Sally Staley,
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Below is what I have on your "Spencer A. Willis" and "
A.J. Brumalow." You sent me the death info on your S.A. Willis with the question: "Did he die in Hunt or Johnson County, TX?"
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I sent you the page from my volume II showing your Willis and Brumalow family members in the Hunt County TX militia that enrolled in “Beat 2”.
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WILLIS

Spencer A. Willis, b-1838 Rutherford Co NC-killed before Aug 1867 Hunt or Johnson Co TX; m-Ruth (Brumbelow) Willis Parker; 1860 Johnson Co TX cen p481; Ruth, m,2-1867 Hunt Co TX to James Parker (d-1915 Carter Co OK); Burnet's 1st Sharpshooters, Co A (Hunt Co, TST), A-153
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BRUMBALOW
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A. Brumbalow, b-1819 (Jack Co, TST), 251, A-319
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A. J. Brumblow, b-1832; Rutherford's Infantry; Burnet's 1st TX Sharpshooters, Co A (Brush Battalion, CSA; Hunt Co, TST), A-153, A-343
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Joshua Brumbalow (Fannin Co, TST), A-143
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I may have sent a confusing message about Beat No. 2 versus Precinct No. 2
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The terms “precinct” and “beat” are used interchangeably in some of the Texas censuses and some of the North Texas militia listings.
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My unabridged WEBSTER’s THIRD INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY (1971) definition “9a” for “beat” is “an administrative subdivision of a county in Alabama or Mississippi — called also supervisor district -- an election precinct in Alabama or Mississippi." ... Years ago, I too was curious about the term “beat” and was surprised to find this definition.
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I transcribed exactly what the militia record showed.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com