Sylvanus Howell's 11th Light Artillery Battery - most men from the Fannin County area - is addresed in the 19-page Grayson County CSA widow's pension application #17708 for the service of Relicus Marion Jones, listed as "Rebuen Marion Jones" in Ancestry.com. ..Included are three rather extensive easy-to-read interrogatives by:
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Lt. Wm. A. Routh
Sgt. George W. Blair
Bugler John P. Lair
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Very few of the men of the 11th Field Battery are mentioned in the NARA records, i.e., Fold3. ..e.g., Sgt. G.W. Blair is found in one record as "C.M. Blair" and Bugler John P. Lair is skipped. .. Our friend Curtis Payne had compiled an impressive study of Howell's Battery, but even he did not find this R.M. Jones. ..Below is his entry in my 200-page Name Index.
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JONES, Relicus Marion Jones (1840 TN-1909) m-1863 Colbert I.T. to Mary A. Rogers, 6 ch; Howell's Batty; Grayson Co CSA pension #17708 (Sgt, Fannin Co, TST)
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1870 Fannin co TX cen p171 listed with dad, "Wm. H. Jones"
1880 Fannin Co TX cen p314 listed as "Robt. M. Jones"
1900 Grayson Co TX cen p140 (ED 91 sh 10) listed as "Relius M. Jones"
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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