Angelina County

Company D, Seventh Texas Cavalry, was organized in September, 1861. It was mustered into service at San Antonio  and assigned  to the Seventh Regiment of General Sibley's Brigade, afterwards better known as General Tom Green's Brigade.

William H. Cleaver, an attorney‑at‑law,  b. Alabama, c. 1836, migrated to Texas in 1858 and settled in Homer, Angelina  County. In 1860, Cleaver was  elected  Chief Justice of Angelina  County, a position  he held until he resigned  to join the army. He enrolled “The Angelina Troop” in Homer, Angelina  County, on September  20, 1861. “The Angelina Troop” was  mustered  into Confederate  service for “the  war” in San Antonio  as Company D, 7th Regiment Texas  Mounted Volunteers  on October 24, 1861.

Company  D set out from San Antonio  for the  West the latter part of December  and  probably reached Fort Bliss in February, 1862. “The Angelina  Troop” formed  a portion of Colonel William Steele's  force in the Mesilla‑El Paso area, and, thus, did not take part in the New Mexico campaign proper. The unit made up part of the rear guard which evacuated  Ari­zona  and  far West  Texas  in July, 1862. While   engaged  in  foraging  operations, Company  D fought  several skirmishes  with the local Mexi­cans, losing Cleaver and five men. The same day  that  the captain  was  killed, Lieutenant  Hampton  A. Parton was elected  to replace  him. The Census of 1860 records  Parton  as an unmarried, Tennessee‑born  merchant   resid­ing  in Homer.

Of the eighty  men on this roll, one was left  behind sick and three men were discharged  prior to leaving San Antonio  for the West. While  en route three  men were left  behind  because  of illness, and one was medically   discharged, leaving  Company D with seventy-­two  on reaching Fort Bliss. Five men were killed, three were medically   discharged, three  transferred  to the Valverde  Battery, two resigned, one died, and two who were left behind sick the El Paso Hospital were taken prisoner. Assuming that the three who had been left behind on the march to Fort Bliss rejoined their command, Company  D returned  to San Antonio with no more than fifty-nine fit for duty.

Our thanks to Barry Lemmons for supplying us with this information.

 

Commanding Officers

Captain William H. Cleaver
 

Company Officers

1st Lt. Andrew L. Hudiburgh (Pri. in TST)
2nd Lt. Hampton A. Parton
2nd Lt. George W. Eaton

 Non-Commissioned Officers

Orderly Sgt. Charles Pate
Quartermaster Sgt. Mont Cushman
Sgt. John J. Spears
Sgt. Samuel Brown
Sgt. S. Milton Tucker

Corporals

Cpl. Samuel Hudiburgh
Cpl. R.W. Thompson
Cpl. Aaron Hutchinson
 

 Buglers

Cpl. Samuel S. Page, Bugler

 

Privates

Burrel H. Alexander John Alexander W. Parks Allen Ben Allen Alexander H. Baxter ______ Bennett Berry S. Brashears Walk Brashears John M. Brashears B.W. Brewer J. (Scrap) Bruce Tom Burrows (Burris) Robert Byrd Edwin 0.Campbell Duce Cherry William H.A. Clayton Thomas J. Cole George J. Collins Lewis Conner Samuel Corley G. Washington Cornett Simeon Courson (Coulson) Robert J. Courtney Rube W. Courtney Jeff Courtney Sol Courtney Jerry Crane Nick Crane Tom Crane John Crutchfield E.R. Daniels (Daniel) Dolph Daniels J.W. Davis W.H. Davis Jim (James A.) Denton Frank Duron John (Johnathan) Elliot Tillman Evans Amos Fairchild George Washington Fairchild Henry Fairchild Lafayette Finley James Forest B.J. Fuller Charles Grimes John Grimes Pleasant Grimes Lee Guinn Gammon Guinn Simon Guinn Thomas B. Haley ______ Hanchett ______ Harrison Charles Havard Mayor Havard Levy Hearn John W. Herron (Hearn) T.L. Herron Sam Husband C.T. Jones Hamp Jones Henry Jones James Jones J. Cal Jones J.H. Jones Tib Jones

Lewis Jordan James Kirkwood Alexander Lattie (Latta) Marion Lee William H. Lee William M. Lemonds William G. or William H. Lindsay George W. Marlow (Marler) _____ Martin George Massengill Nathaniel B. Massengill George Maulden W. Haden Maulden Napol Maulding W.E. McGaughe John G. McInnis Sam P. McInnis (McGinnis) Ephraim Henry Foster McMullen John Middleton J. Berry Moore James Nelson Benjamin Franklin Nerren George Nerren James Neyland Fayette Norris John W. Oates Jim Osburn Mack Owens Charles Page Sam Page _____ Patton, Jr. _____ Patton, Sr. Jim Perkins John Perkins James S. Phillips William S. Phillips Sebe Phillips _____ Phillips W. Dave Pratt Ben H. Renfro James D. Renfro Charles Allen Rush John W. Scott William H. Smith John Spears Sebe Spears Walter Spears George H. or George M. Spivey Alfred Salem Squyres Silas J. Squyres William H. Standard Stephen L. Stanley Solomon Sterne Sol Stevens James J. Stringer Joe Stringer Peter Stringer A. Jackson Tuberville S. Milton Tucker Austin Vinson Boss Weeks Jap Weeks J.M. Weeks J.N. Weeks J. Robert Weeks Jesse Welch