Hello all, I just thought I'd let you know I have set up a genealogical message board for Terry's Rangers on www.RootsWeb.com . It is not intended to replace...
I would like to invite anyone who might be interested to attend Granbury's Texas Brigade SCV Camp 1479 meeting in Conroe, Tx. on September 9, 2002 at 7:00PM in...
Can we order the book even if not attending? Thanks Lou Abbott g-g-grandson of B.F. Burris ... From: sd4man2000 [mailto:sd4man1479@...] Sent: Monday, July...
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Jul 16, 2002 2:16 pm
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Lou, The book is indeed available for order. You can order it through the Online Archive (Amazon Associates program) at ...
Lou, It sems to me I recall Burris serving with Shannon's Scouts. Did he? You can order the book. If nothing else someone should be able to give you the name...
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Here is Jeff Murrah's site if you wish to order books from him: http://www.nonebuttexians.com/excerpt.html You can read an excert from the book here. Stephen...
Mike, Yes he was attached to Shannon's Scouts. I am very interested in learning more about them and their activities. Do you have info to share? Thanks Lou ......
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Troy, Thanks. I am running late this Am and will get back to this (hopefully) tomorrow. Lou ... From: Troy Groves [mailto:troy.groves@...] ...
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Hi Ya'll i do know that Benjamin Franklin Burris named one of his son's after Shannon that would be my son's great grandfather. Shannon Burris died somewhere...
Joan D. Burris
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Jul 17, 2002 5:23 pm
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Lou, I have a few of his letters and bits and pieces of different articles as well as some newspaper pages and I have all the written reminisinsces that have...
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Hi Joan, Were we in contact re Burris? Mike Shannon...
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Interesting item on Ebay, Photograph of Jesse Rice of Terry's Rangers. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2123153992 Jesse appears to have been...
Here is the reply I sent. Yes, it sounds like your grandfather was in David Smith Terry's Regiment. DS Terry was Frank Terry's Terry's brother and raised a...
Troy, I finally got a picture of Samuel Sutton Gott of Co. A (post war with wife). I will forward a jpg soon. Regards, Jerry Wells ... From: "Troy Groves"...
THOMAS ELLIOTTE BOLLING, Edna, Texas.--Born July 29, 1832, near Vicksburg, Miss. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in the Spring of 1861, at Columbus, Texas,...
Your friend Ric Gordon thought you might find this page interesting. I thought I'd follow up on your story by searching for the book. Maybe some of you might...
Ric Gordon
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The star on the hat was a brass star. RIP Ford described it in his autobiography. Stephen D. Forman Commander, Granbury's Texas Brigade SCV Camp #1479 Past...
Looking for information on S.W. Slack or Sewell W. Slack. Our records show he was a member of the Texas 8th Cavalry, Company F...he was from Fayette County,...
Cowpatch, There is a Slack descendant living in Pecos, TX and also has a residence in Presidio. You might look him up. I forget his first name. But there...
Richard Brooks
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Thanks, Richard...I'll try to find the Presidio connection for the Slacks...appreciate your help. polly Richard Brooks wrote: Cowpatch, There is a Slack...
S. W. Slack enlisted in the Rangers on September 7, 1861 in Houston, TX. He was discharged in December 1861 of measles, inguinal dibility and diarrhea. (Don't...
Paul Scott
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I've found an SW Slack in Colorado County, Texas who served in the 5th Texas Cavalry. I'm not sure if this is the same person as the Sewell Slack from Fayette...
Paul, Where do you get the medical records. I am looking for medical records on R.W. Brooks who was with TTR's and was paroled until well in 1862. Are you...
Richard Brooks
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Thanks, Paul...I think this is him...and, I think you have solved my delima. Although our records show he was born in Georgia, it may well be that the family...
Boy...you guys are really something! Thanks, Troy...I believe all the information you cite is our Sewell or S. W. Slack...I don't know where Mississippi birth...
Polly, Glad we could help out. I'll have to get to work on setting up a Biographical page for Sewell W. Slack. I just started one for Robert G. O'Brien at...
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