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John R. Parker, 21 year old Fun/Tan[?] Smith, 5' 10", born in Tennessee, dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, 3rd Sergeant, Company E, Taylor's Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles (Steven's Regiment Dismounted Rifles), enlisted December 26, 1861 at McKinney, Texas, resigned March 4. reduced from 3rd Sergeant to ranks February 27, 1862, present on June 30, 1862, assigned to duty as 2nd Lieutenant in charge of camp equipment at Camp Wallis, C. N., August 10, 1862, relieved October 10, 1862, last recorded present on the January & February, 1864 muster roll, resigned October 8, 1864 due to consolidation of Steven's Regiment, accepted February 27, 1865, his record contains a note regarding correspondence between the War Department and the Texas Board of Pension Commissioners dated March 8/9, 1915
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas