Transcription -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becknell, Wm. Volunteer Company of Mounted Rangers Red River County Enlistment from Apr 28, 1836 May 28, 1836 [A10] Start of Transcription (literal, 112 char wide)================================================================= A Muster Role and inspection Returne, of a Companey of Mounted Volunteers, Raised and Organized 25 Miles South of Red River, Raised for the Protection of the Frontiers of Texas, having no Laws or Rooles to go by, we formed a Constitution to govern the Companey, and proceeded to Duty, on the 28th Day of April 1836, Elected the following men for officiers to Command the Company, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Commissiond officiers When joind Guns Horses When Musterd to Remarkes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wm Becknell Capt April 28th 1836 1 May 28th 1836 1 Thos Hill 1st Lieut April 28th 1836 1 May 28th 1836 1st Lieutenant sick 1 B.J. Jeffers 2nd Lieut April 28th 1836 1 May 28th 1836 5 NonComis officiers 1 M.W. Mathus 1st Sergt April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 1 J.C. Smeley 2nd Sergt April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 1 Joseph Gess Corporal April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 1 Abner Hill Corporal April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 1 Thos Dresser Corporal April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 44 Privets 1 Barclay Ballard April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 2 James Box April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 James Box absent Furlough 3 A.C.C. Baley April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 4 J.B. Hill April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 5 Andrew Willet April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 Andrew Willet sick 6 John M. Watson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 Absent with leave 7 James Gahagan April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 8 W.H. McBee April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 9 A.S. Young April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 10 George Clapham April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 11 Ancel C. Peck April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 12 Daniel Davis April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 13 Calaway Davis April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 14 E.M. Hill April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 15 J. Hefflefinger April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 16 Lewis C. Denison April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 Lewis C. Denison sick 17 James A. Jeffers April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 18 Wm. Hill April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 19 John Nugent April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 20 Thos. A. Hill, Jur. April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 21 Samuel Jeffers April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 22 Richard, Overton April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 23 David D. Bruton April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 24 John Gess April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 John Gess absent on buisness 25 Wm. A. Becknell April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 Wm. A. Becknell on buisness 26 John C. Becknell April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 John C. Becknell absent on buisness 27 Wilson McCrory April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 Wilson McCrory absent on Furlough 28 Benjm. Bruton April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 29 Philip Jackson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 30 John Jackson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 31 George W. Cox April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 32 I./J.H. Johnson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 33 B.C. Johnson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 34 Quintis C. Nugent April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 35 Elisha Bruton April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 36 Isac Wilson April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 37 Miles Reed April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 38 I./J.G. Wright April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 39 Joseph Reed April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 40 W.H. Hopkins April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 41 James Ward April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 42 Preston Bland April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 43 Isac Tylar April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 44 Jerdon Ward April 28th 1836 1 1 May 28th 1836 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Men Total guns 49 Horses 52 Term of Sirvice 31 days in the Remarkes, Total Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 Agragate Amount 49 52 31 days ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a Volunteer Company of Mounted Raingers Without authoriety or Commission, Sir, we offer oure Services to gaurde the North Westerne Bound ary of Texas, to the Sabine and Trinity. Should it meet youre approrbation you will please Commission the officiers Chosen and Issue youre orders which will be strictly obeayd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I certify this to be a true Muster Role, and inspection Returne of the Company under My Command, May 28th 1836, Gen Samuel Houston, Commander in Chief of, Wm Becknell, Acting Capt [1] The Texan Armey of the Comp_ Com_dt End of Transcription =========================================================================================== Transcription Notes: - Hand-drawn muster roll form. [1] Not Capt's signature, as compared with signature on back of Republic Debt 4149, 2nd Class, for payment received. - Transcribed from microfilm [A10] by H.D. Maxey, June 1997. ***** Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 ***** ====================================================================================================beckw_1T.htm |