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Post by benotforgot on Mar 1, 2005 22:19:55 GMT -6
Back in August of 1999, I spent a thoroughly enjoyable day at the Confederate Research Center in Hillsboro. I was researching three of my great-great-grandfathers, and I think I found our William Paschal Henry, Sr. as a member of the 7th Texas Field Battery (out of Brazoria County, Texas) beginning in 1861.
I then stopped at the Waxahachie Library on the way home and checked the 1860 census, and I think I found him in 1860 in Matagorda County, Texas working as an Overseer.
According to "family lore" amongst the descendants of our William Paschal Henry, Sr. . . .
It has also been stated that Wm. P. "...at the age of 17...ran away from home to join the Confederate Army." But, according to the information in the family Bible, Wm. P. was born 19 Feb 1836, which means he was 25 years old at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 — not seventeen.
Now I'm no expert on the war between the states (1861-1865), but my limited research shows that Hood's Texas Brigade was organized on 22 October 1861 in Richmond, Virginia, and was initially composed of the —
- First Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment
- Fourth Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment
- Fifth Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment*
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On 20 November 1861, the Texas brigade was joined by the —
- Eighteenth Georgia Infantry*
On 1 June 1862, eight infantry companies were added from Wade Hampton's —
And in November 1862 the brigade was joined by the —
- Third Arkansas Infantry*
*Both the Georgia and South Carolina units were transferred out in November 1862, but the Third Arkansas remained until the end of the war in 1865.
So as far as a William Henry in Hood's Brigade goes —
- there was a William B. Henry in the 1st Texas Inf. as well as one in the 5th
- there was a W. P. Henry in the 18th Georgia Inf., but he is listed elsewhere as Wm. Perry Henry
- there was a W. R. Henry in the 4th Texas Inf.
I found no Wm. Henry in the 3rd Arkansas, or in the South Carolina Legion.
Of course, there is no way possible for the records to be complete. Our William Paschal Henry may be listed incorrectly, or his record may not exist at all. But don't quit reading yet! Here's something else to consider!
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 1, 2005 22:22:20 GMT -6
There is a William P. Henry who enlisted 19 October 1861 for twelve months "in the service of the Confederate States" at Columbia in Brazoria County, Texas. He then re-enlisted 1 April 1862 at Velasco "for the war." This Wm. P. says he is twenty-six years old, which would be the right age for our Wm. P.
There is also a William P. Henry living in Matagorda County (right next door to Brazoria Co., where Josephine is living) at the time of the 1860 census. He is listed as twenty-five years of age, and says he was born in Kentucky. He is working as an overseer, and there are no other Henrys or Kentuckians shown as living near him.
Now, we know that our William Paschal Henry was in Brazoria County on 1 March 1864, because that's when he married Josephine Wingfield Davis. Their marriage service was performed by W. C. Somerville, Minister, at the residence of Mr. James W. Lance in said county.
Josephine was not quite fifteen years of age when her mother died in 1857. By 1860, Josephine was in Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, along with her father and her brothers, as well as her married sister, Margaret (Davis) Antony, and her family.
One of Josephine's brothers died 13 March 1862, and her father died 30 November 1863. So it is probable that Josephine was living with her sister when she married Wm. P. in March of 1864.
According to Margaret's Application of Indigent Widow of Soldier of the late Confederacy for pension under the Act of May 12, 1899 ...
So now we have Josephine's brother-in-law as a Confederate Surgeon not only in the same part of Texas as the following Wm. P. Henry, but even in the same Cavalry unit. Perhaps that has something to do with how Josephine and Wm. P. met? I've heard stories of Josephine being one who was called upon often by ailing neighbors. Mayhaps she learned her skills assisting her brother-in-law?
The first child of our Wm. P. & Josephine was born in Brazoria County in October of 1865, so Wm. P. & Josephine had to have been keeping company with each other somewhere around the beginning of 1865. The baby girl was named Margaret, presumably after Josephine's sister, Margaret.
As you will see in the following excerpts from "company muster rolls," the last record of the Wm. P. who enlisted at Columbia is dated Nov-Dec 1863, when it was stated that he was last paid to June 3.
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 1, 2005 22:22:52 GMT -6
October 1861 — This Texas command was mustered into the service of the Confederate States, October 19, 1861, as Captain W. G. Moseley's Light Artillery Company, Bates' Regiment Texas Volunteers and subsequently became Company D of that organization.
William P. Henry
7 Texas Field Battery.
Moseley's Company Light Artillery.
Confederate.
Artificer/Sergeant.
~ Company Muster Rolls ~
Wm. P. Henry
Age 26 years.
Enlisted Oct. 19, 1861 at Columbia.
Period ~ 12 mo.
No. of miles to rendezvous 30.
Valuation of horse $100.
Valuation of equipments $35.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Art'y Co. D,
Bates' Reg't Texas Vols.
Oct. 19 to Dec. 31, 1861.
Wm. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Capt. W. G. Moseley's
L. Art'y Co.,
Bates' Regiment Texas Volunteers.
Jan & Feb, 1862.
Promoted Oct 20, 1861.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Capt. Wm. G. Moseley's Cav. Co.,
Brown's Batt'n Texas Volunteers.
Roll dated Velasco, Tex.
Mch 6, 1862.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Co. B, Brown's Batt'n Texas Cav.
Feb 28 to Mch 31, 1862.
Last paid to Feb 28.
April 1862 — Moseley's Light Artillery Company was reorganized as Captain Wm. G. Moseley's Company Texas Cavalry, April 1, 1862, and assigned to the 12th (Brown's) Battalion Texas Cavalry as Company B. Brown's Battalion was formed April 3, 1862, by the transfer of four cavalry companies from the 4th (Bates) Regiment Texas Volunteers.
~ Company Muster-in Roll ~
Wm. P. Henry
2 Sgt., Age 26 years.
7 Field Battery.
Batt'y B,
Fontaine's Batt'n L. Art'y.
Roll dated Velasco, Tex.
April 1, 1862.
Re-enlisted Apr 1, 1862
"for the war"
No. of miles to rendezvous 60.
Valuation of horse $175.
Bounty paid.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Capt. W. G. Moseley's Company
Light Artillery.
Mch 31 to Apr 30, 1862.
Last paid to Mch 1.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Co. B, Brown's Batt'n Texas Cav.
May & June, 1862.
Last paid to Mch 1.
W. P. Henry
~ Regimental Return ~
35 Cav. (Brown's.) Texas.
Sgt., Co. B,
Brown's Batt'n Texas Cav.
Aug., 1862.
On detached service Aug. 23
to Oyster Creek.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Co. B, Brown's Batt'n Texas Cav.
Nov & Dec, 1862.
Last paid to Aug 31.
Absent sick.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Co. B, Brown's Batt'n Texas Cav.
Jan & Feb, 1863.
Last paid to Dec 31.
March 1863 — (1st) Company B of the 12th (Brown's) Battalion Texas Cavalry (formerly Moseley's Company Texas Cavalry) was transferred on March 1, 1863, and assigned to the 7th (Fontaine's) Battalion Texas Light Artillery, a temporary organization, as Company B.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Batt'y B, Fontaine's Batt'n
L Art'y.
Mch & Apr, 1863.
Last paid to Feb 28, 1863.
November 1863 — The 7th (Fontaine's) Battalion Texas Artillery was increased to a regiment of ten companies November 11, 1863, by the transfer of four cavalry companies from the 13th (Bates') Regiment Texas Infantry (formerly the 4th Regiment Texas Volunteers). This organization was also known as Brown's Regiment Texas Cavalry but it was officially designated the 35th Regiment Texas Cavalry by the A.&I.G.O.
W. P. Henry
7 Field Battery.
Capt. W. G. Moseley's Company
Light Artillery.
Nov & Dec, 1863.
Last paid to June 3.
December 1863~January 1864 — Moseley's Texas Battery, under Capt. W. G. Moseley, was serving on the Texas coast in the Counties of Brazoria, Galveston and East Matagorda. Regimental occupants of coastal camps in Brazoria and East Matagorda Counties, including Galveston Island, included Moseley's Battery at Camp near Cedar Lake, at Camp on Cedar Bayou, and at Camp at Instruction (aka Camp Wharton #2). Troops were in constant movement from camp to camp.
The 35th Texas Battery, under Col. R. R. Brown, was serving on the Texas coast in the Counties of Brazoria, Galveston and East Matagorda. Regimental occupants of coastal camps in Brazoria and East Matagorda Counties, including Galveston Island, included the 35th Texas Cavalry at Camp near San Bernard, at Camp near Cedar Lake, at Camp on Cedar Bayou, at Camp near Sandy Point, and at Camp on Lavaca.
November 1864 — ...By S. O. No. 290, Hdqrs. Trans~Miss. Dept., dated November 19, 1864, 35th Regiment Texas Cavalry was designated the 7th Texas Field Battery and assigned to the 1st Battalion Field Artillery.
- Confederate Research Center, Hill College Campus, Hillsboro, Texas
- Confederates on the Caney — An Illustrated Account of the Civil War on the Texas Gulf Coast by Bobby J. McKinney, Mouth of Caney Publication, 1994.
- Texas — The Dark Corner of the Confederacy — Contemporary Accounts of the Lone Star State in the Civil War edited by B. P. Gallaway, University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
- Lone Star Blue and Gray — Essays on Texas in the Civil War edited by Ralph A. Wooster, Texas State Historical Association, 1995.
October 1999 — This draft report was prepared by Vickie (Pounders) Everhart. Please send any comments, corrections, etc. to Vickie.Everhart@gmail.com.
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Post by benotforgot on Apr 22, 2008 18:54:48 GMT -6
FYI -- my sister, Rebecca, called me this afternoon to tell me she had a conversation with a Mary Alice Poe in Rockdale today -- and that "they" (not sure who "they" is) had placed 7 CSA markers in the Murray Cemetery yesterday -- including one for our William Paschal Henry.
I sent the above information to the Murray Cemetery folks quite a while back, and it was part of the cemetery history that was submitted for gaining approval of the Murray Cemetery as a Historic Texas Cemetery. There is to be a ceremony of some sort at the cemetery sometime this year. Will let y'all know when I find out.
Note -- just a reminder that this month of April IS Confederate Heritage Month in Texas. And to quote another Texas Confederate soldier --
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