NEWTON McCLUSKY PROCTOR ~ BELL COUNTY BELTON TEXAS HOME GUARDS
Item #: CWB10866
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PHOTO OF NEWTON McCLUSKY PROCTOR, SR. ~ PIONEER OF BELL COUNTY TEXAS
MEMBER OF THE "HOME GUARDS BATTALION"
Pvt Newton McCluskey Proctor, Sr
BIRTH 8 Feb 1814 Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 14 Sep 1885 (aged 71) BURIAL Proctor Cemetery
Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA
MOUNT IS 6" X 8" WITH OVAL OF PROCTOR MEASURING 4 2/4" IN HEIGHT
BELTON, TEXAS, PHOTOGRAPHER
COMES WITH A COUPLE OF PRINT-OUTS ON THE LIFE OF PROCTOR WHO WAS AN EARLY CITIZEN OF BELL COUNTY. PROCTOR PURCHASED A 1000 ACRES AND ENDED UP HAVING 15 CHILDREN.
Captain James H. Weathersbee's Company, a cavalry company originally raised by Captain William Howeth in 1864 to serve in a "Home Guards Battalion," was composed of men over and under the draft age (45 and 18, respectively). As the company prepared to leave Bell County, Howeth was promoted to major, and Captain Weathersbee then commanded the unit until the end of the war. The company served in the central parts of the state, preserved order and arrested deserters, draft-dodgers, bushwhackers, thieves and "lawless and suspicious characters," according to Tyler. Except for a few men who served on "detached coast guard service" under a Captain (Daniel?) McMillan, none of Company B, Battalion Home Guards was sent to the war's front lines, Tyler records.
MEMBER OF THE "HOME GUARDS BATTALION"
Pvt Newton McCluskey Proctor, Sr
BIRTH 8 Feb 1814 Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 14 Sep 1885 (aged 71) BURIAL Proctor Cemetery
Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA
MOUNT IS 6" X 8" WITH OVAL OF PROCTOR MEASURING 4 2/4" IN HEIGHT
BELTON, TEXAS, PHOTOGRAPHER
COMES WITH A COUPLE OF PRINT-OUTS ON THE LIFE OF PROCTOR WHO WAS AN EARLY CITIZEN OF BELL COUNTY. PROCTOR PURCHASED A 1000 ACRES AND ENDED UP HAVING 15 CHILDREN.
Captain James H. Weathersbee's Company, a cavalry company originally raised by Captain William Howeth in 1864 to serve in a "Home Guards Battalion," was composed of men over and under the draft age (45 and 18, respectively). As the company prepared to leave Bell County, Howeth was promoted to major, and Captain Weathersbee then commanded the unit until the end of the war. The company served in the central parts of the state, preserved order and arrested deserters, draft-dodgers, bushwhackers, thieves and "lawless and suspicious characters," according to Tyler. Except for a few men who served on "detached coast guard service" under a Captain (Daniel?) McMillan, none of Company B, Battalion Home Guards was sent to the war's front lines, Tyler records.
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Item # CWB10866
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