Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records Program - TEXAS Corrections? Additions? Click here! 02/22/22
Post No. Alt. No. Post Name City County Repository Location Collection Name Description of Item(s) Medium/Condition Informant Date Dept. Source
000   (Department) N/A N/A               TX N/A
001   McPherson Sherman Grayson               TX JH1
002   W. S. Hancock Galveston Galveston               TX TX1
003   E. J. Davis / E. O. C. Ord San Antonio Bexar               TX JH1
004   William S. Parmley Fort Worth Tarrant               TX JH1, DE1
005   Nathaniel Lyon Denison Grayson               TX/Gulf TX1
006   George H. Thomas Dallas Dallas               TX JH1
006   Richard J. Oglesby Dallas Dallas               TX DE1
007     Cleburne Johnson               TX TX1
009   George B. McClellan Houston Harris               TX JH1
010   Joseph A. Mower Austin Travis               TX JH1
011   John A. Dix Dallas Dallas               TX JH1
012   Samuel R. Curtis Gainesville Cooke               TX JH1
013   F. Hurst Wills Point / Terrell Van Zandt               TX JH1
014     Howe Grayson               TX TX1
015   Garfield Bells Grayson               TX JH1
015     Pink Hill / Grayson Grayson               TX TX1
016   Lincoln Whitesboro Grayson               TX JH1
017   W. H. Lewis Fort Clark Kinney       Note:  A major flood destroyed all records in the Kinney County courthouse on June 14, 1899.  It is likely that GAR records were destroyed in this event.   Pedro Zuniga, San Antonio, TX Jun-2014 TX JH1
018   Ellsworth McKinney Collin               TX JH1
019   Emmett (Emmet) Crawford El Paso El Paso       A list of deceased members of the Post was published in the El Paso Herald, 29 May 1918, pg. 4.       TX JH1, DE1
020   Phil Kearney Lampasas Lampasas               TX JH1
021   E. A. Starling Temple Bell               TX JH1
022 079 Joe Hooker Laredo Webb               TX JH1, DE1
023   John A. Logan Denton Denton               TX JH1
025   Phil H. Sheridan Wichita Falls Wichita               TX JH1
025   Phil Sheridan Georgetown Williamson               TX JH1
026   George W. Wright Paris Lamar               TX JH1
027   John B. Murry Palestine Anderson               TX JH1
028   Farragut Cameron Milam               TX JH1
029   Oliver P. Morton Waco McLennan               TX JH1
030   Simon Cameron Bowie Montague               TX JH1
031   U. S. Grant Wichita Falls Wichita               TX JH1
032   Custer Bonham Fannin               TX JH1
033   E. M. Stanton Vernon Wilbarger               TX JH1
035   Meade Decatur Wise               TX JH1
036   Jeff C. Davis Fort Davis Jeff Davis Private collection of John Martin Davis, Jr. "Entrusted to the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University"  Sul Ross State University, East Highway 90, Alpine, TX; website http://ww2.sulross.edu/museum/ Private collection Descriptive Book and Minutes. Orginal bound volumes Southwestern Historical Quarterly Jul-2011 TX JH1
037   Augustus Belknap San Antonio Bexar               TX JH1
038   Putnam Marshall Harrison               TX JH1
039   Sedgwick Fort Worth Jeff Davis               TX JH1
040   Kilpatrick Belton Bell University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 900 College St, Belton, TX 76513; website www.umhb.edu/ Uncertain.  Last reported in 1967 by Dayton Baylor, MJ, Director of Journalism and Publicity "A box full of the records, along with miscellaneous publications of the National and State headquarters, several letters, and even a couple of medals worn by members of the GAR."  The collection was discovered in a box, and almost every item in it had been shreaded or torn.  The contents of the collection were described by Dayton Kelley (Mary Hardin-Baylor College) in an article in the Waco Tribune-Herald, 29 Jan. 1967, pg. 8C. Shredded and torn. Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Nov-2017 TX JH1
042   A. J. Hamilton Austin Travis               TX JH1
044   Washington Henrietta Clay               TX JH1
045   S. J. Randall / U. S. Grant Weatherford Parker               TX JH1, DE1
046   R. S. McKenzie Del Rio Val Verde               TX JH1
047   John C. Fremont Sulphur Springs Hopkins               TX JH1
048   Canby Jacksboro Jack               TX JH1
049   George Crook San Antonio Bexar               TX JH1
050   D. D. Porter Canadian Hemphill               TX JH1
051   Sherman Granbury Hood               TX JH1, DE1
052   A. G. Smith Goldthwaite Mills               TX JH1
053   Opdycke Jefferson Marion               TX JH1
054   E. J. Davis Corpus Christi Nueces               TX JH1
055   Ransom / Sam Huston Dublin Erath               TX JH1
056   Burnside Springton Wise / Parker               TX JH1, LOC
057   P. E. Holcomb Mason Mason               TX JH1
058   J. C. Croxton Alvord Wise               TX JH1
059   Dick Yates Baird Callahan               TX JH1
060   Rousseau Graham Young               TX JH1
061   Sill Weatherford Parker               TX JH1
062   Winfield Scott Kaufman Kaufman               TX JH1
063   Lytle Greenville Hunt               TX LOC
064   Terry Fredericksburg Gillespie               TX LOC
065   Wood Coleman Coleman               TX LOC
066   Travis Abilene Taylor / Jones               TX LOC
067   A. M. Barney Brownsville Cameron               TX LOC, DE1
068   Hooker Texarkana Bowie               TX LOC
069   Wesley Merritt San Angelo Tom Green               TX LOC, DE1
070   Davy Crockett Waco McLennan               TX TX1
071   Raum Poolville Parker               TX LOC
072   Wainwright Alvin Brazoria               TX LOC
073   Hooker Ennis Ellis               TX LOC
074   Kit Carson Waco McLennan               TX TX1/2
075   San Jacinto La Porte Harris               TX DE1
078   J. J. Vardiman Gatesville Coryell               TX DE1
079 022 Joe Hooker Laredo Webb               TX DE1
080   H. W. Lawton Beaumont Jefferson               TX DE1
081   E. H. Liscum Orange Orange               TX DE1
082   McKinley Corsicana Navarro               TX DE1
083   James A. Garfield Victoria Victoria               TX DE1
Sources (for Post name, number, and location data only):
TX1 = The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas (Waco: Texan Press), 1972
TX2 = Bob Brinkman, Sam Houston Camp #3, SUVCW Dept of Southwest, 2000
JH1 = Jeff Henningfield, SUVCW Gov Isaac Stevens Camp-at-Large #1; GAR Post Project Chair, 2000
LOC = Library of Congress, 2011
DE1 = Dean A. Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020
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