Re: Captain William Banta - Frontier Regiment Co.
Michelle, we were looking up the Bantas today bad I saw your name. My mother is Lavoy Burke Miller Leach. She and Georgia were close, along with Aunt Mayme's kids. We read the book William Banta wrote several years ago. My sister bought it at the UT library if I'm not mistaken. My ex brother-in-law bought a copy online. I've never been sure if Grandfather Banta was one of the first Texas Rangers or if his father was. One of them was tough. Jerri Hanson, another of the cousins, was doing genealogy on the "clan" a few years back. She has since died and her husband is in an assisted living facility in Lamesa. I'll try to contact one of her sons and see if they have her work. I will send a copy to you if I get a copy.