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Becknell, Wm.            Company [of Volunteers]
                         [Brig. Gen. Green Command]
                         Time: 3 mo
                         Enlistment from Jul 14, 1836
                   (Des)  (after Sept 13, 1836)  [A10]

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  Descriptive Muster Roll of Captain Becknell's Company Mustered into service on the 14th of July 1836 at James Clarks Sulphurfork Prairie
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Officers Rank   Names           Age   Residence     Mustered into       Term of                       Remarks
                                                       Service          Service
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Captain      Wm. Becknell        48  Sulphurfork  14th day July 1836  three months
1st Lieut.   James Clark         38      Prairie     Do      Do        Do     Do   left sick at Coopers place Augt. 15th 1836
2d    "      Edward West         34    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
1st Seargant Isaac H. Johnson    26    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
2d     "     Wm. H. Hopkins      28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   left sick East of Trinity in Agust. with leave to return
3d     "     Benj. J. Jeffers    27 [24?]   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
4th    "     I./J.F.C. Smiley    26    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Sent back home on express
1st Corporal Thos. Dresser       19    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
2d     "     Philip Jackson      55    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent without leave from the 19th of July 1836
3d     "     Benj. Bruton        48    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Sick present
4th    "     John Stiles         38    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
Musician     Wm. Hoyman          28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
Private      Balda C. Johnson    27    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Corporal from the date Philip Jackson absented
         2   Daniel Alexander    42    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Sick present
         3   Allen McClenden           Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
         4   Wm. Blundell, Sur   45    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Returned back home without leave Augt. 7th
         5   Preston Bland       20    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
         6   Wm. Blundell, Jur   18    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Returned home without leave Augt. 7th
         7   Solomon Blundell    16    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Returned home sick by order of the Dr. Augt 7th
         8   David D. Bruton     23    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
         9   James Burkham       30    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        10   Needham Boon        22    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        11   Erasmus Brewer      41    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        12   Wm. Brinton         23    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        13   John Blanton        75    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        14   A.C.C. Bayley       30    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Returned home from Nacogdoches without leave
        15   Lewis C. Denison    38    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        16   Joseph Guess        50    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   on express
        17   Wm. C. Ingram       26    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent without leave
        18   Isaiah D. Lawson    28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        19   Robt. W. Madden     21    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        20   John D. Nelson      24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        21   Richard Overton     24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        22   John Roland         17    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Died 21st August
        23   James C. Stout      18    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        24   Samuel Wilson       25    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        25   John M. Watson      21    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent without leave
        26   Josias F. Wheat     19    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        27   James Pierce        55    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        28   John Leahon         22    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        29   James Jackson       47    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        30   Samuel F. Moore     36    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        31   A.H. Latimer        28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Appointed 2nd sergeant in place of Wm. H. Hopkins
        32   Henry R. Latimer    19    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   on 13th Sept
        33   Samuel Gragg        27    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent sick with Lieut Clark
        34   George H. Bagby     32    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        35   Jacob Gragg         24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent sick with Lieut Clark
        36   Andrew S. Beard     22    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        37   A.C. Peck           36    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        38   G.H. Dobbins
        39   David Hutson        22  Nacogdoches  30th July            Do     Do   Deserted on the 4th Sept
        40   John S. Campbell    24  Sulphurfork  14th July 1836       Do     Do
        41   Johnathan Hopkins   47      Prairie     Do      Do        Do     Do
        42   John McCoy          24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        43   Mausel W. Matthews  28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   On express by order of Genl. Houston
        44   James Box           40    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do        do         do          do
        45   B. Ballard          36    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent without leave
        46   Saml. Ritchie       24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Left with the sick
        47   James Ritchie       24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Left sick at Nacogdoches
        48   David Clark         20    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        49   Benj. Clark         18    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        50   B.A. Ausbon         18    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do   Absent without leave
        51   Robt. Wheat         17    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        52   Wm. Edminson        35    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        53   Levander Leach      24    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        54   Henry Martin        30    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do      do     do    do
        55   Wm. King            29    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do
        56   John W. Massie      28    Do   Do       Do      Do        Do     Do

I do hereby certify that the above muster roll is correct to the best of my knowledge   Wm. Becknell Capt
                                                                                        (signature)[1]
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Transcription Notes:

    Hand-drawn muster roll form.
[1] His signature, same as signature on back of Republic Debt 4149, 2nd Class, for payment received.
 -  Transcribed from microfilm [A10] by H.D. Maxey, May 1997.

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