864 Battle of Elm Creek, Young Co TX; Jul 9 or 11, 1867 School House Massacre, Hamilton Co TX; May 16, 1869 Little Salt Creek Fight, Jack Co TX. sent by Mary Jane Young of Benjamin TX.

Hartt, Benjamin Hartt, b-1845 Rusk Co TX, CSA pension application stated that he joined Bourland's Regt. in late 1863. Brothers James A. and Wm. Jackson Hartt were in Co ‘C’, Johnson’s 14th TX Cav. (Dismounted). sent by Lynn Hartt of Center TX.

Hodges, Joseph Hodges, b-1817 TN; m-Sarah; 1860 Montague cen p76, served in Montague Co, TST. Quoting his son’s, Solomon George Hodges’ Motley Co TX CSA pension rejected application No. 51091 that stated: "I served with James Bourland, who came from the East with his Company, and was stationed at Gainesville in Cook[e] County. Don't know what authority he had. He forced me and boys that was old enough, from 15 years and up. Me and father had to join him. ... I enlisted between January 1st and 15th, 1865 in Bourland's Regt and was discharged soon after the surrender (Jun 2, 1865)."

Hodge, Solomon George Hodges (Jan 1851 TN-1932 Motley Co TX) m-1876 AR to Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Farmer, 10 ch; 1860 Montague Co TX cen p76; 1870 Denton Co TX cen p210; 1900 Young Co TX cen p229; 1910, 1920, and 1930 Motley Co TX cen. Solomon stated in his Motley Co TX CSA pension rejected application No. 51091 that he enlisted "between January 1st and 15th, 1865 in Bourland's Regt and was discharged soon after the surrender (Jun 2, 1865)," that corresponds with the facts: some, but not all companies recorded at least partial regimental Jan 1865 returns and zero after that. Solomon said that he was in the same unit with J.N. Gist. sent by Danella R. Dickson of Lubbock TX.

Editor's note: Yes, Julian N. Gist (of Denton Co TX) was in both Companies F and G of Bourland's Regt. The Adjutant General's office scrambled the records of Companies G, H., and I .... the U.S. War Dept. tried in 1911 and yours truly is still trying to unscramble these G, H., and I records. The men of Co F were mostly from the Montague Co TX area where Solomon Hodges lived. Several kids patrolled or drove cattle on the North and West Frontier with no recognition, documentation nor payment, plus these kids furnished their own horse and equipage. Only the established surnames (i.e. older residents) were remembered when the 1st Sgt. was recording the regimental monthly report for men who were patrolling many miles away (maybe 100 miles away ... on a horse). And I must quickly add that many times the 1st Sgt. did not have writing materials.

In my book I have a rather long article describing the death of his brother, William Hodge, in the Clay Co TX area. Yes, this is the brother of your Solomon and I'm sure that the death inspired him to do everything he could to memorialize his brother. Also mentioned in my book is Solomon's father and brother, Joseph and Elijah Hodges, respectively.

Minute men companies. An important part of this CSA pension application #51091 is his description of the minute men companies and their activities until 1872.

Howell, David Smart, b-1846 Tuscaloosa Co AL-1927 Trent, Taylor Co TX, Rosehill Cem, Merkel. He returned to Hemstead Co AR until c1895-1901 when he came back to Texas, m-1867 Clark Co AR to Mary Susan Allen. Served from ca. July 1863 until Feb 1864 in [Capt. Gideon] Smith’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Fourth Cavalry Brigade commanded by Col. N.W. Towne, Second Division of Texas then served from Feb 1864 until after Mar 1865 in Capt.. J.S. Moore’s Company H of Bourland’s Regt. per 1923 interview with Rupert Richardson, West Texas Historical Assn. Yearbook, v13pp82-94 (Oct. 1937). sent by Jim Evans of Hot Springs AR.

Jones, Woody Jones, b-1838 MS; m-Martha; 1860 Grsn cen p199; Grady Co OK CSA application 1958 pension 465 Jul 23, 1915 (? Co B, Bourland's Regt)

Lee, Abel Lee, (1824 IL-1871 ? Kaufman Co TX, m-1852 Kaufman [now Rockwall] Co TX to Martha Ann Butler, sis of Capt. E. V. Butler who signed her 1900 pension application that read: "1st Capt. Childress’ Co. [Erath Co, TST] -- 18th Regt. Texas Cav. -- 3 mos-discharged. 2nd Capt E.V. Butler's Co — Border's Regt. Texas Cav. served about two years." per TX CSA Widow’s Pension Appl. No. 6061. sent by Greg Lee of Richardson TX.

Lynn, J.W. Lynn, b-1820, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Lynn was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

McGuire, Berry McGuire (1848-1921 Erath Co TX, Liberty Cem), son of [James] Henry McGuire, who was also in Company D of Bourland's Regt; m-1872 Waco TX to Nancy Caroline Dunman/Dunn. The Oct 13, 1864 Elm Creek Raid occurred on his first day of active duty before he was properly mustered, in fact, when Lt Carson was documenting the battle, he wrote "Henry McGuire's horse was wounded," when Berry's horse was wounded and Henry was not in the area. per ORsIv41/1[S#83]p886. sent by Patrick McGuire of Pismo Beach CA.

McKnight, Sterling J. McKnight, 1835-1914 Whitfield Co. GA, West Hill Cem. Two letters in the Bourland Papers dated Feb 10th and 12th, 1865 addressed to McKnight from Captains W.R. Harrison (Co. ‘A’) and H.A. Whaley (F & S), respectively, prove that McKnight was part of Bourland’s Regt. per BP-DM4406-3P-243, -219. (see vIpp303, 305.)

Metcalf, J.J. Metcalf, b-1818, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Metcalf was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315).

Nicholson, David M. Nicholson, 1822-1871 Lamar Co TX, Hale Cem. tombstone: "Bourland's Texas Regiment" probably Company ‘C’ since his brother was Captain.

Patterson, W.S. Patterson, b-1837, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. D of Bourland’s Border Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Company in Palo Pinto County TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Patterson was in Bourland’s regiment before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Pollard, Thomas J. Pollard, b-1835 GA, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Pollard was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Powers, John Brown Powers, b-1826, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Powers was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Prewitt, Ira Clement Prewitt, b-1826, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Prewitt was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Price, Jim, James Price. Companion of D.S. Howell’s from Aug 1864 until Nov 1864 in Capt. J.S. Moore’s Co. ‘H’ of Bourland’s Regt. per West Texas Historical Assn. Yearbook, v13pp82-94 (Oct. 1937). sent by Jim Evans of Hot Springs AR.

Rich, John W. Rich, (1823 NC-1898 Montague Co TX, Old Spanish Fort Cem) m-1850 (? Cherokee Co NC) to Sarah Dene Stiles, 3 ch; arrived 1851 in Texas; 1860 Grayson Co TX cen p143; moved 1872 to Montague County where he platted a town he named "Burlington" now "Spanish Fort"; farmed (owned the old fort site); c1879 obtained charter for Rich's Ferry on Red River; operated c1878 a brick kiln; and chartered Dec 27, 1875 the Burlington Masonic Lodge #440. Family tradition: "John Rich was a Confederate soldier, serving two years in Bourland’s Regiment with headquarters in Gainesville. Their duty was to guard the frontier against Indian depredations." Probably in Capt. White’s ‘D’ Company. sent by Annetta Rich Weyant of Wichita Falls TX.

Robbins, Van R. Robbins, b-1839 TN, of 1860 Parker Co TX cen, a Lt. of Capt. F.M. Totty’s Co. ‘E’, was killed in a Comanche raid on Dec 22d or 23d, 1863 near Forestburg, Montague Co. TX. per J.C. McConnell’s The West Texas Frontier. sent by J.M. Coffee of Plano TX. (see vIp206.)

Smith, Jackson Smith, b-1827 NC of Palo Pinto Co TX, m-Catherine. Non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Smith was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Smith, M.C. Smith, b-1838, a Sgt. in Capt. J.L. Ligon’s militia of Honey Grove, Fannin Co. TX. Smith worked for 13 months on John Simpson Chisum’s Concho Co. TX ranch, when he decided to go to Denton Co. TX to collect his back pay from Chisum in person. Before Smith reached Chisum, Bourland ‘collared’ him and enrolled him in Capt. S.P.C. Patton’s Co. ‘G’ on Sep 24, 1864. Bourland then gave Smith a requested 3-day travel pass to collect a horse and a blanket, but Smith had no intention of serving in Bourland’s Regt., and didn’t. per G.S. Ely’s "Gone from Texas. and Trading with the Enemy," Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Apr 2007 (From the Cow Camp to the Pulpit by S.W. Smith, 1927.)

Taylor, John M. Taylor, two cards in Rutherford’s Co. file: "Private John M. Taylor enrolled in Capt. A.A. Rutherford's Co. of unattached Infantry, Aug 30, 1864, transferred from Bourland Regt, his company return of Nov 1864 records him as Absent "Dtd Nov 20' 20 days to [?southland] (Captain Rutherford's Co. TX Infantry, organized May 10, 1864, composed principally of former members of the 1st Battalion TST).

Vaughn, Reuben Vaughn, b-1819 AL, of 1860 Palo Pinto Co TX cen, m-Margaret. Non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, Vaughan was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Wallace, David Wallace, was under age 17 when, with written consent from his guardian on Aug 31, 1864, he enrolled in Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ that had 72 men. per BP-DM-4406-3P-192 dated Jan 20, 1865. (see vIp297.)

Warren, William Warren, was under age, 17 when, with written consent from his guardian on Aug 31, 1864, he enrolled in Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ that had 72 men. per BP-DM-4406-3P-192 dated Jan 20. 1865 (see vIp297.)

Washington, James Russell Washington, (1828 St Clair Co AL-1899 now Eddy Co NM, Howard-Washington Cem on the Cooke-Grayson County line, re-interred Fairview Cem, Cooke Co TX. Family said that he "guarded the frontier during the Civil War in 1863," i.e., in Bourland’s Border Cavalry, probably Company A since he lived in Coesfield, Cooke Co TX where other soldiers of Company A lived. sent by E.R. "Ed" Walt of Rising Star, TX.

Watson, George Washington Watson (1845 Marion County TN-1920 Kiowa Co OK, Mountain Park Cem); m-1869 Peatown, Rusk Co TX to Tempie Ann English, 10 ch; found in censuses: 1860 and 1870 Rusk Co TX; 1880 and 1900 Montague Co TX; plus 1910 Kiowa Co OK. "While his company was on 'leave' George returned too late to join his company on their departure back (missed his ride), so he was sent to the North and West Frontier to serve in Bourland's Regt. .. [After the Dec 1, 1864 muster]. ... Family tradition states: ..Their [men of Bourland's Regt] duties were to guard the frontier against the Indians. ..They did much scouting. George was with a detachment of Bourland’s men on one occasion, snowbound in the Wichita Mountains, and their horses had nothing to eat for several days except cottonwood tree bark [ca. Feb 7, 1865]." .. sent by Coy Wilbur Watson of Lawton OK. (see vIp300.)

Editor's note: Records show Pvt. G.W. Watson, age 20, [sic, age 16] enlisted Apr 19, 1861 at Marshall, Harrison Co TX; mustered May 23, 1861 at San Antonio TX into Capt. Samuel J. Richardson's Co, 2d Regt, Texas Mounted Rifles (later called Texas State Troops). Assigned to Fort Inge, Uvalde Co TX; Fort Clark, Kinney Co TX; Marshall TX; and Camp Ford (prison for Union soldiers), Smith Co TX. This company at some time became an unattached company. In August 1863 they were relieved as guards at Camp Ford by Border's-Anderson's TX Cav Regt. They then went to Arkansas. Richardson was supposed to have joined up with Walter Paye Lane after he left Camp Ford. The last record for Pvt. Watson show him, "with leave" starting May 1, 1864, no camp location shown. sent by Mike Thompson of Mt. Pleasant TX.

White, F.J. White, b-1841, non-commissioned officers of Capt. A.B. White’s Co. ‘D’ of Bourland’s Regt. were elected to Capt. J.H. Dillahaunty’s Co. in Palo Pinto Co. TX on Jan 30, 1864 and dropped from White’s roll. Therefore, White was in Bourland’s Regt. before Jan 30, 1864. (see vIIppA-314, 315.)

Williams, Benjamin Franklin Williams, b-1847 MO TN TN; m-Rebecca (b-1861 AL); 1920 Bryan Co OK cen p21; Bryan Co OK CSA application 3399 pension 2508 on Mar 12, 1917 (Bourland Regt)

A History of Grayson County TX (1936), by Lucas & Hill, p125 listed men in Capt. A.B. White's

Sgt. E.R. Ervey (R. Eavey; E. Erwin, handwritten on p294 of my 1,046-p book), p294

Cpl. A.G. Johnston (A.G. Johnson, b-1830 KY, m-Mary E.; 1860 Grayson Co TX cen p198, plus

........... Johnston, A. G., 6 in the family, taken on 13 Feb 1865 Indigent family, Grayson Co TX.)

Cpl. M.W. Parton (Parton, M. W., 2 in family, taken on 13 Feb 1865 Indigent family, Grayson Co TX)