Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

CIVIL WAR MILITARY VETERANS

1861 - 1865

HOOD COUNTY, TEXAS

Updated 04/25/2004

~ Researched by Virginia Hale ~

Contributions by Preston Furlow, J.T. Sears, Mildred Ford Thormann, Mary Kate Durham, Frank Saffarrans, Stephen Eddleman, Vicki Johnson, W. Cody Martin, Phil Johnson, Keith E. James, Sue Patterson Skinner, Jacqueline Patterson Lynde, Linda Beauchamp, Beverly Scott, Fred Funk, Bobby Wadsworth, LaNelda Williamson Gordon, James Dark, Jean Schweikhard Mueller, Michael Huffstutler, Johneda Tinnan Lee, Irene Bransom Barnes, Richard & Diana Rawlins, Ann Carlton Oppenheimer, Susan Black, Traci Parsons-Holder, Lee Snider, Lance E. Key, Tish Parker, Jeanne Murray Heard, Jim Moody, Gary L. Clark, Kim Deaver, Jane Bledsoe, Joe D. Deaver, J. Richard Warner, Melanie Alexander, Steve Green, Ronald L. Williams, Joy Luttrell Tubbs, Glenn Brooks, Hettie Lena Hayworth, Jay Barker, Robert C. Strickland, Christopher C. Evans, James McEwen, Bobbie Wright, Mike Walsh, David Pinson, Samuel C. Rabon, Pete Walsh, Virginia Lisa Wells, James Barrett, Glen & Donna Talley, Glen Edens, Scott James, Linda Hamilton Schnacke, Vircy B. Macatee, Steven S. Bailey, Peggy Sue Wilson, Debra Osborne Spindle, Somervell County Texas Genealogical & Heritage Society, Katherine Lemaster Dendy, LTC Julian Texas Dendy, Gary Waltrip, Stephanie A. Hill, Kathey Hunt, Leigh-Therese & Ted Smith, Vicki Jones, Dorothy Bernay, Johney Larned & Jeb Loveless

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The background image is of Thomas Purse, age 17, soldier in the Army of the Confederate States of America, killed at the battle of First Manassas in Virginia. His father was the mayor of Savannah, Georgia during the Civil War.

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Hood County, named for Confederate General John B. Hood, was created and organized in 1866 from Johnson County and from a small portion of Erath County. Somervell County was created in 1875 from portions of Hood County and Bosque County.

Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury and notorious outlaw Jesse James are famous Civil War veterans buried in Hood County.

During the Civil War in Texas, there were three types of military activity:

• Confederate States of America - Primarily military service in the Confederate States Army.
• Texas Frontier Scouts - Protected the area of Texas. A distinction is that the soldiers were paid from the state treasury and not from the Confederate treasury. Texas had three military districts organized for the Texas Frontier Scouts. The 20th Brigade, that included Hood County, was in the Second District. It was nicknamed "the Bloody 20th" because it saw little "action." However, it did keep busy with local marauding Indians. The units of the Texas Frontier Scouts receive the same military credit as Confederate soldiers, both for pensions and for entrance of their descendants into genealogical organizations.
• Militia - Local volunteer organizations of most remaining men who protected areas not near military forts or encampments.

Many of the soldiers were injured, killed or died of disease during their Civil War service. Soldiers also died in prison camps like Camp Chase, Ohio and Camp Douglas, Illinois. Bodies were not returned home for burial during the Civil War. Typically one mass grave was made at a battle site or at a prison camp.

Following the Civil War, Hood County experienced a great population explosion. Many people relocated westward due to the great devastation of the war. Civil War veterans from most Confederate states and even some Union states came to Hood County.

The Civil War veterans information was obtained from many different sources: Hood County and Johnson County genealogical records, cemetery records, the Texas State Archives, e-mails with Civil War historians, research at the Clayton Library in Houston, the re-walking of county cemeteries, and from direct descendants.

Especially appreciated in compiling this information are four people:

• Preston Furlow - For his enthusiasm and reliability, and for sharing his knowledge and time.
• J. T. Sears (Tim) - For his significant Lipan area documentation and continuous genealogical research assistance.
• Mildred Ford Thormann - For her historical contributions from the writing of the book Cemeteries of Hood County, Texas.
• Mary Kate Durham - For her excellent book entitled Granbury Cemetery Records.

Many Civil War veterans in Hood County have a reference to their military service on their grave headstone. For this reason, available cemetery records were re-checked.

This web page will continue to be updated as new information comes forth.

If a Hood County Civil War veteran or his wife applied for a pension, the pension application number or numbers are listed, or "Rej" is listed as the indication of a rejected pension application. Copies of pension applications can be obtained from the Confederate Pension Records Index at the Texas State Library & Archives Commission in Austin, Texas.

NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	PLACE OF BURIAL
Abbott, Waddy Thompson Co F Orr's Regiment of Rifles South Carolina Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	05/30/1840 Walhalla, South Carolina	05/23/1884	Ballew Springs Cemetery Parker County, Texas
Abercrombie, Thomas J. Captain Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR & U.S.-MEXICAN WAR	1826	1908	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Able, Ezekiel Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR		03/08/1863	Oak Woods Cemetery Chicago, Illinois Cook County, Illinois
Adams, M. W. Co I 17^th Texas Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	04/01/1835	12/28/1919	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Addison, George W. Sr. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	01/09/1831 State of Coahuila-Texas, Mexico	03/12/1915	Allison Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Ahrens, Fritz Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR			Wife buried in Granbury Cemetery in Hood County, Texas
Akins, T. M. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 28995
Alexander, William M. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 00174
Allen, John Henry Co B 2^nd Mississippi Cav Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 29485	03/18/1834 Person County, North Carolina	02/12/1904	Asbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Allen, William Captain Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Allison, James B. CIVIL WAR	~1829	08/09/1891	Evergreen Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Allison, James H. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	01/23/1839 Alabama	02/18/1919	George’s Creek Cemetery Somervell County, Texas
Anderson, Amzi Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Anderson, S. A. Co B 32^nd Texas Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Andrews, W. A. Captain Co E 46^th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	12/21/1825
Archer, Joel Crawford 3^rd LT Co G 16^th Alabama Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 51771	04/15/1839 Georgia	01/28/1923	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Armstrong, William Smith Co 1 37th Arkansas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 45962 / 50057	12/16/1842 Alabama	07/26/1931	Elm Flat Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Arrington, Charles Thomas Co H 17^th Texas Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 08569	~1835 Arkansas		Friendship Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Arrington, J. M. Pvt Stockton Cavalry MILITIA
Arrington, Joseph Edmond Texas Home Guards Carmichael's 20^th Brigade MILITIA	09/26/1826 Scott County, Arkansas	12/21/1897	Friendship Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Arrington, Thomas W. Co C 20^th Bn TEXAS FRONTIER SCOUTS	03/16/1844 Cherokee County, Republic of Texas	04/01/1925	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Atkins, Thomas M. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / Rej	11/28/1828	01/25/1915	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Atwood, William M. Co K 3^rd Georgia Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 08356
Austin, William H. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	~1846 Alabama
Baker, A. Co G 44^th Virginia Cav Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Baker, Charles W. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	12/28/1849 Texas	04/23/1921	Evergreen Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Baker, Ellis J. Private Co A 14th Regiment South Carolina Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	02/11/1844 South Carolina	03/12/1923	Baptist Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Baker, J. N. S. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	10/01/1831	12/17/1896	Long Creek Cemetery Hood County, Texas "A Crippled Confederate Soldier"
Baker, Joseph E. Union Army CIVIL WAR	~1838 Kentucky
Baldwin, William H. Sgt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Banks, James L. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Barbee, Elias Co K 49^th Illinois Vol Inf Union Army CIVIL WAR	09/03/1840 Williamson County, Tennessee	02/15/1899	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Barber, Isam Washington Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 23520 / 25570	11/16/1844 Upson County, Georgia	12/11/1918	Rough Creek Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Barker, Napoleon Bonaparte Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 34203	10/03/1843 Benton County, Alabama	07/05/1898	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Barker, Usher Freeland Linder Sergeant Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	10/10/1844 Illinois	12/02/1915	George’s Creek Cemetery Somerville County, Texas
Barrett, John Co A 16^th Alabama Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 23526	02/25/1838 Alabama	08/01/1920	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Barton, Joshua Co I 40^th Georgia Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 07251 / 35578	~1827 South Carolina	---	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Baty, John Wilson Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 20166
Beaver, Andrew J. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR		07/29/1863	Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock, Arkansas Pulaski County, Arkansas
Begley, Michel CIVIL WAR
Bell, James M. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Benge, Ware Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Berry, Columbus 5Sgt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR		02/07/1863	Oak Woods Cemetery Chicago, Illinois Cook County, Illinois
Berry, H. Milton M. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Berry, Hugh Thomas Lieutenant Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	07/21/1837 Missouri	07/22/1901	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Berry, Samuel Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Billingsly, Burrell Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Billingsly, Christ. 2Sgt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Billingsly, John J. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR		09/10/1862	Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock, Arkansas Pulaski County, Arkansas
Bills, D. C. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	06/16/1847	11/24/1925	Rough Creek Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bills, O. C. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 38049A
Birdwell, Sam 1^st LT Stockton Cavalry MILITIA
Birdwell, William G. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Blackwell, James Wiley Co B 4^th Reg 12^th Georgia Cav Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	~1825 North Carolina	06/20/1884	Believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Baptist Cemetery in Hood County, Texas
Blake, C. H. Major Kentucky Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	05/11/1814	07/03/1895	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Blake, Joel F. Captain Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	11/01/1838	07/18/1870	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Blanton, Isaac Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Blanton, James W. Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Blevins, Richard Co K 15^th Texas Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR & U.S.-MEXICAN WAR	05/07/1830 Tennessee	08/14/1897	Herring Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Blevins, Sam 1^st Lt Stockton Cavalry MILITIA	---	---	Herring Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bobo, Andrew Green Co E 8^th Georgia Regiment Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 23349	03/19/1838 Floyd County, Georgia	02/19/1903	Cresson Cemetery Johnson County, Texas
Bobo, Andrew Jackson Pvt 22^nd Alabama Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 34524	12/21/1844 Alabama	05/24/1911	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bolton, J. W. Co I 17^th Tennessee Vol Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 22969	12/02/1838 Jackson County, Tennessee	09/02/1918	Post Oak Cemetery Somervell County, Texas
Bond, W. L. Captain Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Bong, Edward Flag Bearer Stockton Cav MILITIA
Boon, George H. Jr. Co A Ganno's Texas Sq TEXAS FRONTIER SCOUTS	02/12/1845	10/03/1907	Thorp Spring Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bowden, John K. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	01/27/1844 Georgia	03/06/1930	Evergreen Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bowden, Samuel Lelan Co B PSS Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	02/27/1836 Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina	07/12/1903	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Boyd, S. T. Co 48^th Alabama Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Bradley, George Alexander Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 21436 / 34651	09/16/1840	09/28/1917	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bradley, J. S. Co F 1^st Texas Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR			Wife buried in Oakland Cemetery in Johnson County, Texas
Brady, Charles CIVIL WAR	~1846	03/08/1907	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brady, King McDonald Co D 4^th Georgia Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 46677	11/12/1829	12/22/1906	Fall Creek Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bransom, Benjamin Johnson County Home Guards MILITIA	12/11/1821 Kentucky	02/03/1882	Prairie Springs Cemetery Johnson County, Texas
Bransom, James William 2Cpl Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 42167 / 42398	04/28/1843 Illinois		Caddo Cemetery Johnson County, Texas
Brazell, William Monroe (Bill) Co F 8^th Alabama Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	1844	1888	Rock Church Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brewer, James Jasper 5A2a Bn Hillyard Legion Company E 5^th Alabama Bn 10^th Alabama Cav Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR 07832 / 34438	07/12/1834	09/04/1902	Nubbin Ridge Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brewer, Sil Co D 32^nd & 58^th Alabama Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 08354
Britt, Rueben Co D 31^st Alabama Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 45607			Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brock, George Franklin 15^th Mississippi Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	05/28/1844 Mississippi	04/25/1907	Nubbin Ridge Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brooks, Christopher Columbus (Chris) Gurley's Co H 30^th Texas Cav Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	06/15/1842	08/21/1895	Hightower Cemetery Erath County, Texas
Brooks, David Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / Rej
Brooks, George Washington Norris' Co B Erath County Frontier Regiment & McCord's Co H Frontier Regiment TEXAS FRONTIER SCOUTS	01/01/1840 Fayette County, Alabama	04/11/1912	Coleman, Texas Coleman County, Texas
Brooks, James Alexander Norris' Co B Erath County Frontier Regiment & McCord's Co H Frontier Regiment TEXAS FRONTIER SCOUTS	04/24/1834 Fayette County, Alabama	02/06/1877	Rock Church Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brooks, Jesse V. Gurley's Co H 30^th Texas Cav TEXAS FRONTIER SCOUTS	09/30/1837 Fayette County, Alabama	05/15/1915	Rock Church Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brown, A. Co F McCreary's Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Brown, Esibius [Eusebius] Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 39978 Left Jackson County, Tennessee in 1869	05/02/1838	09/08/1896	Martin Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Brown, Francis M. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	09/28/1828	07/07/1902	Acton Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Browning, Aaron Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 23424	05/21/1835	11/24/1922	Granbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Browning, Caleb Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	09/17/1832 Alabama	02/23/1912	Asbury Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Bryan, William J. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	~1847 Alabama
Buckaloo, Joseph Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR		04/25/1862	Texas
Bunt, Zebah 3^rd Alabama Regiment CIVIL WAR			Squaw Creek Cemetery Somervell County, Texas
Bupp, Frank Peter CIVIL WAR	1826	1910	Thorp Spring Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Burlingame, Hiram Pvt Co C 10^th Texas Inf Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Burnett, Samuel CIVIL WAR	~1835 Missouri
Butler, Wm. M. Co C 2^nd Texas Infantry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR
Calls, William H. CIVIL WAR
Camp, Benjamin Washington Pvt Co E 1st Battalion Mississippi Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	12/19/1846 Holly Springs, Mississippi	01/29/1913	Squaw Creek Cemetery Somervell County, Texas
Campbell, Daniel W. Union Army CIVIL WAR	04/08/1842 Ohio	11/08/1923	Evergreen Cemetery Hood County, Texas
Caraway, Louis J. (Luke) Co G 30^th Texas Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	04/21/1839 Gibson County, Tennessee	12/21/1919	Thorp Spring Cemetery Hood County, Texas Arkansas Post Battle
Cardwell, Henry G. Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR	02/14/1843 Alabama	04/25/1910	Cresson Cemetery Johnson County, Texas
Carlton, George Washington Co H 1^st Texas Hood's Brigade Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR / 32843	02/22/1843 Marion County, Tennessee	01/10/1929	Graham, Texas Young County, Texas