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Date Posted: 03/25/04 9:22:42am
Author: Michael Anderson
Subject: Re: More detailed Census - read this one
In reply to: Doug Cooper 's message, "More detailed Census - read this one" on 03/19/04 12:00:16pm

If not already taken, I would like to take on J.M. Bailey. I live in a small rural farming community, I'm married and have 5 children. I'm actually a little older and have 5 grand children as well. But, I challenge all you young whipper snappers to keep up with me on the march.

Michael Anderson
>1860 Census Data for Members of CoB, 15th Texas
>
>compiled by KC MacDonald
>
>If you exclude probable duplications on the original
>list, 113 men served in Company B over the course of
>the war. I have been able to find good 1860 census
>data on 48 of them. Only ‘definites’ are included in
>this list (i.e. exact name matches with no other
>contenders for the soldiers identity). If I could get
>ages from the service records I could probably double
>the length of this list by eliminating identical named
>individuals.
>
>On the basis of this data, it appears most of the
>company came from the Waco area (McLennan, Limestone,
>Falls, Coryell, Lampasas), but also from the Palestine
>recruitment area (Rusk, Houston Co.) and nearer to
>Dallas (Burleson). The others from farther afield are
>likely to be conscripts who were dragneted in from
>just about the entire state. This is an overwhelmingly
>rural company – out of the 48 in this sample only 4
>came from towns! Most were born in the ‘Old South’,
>with a few Midwesterners, and one Irishman (I have
>dibs on this guy’s identity for my pard Richard Hale,
>who comes complete with authentic Irish accent and is
>the right age to boot!). Except where noted these guys
>were fairly poor (i.e. total worths of around $500),
>and on the basis of the valuations of their ‘moveable
>property’ only 3 look to have been large scale slave
>owners (they are noted in the text). As a rule the
>Farmers (who probably have 100 to 500 acres of land
>each) are wealthier than the Farm Labourers (who have
>nothing). Some of the Farmers may have owned one or
>two slaves.
>
>Ps. When looking at the ages below, remember to add 4
>years to get the correct age for the time of the
>Mansfield campaign.
>
>Listed as:
>Name, rank in/rank out, age in 1860, Place of Birth,
>Resident County in 1860 (if resident in town this is
>given in brackets after county), Occupation, marital
>status, number of children living with in 1860
>
>Allen, W.J. priv/priv, 22, Virginia, Austin Co.
>(Hempstead), Farmer, married, 1ch
>Ash, J.H. priv/priv, 21, Tennessee, Rusk Co., Farmer,
>single
>Atwood, W.A. priv/priv, 34, Georgia, Marion Co.,
>Plantation Overseer, married, 4ch
>Baber, J.W. priv/priv, 38, Georgia, Burleson Co.,
>School Teacher, single
>Bagby, Henry D., priv/sgt, 16, Kentucky, Coryell Co.,
>son of Merchant, single
>Bailey, J.M. priv/priv, 36, Alabama, Cooke Co.,
>Farmer, married, 5ch
>Blackwell, D.N. sgt/sgt, 35, Tennessee, McLennan Co.,
>Farmer, married, 0ch - Fred or Tim or Mark?
>Briggs, W.E., priv/priv, 27, Alabama, Limestone Co.,
>Farmer, married, 1ch
>Dawson, Daniel, priv/priv, 27, Georgia, Burleson Co.,
>Farmer, married, 1ch
>Dyer, J.L. priv/1sgt, 52, Tennessee, Fannin Co.,
>Farmer, married, 5ch - wow, a 52 yo 1st Sgt!!
>Eaton, Benjamin priv/priv, 52, Kentucky, Limestone
>Co., Farmer, married, 5ch
>
>These next two fellows were probably cousin, same last
>name and in farms next door each other:
>Evetts, Hugh, priv/corp, 23, Mississippi, Coryell Co.
>, Herdsman, single
>Evetts, Samuel, 16, Texas, Coryell Co., Farm
>Labourer, single
>
>Finley, G.W. 23, Missouri, Coryell Co., Farm
>Labourer, married, 2ch
>Gerald, J. priv/priv, 30, Ireland, Clerk, Harris Co.
>(Houston), single
>Hall, J.T. priv/priv, 22, Alabama, Rusk Co., Farmer
>(probable slave owner $6000 in possessions in addition
>to real estate), single
>Hall, W.R. priv/priv, 26, Missouri, Limestone Co.,
>Farmer, married, 4ch
>Herring, M.D. Capt/Capt, 31, Mississippi, McLennan
>Co., Lawyer (he was one of the richest men in the
>county and is a probable slave owner, net worth of
>over $20,000, with $16,321 in slaves or livestock),
>married, 1ch
>Hicks, Jacob, 31, does not know place of birth,
>Coryell Co., Farm Labourer, widower, 1ch
>Hudson, William M. priv/priv, 27, Missouri, Caldwell
>Co. (Lockhart), Mechanic, married, 0ch
>
>The next two fellows are brothers:
>Jackson, F. C. priv/priv, 18, Texas, Lampasas Co.,
>Herdsman (son of rancher), single
>Jackson, R. O. priv/priv, 16, Texas, Lampasas Co.,
>Herdsman (son of rancher), single
>
>Jones, James W. priv/sgt, 18, Illinois, Johnson Co.,
>Farm Labourer, single -
>Jones, Martin A. priv/priv, 18, Tennessee, McLennan
>Co., Farm Labourer, single
>Lawrence, George B. priv/priv, 20, Texas, Burleson
>Co., Farm Labourer, single
>Lee, William H. priv/priv, 13, Kentucky, Fannin Co.,
>at school, single
>Long, John J. priv/priv, 19, Alabama, Houston Co.,
>Farmer, single
>Long, W.J. priv/priv, 30, Tennessee, McLennan Co.,
>Farmer, married, 1ch
>
>I suspect this guy did not last long as he is given no
>rank (perhaps he bought a substitute with all of his
>$$$ or got sore when he wasn’t elected Captain…):
>Massie, J.A. (no rank given), 36, Kentucky, Collin
>Co., Farmer (probable slave owner with $8,000 in
>addition to real estate), married, 4ch
>
>Masters, Jacob F. priv/priv, 18, Texas, McLennan Co.,
>Farm Labourer, single
>Maxey, James, B. priv/priv, 21, Mississippi, Falls
>Co., Farm Labourer, single
>McDaniel, J.A. priv/priv, 16 Mississippi, Limestone
>Co., son of a Merchant, single
>McLendon, S.G. 2nd Lt/2nd Lt, 30, Alabama, Limestone
>Co., Surveyor, widower, 2ch
>McNeil, Larkin priv/priv, 59, Georgia, Angelina,
>Farmer, widower, 3ch
>Moore, H.A. 1sgt/priv!, 28, Maine, Limestone Co.
>(Eutaw), Blacksmith, married, 1ch
>Morgan, Levi priv/priv, 18, Texas, Limestone Co.Farm
>Labourer, single
>Potter, R.M. 2nd Lt./1st Lt., 26, South Carolina,
>Coryell Co., Farmer, married
>Server, H.C. priv/priv, 17, Arkansas, Milam Co., son
>of a Farmer, single
>Sharp, Addison priv/sgt, 25, Tennessee, Hunt Co.,
>Farm Labourer, single
>Sutton, James M. priv/priv, 26, North Carolina, Falls
>Co., Farm Labourer, single
>Tribble, W.H. 22, priv/priv, Michigan, Limestone Co.,
>Farmer, married, 1ch
>Trimmier, Thomas J. corp.priv, 22, Alabama, Bell Co.,
>Texas Ranger (I kid you not, I had to look very
>closely to believe it!), single
>Turner, H.D. priv/corp, 32, North Carolina, Burleson
>Co., Farmer, married, 5ch
>
>Two more brothers:
>Turney, J.C. priv/priv, 22, Illinois, Coryell Co.,
>Herdsman (son of rancher), single
>Turney, M.S. priv/priv, 26, Illinois, Coryell Co.,
>Herdsman (son of rancher), single
>
>Again, two more brothers!
>Worthington, R. priv/priv, 26, Tennessee, Burleson
>Co., Farmer, single
>Worthington, T. priv/priv, 28, Tennessee, Burleson
>Co., Farmer, single
>
>Wethers, H.H. priv/priv 20, Kentucky, Falls Co.,
>Farm Labourer, single
>
>
>Thanks KC!! Gotta love the Sgt named Addison Sharp -
>Fred, Tim and Mark can duke it out for that name.
>
>Decision - do we want to assume the names of these men
>or are folks more comfortable with their given names?
>
>Doug
>Doug

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