MUSTER ROLL OF CANEY MOUNTED RIFLES

MUSTER ROLL OF CANEY MOUNTED RIFLES

Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas, Civil War Records, Matagorda County, 44R & File, 1861, Reg. & Com.,
Aug. 23, 1861

(Note: These two documents are in the Civil War Collection at the Matagorda County Museum.)

This information appeared in the Matagorda County Genealogical Society publication, Oak Leaves (Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1982), and is posted here with permission granted by the MCGS.

THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
I Edward S. Rugeley Captain & Commanding Officer of Military Company called "Caney Rifles" do here by certify under oath that said Military Company was organized in the County of Matagorda in said State of Texas, that said Company belongs to the Cavalry arm of the service and the following are the names of the Officers and members of said Company at the date of this certificate; viz
E. S. Rugeley G. J. Bowie* A. I. Rugeley W. F. Davis J. H. Shortridge A. W. Thompson* W. H. Wiggins R. C. Files J. D. Rugeley* J. Duncan, Jr. A. C. Jones Gale Talbot	Capt. 1 Lt. 2 Lt. 3 Lt. Ord. Sgt. 2 Sgt. 3 Sgt. 4 Sgt. 1 Corp. 2 Corp. 3 Corp. 4 Corp.
PRIVATES
Thomas Cooper G. K. Davis Alex Forrestier J. W. Granger Willis A. Hawkins Dickinson Hardeman James T. Parks C. Roberts Terril Vincent John Walnut Ben Seaborn Jno. L. Croom Thomas Davis Jesse S. Gordon Wm. A. Gibson D. Hardeman, Jr.	A. R. Howell R. H. Rugeley J. R. Thompson Jno. W. Wiggins R. G. Turner G. M. Collinsworth, Jr. A. W. Carothers Jno. W. Brown Jno. W. Gordon Jas. B. Hawkins Saml. W. Hardeman Jesse Mathews H. L. Rugeley Thos. Thompson Edward Wootten Wm. Turner
TO ALL WHICH STATEMENT AND CERTIFICATE I EDWARD S. RUGELEY CAPTAIN AS AFORESAID DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR -- SO HELP ME GOD. (Signed) E. S. Rugeley L S SWORN TO & SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE A.D. 1861. WHICH I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE COUNTY COURT OF MATAGORDA COUNTY . (Signed) James H. Selkirk Clerk C.C.M.C.

MUSTER ROLL OF CANEY MOUNTED RIFLES

CAPTAIN E. S. RUGELEY

CLASS****ACTION****HEADQUARTERS****HARDEMAN

MATAGORDA COUNTY

POST OFFICE OF CAPTAIN & LIEUTENANTS

HARDEMAN, MATAGORDA CO.

OFFICERS

E. S. Rugeley
G. J. Bowie

A. I. Rugeley

Wm. F. Davis

W. H. Wiggans

Chas. Cooper

G. M. Collinsworth, Jr.

R. C. Files

J. I. B. Johnson

J. D. Rugeley

Jno. Duncan, Jr.

I. T. Parks

Gayle Talbot

R. G. Turner

Captain
1st. Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
3rd. Lieut.
Orderly Serjt.
2nd Serjt.
3rd. Serjt.
4th Serjt.
5th Serjt.
1st. Corp.

2nd Corp.
3rd Corp.
4th Corp.
Surgeon

PRIVATES

D. A. Bradshaw

T. J. Barker

R. J. Bruce

Dr. J. W. Brown

A. W. Corothers

Dr. R. H. Chinn

Jno. L. Croom

Geo. K. Davis

Thos. Davis

C. H. Evans

Saml. W. Hardeman

D. Hardeman, Jr.

D. D. Hardeman

A. C. Johnson

J. P. Johnson

Jno. H. Jones, Jr.

Geo. Jones

A. C. Jones

Dr. J. A. Thompson

Wm. Turner

J. or T H. Wood

Benj. Seaborn

A. Forrestier

Wm. Gibson

W. A. Hawkins

J. B. Hawkins

A. R. Howell

Jas. T. Herman

Geo. Hearst

D. A. Hunt

Thos. Hunt

T. J. Harris

Jno. Murphy

Jesse Matthews

Jas. S. Perry

R. H. Rugeley

Dr. H. L. Rugeley

Dr. Thos. Thompson

C. C. W. Roberts

Elijah Roberts

Jno. Walnut

Jno. W. Wiggins

Edward Wooten

T. Vincent

Hardeman, Matagorda Co. 28th July 1861

I do hereby certify that the above is a correct roll of the Officers and Privates of the Caney Mounted Rifles.
E. S. Rugeley, Captain

Hardeman, Matagorda Co. 28th July 1861

I do hereby certify that the Captain & Lieutenants Mentioned in the above Roll were duly elected to their respective offices. W. H. Wiggins, Orderly Serjent

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