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White men in 1st Chickasaw Cavalry Battalion

Below is a list of 54 white men in the 1st Chickasaw Cavalry Battalion in 1865 whose records show they joined the battalion prior to Feb. 1864. (Does not include Texans of the original company E who became Capt. John J. Scanland's company and later company A of Scanland's Squadron.)

This battalion was organized for service in the Chickasaw Nation and was, in whole or in part, stationed at various times at Ft Cobb, Ft Arbuckle, Ft Washita, Rock Academy (Wapanucka), and Cochran's (Pontotoc, later Old Stonewall and Frisco).

First organization in late 1861 under Lt. Col. Joseph D. Harris.

Reorganized in Oct. 1862 under Lt. Col. Lemuel M. Reynolds (formerly captain, Co. E, 1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles).

Reorganized in Oct. 1864 under Lt. Col. Martin Shecoe (promoted from captain, co. A), also know as Shecoe's Chickasaw Battalion. Became part of Col. R.W. Lee's command on NW frontier of Indian Territory.

White men by given residence
Texas - 27
Arkansas - 10
Other - 17

Texas
Blair, Wesley -- Grayson Co. TX
Blue, William D. -- Grayson Co. TX
Carroll, A.J. -- Grayson Co. TX
Chaffin, W.R. -- Grayson Co. TX
Crawford, Samuel F. -- Grayson Co. TX
Davis, Mathew -- Grayson Co. TX
De graffenried, V.M. -- Grayson Co. TX
Doyle, Thomas -- Grayson Co. TX
Drew, Judson -- Houston, TX
Eskew, John E. -- Grayson Co. TX
Garner, Robert -- Grayson Co. TX
Garrison, A.J. -- Grayson Co. TX
Glover, Richard -- Grayson Co. TX
Harris, A.J. -- Hunt Co. TX
Hill, Thomas -- Grayson Co. TX
Lankford, Green -- Grayson Co. TX
Mitchell, John -- Grayson Co. TX
Mondier, Peter -- Grayson Co. TX
Ravier, Joseph -- Grayson Co. TX
Reasenover, Jacob -- Panola Co TX
Reasonover, John -- Grayson Co. TX
Rector, Banks (F.B.) -- Grayson Co. TX
Turley, B.F. -- Grayson Co. TX
Turley, James -- Grayson Co. TX
Weldon, Frank -- Grayson Co. TX
Wiley, Jerome -- Grayson Co. TX
Wyrick, Jacob -- Grayson Co. TX

Arkansas
Coaehill, Absalom -- Sebastian Co. AR
Lewis, E.L. -- Ft Smith AR
Merrill, Joseph D. -- Sebastian Co. AR
Nixon, George W. -- Rocky Comfort AR
Oliver, James C. -- AR
Sinclair, William -- AR
Stoffer (Stouffer), Smith -- AR
Wacacy, Zone -- AR

Other
Appleton, F.R. -- Choctaw Nation
Bussell, John T. -- Chickasaw Nation
Cain, Charles -- Chickasaw Nation
Calaway, Wesley -- not known
Courtain, Richard -- Chickasaw Nation
Degnoe, Narcissus -- Army
Faulkner, C.M. -- not known
George, William R. -- Chickasaw Nation
Hensley, Robert L. -- Chickasaw Nation
Martin, James -- Cherokee Nation
Martin, Walker -- Choctaw Nation
Reynolds, Thomas -- Chickasaw Nation
Smith, A.J. (Jourdan A.?) -- Chickasaw Nation
Thompson, David G. -- Choctaw Nation
Tiner, Jackson -- Chickasaw Nation
Wheat, Samuel -- Choctaw Nation
Woodlock, Edw. -- St Louis, MO

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