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. 

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

Twenty-eight additional soldiers found thus far.

 

Mr. Ashley

John B. Bolin

George W. Brosius

Young Burgher

Samuel Ernest Doss

Samuel C. Early

Jones Perry Graham

Benjamin Hartt

David Smart Howell

Abel Lee

J. W. Lynn

Sterling J. McKnight

J. J. Metcalf

David M. Nicholson

W. S. Patterson

Thomas J. Pollard

John Brown Powers

Ira Clement Prewitt

Jim Price

Van R. Robbins

Jackson Smith

M. C. Smith

Reuben Vaughn

David Wallace

William Warren

James Russell Washington

George Washington Watson

F. J. White

Ashley, Mr., 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.)

Bolin, John B. claimed in an Oklahoma CSA pension application that he served as a fifer (musician) in Bourland’s Regiment. sent by Mahlon Erickson of Stillwater OK.

Brosius, George W., 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, 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.

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

Graham, Jones Perry, 1844 Cass Co TX-1920 Marlow, Stephens Co OK, m-1866 Grayson Co TX to Dorothy Ireland. (Oklahoma 1915 CSA Pension No. 652) referenced both L.M. Martin’s Regt. and Bourland’s Regt. stating that he served in Bourland’s Regt. sent by Troy Graham of Durant OK.

Hartt, Benjamin, 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.

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.

 Lee, Abel, (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., 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.)

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

Patterson, W.S., 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., 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, 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, 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. 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.

Robbins, Van R., 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, 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., 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.)

Vaughn, Reuben, 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, 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, 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 (1828 St Clair Co AL-1899 now Eddy Co NM, Howard-Washington Cem on the Cooke-Grayson County line, reinterred 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, 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, P.O. Cotton Plant; 1880 and 1900 Montague Co TX; 1910 Kiowa Co OK. Family tradition states: "Their 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." sent by Coy Wilbur Watson of Lawton OK. (see vIp300.)

White, F.J., 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.)