Stell, F.F...........Pvt..42...0 1 0................Jun 29,64
Stell, Hiram T....Pvt..42............Jan 30,64.............Died April 10,64
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The number 42 refers to the soldier's age in 1864. ..The "0 1 0" means Rifles 0 Shot Guns 1 Pistols 0.
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Keep in mind that I transcribed 3 sets of Dillahaunty 1864 records, one set, in a different hand, shows a mustering-out listing. All three sets are copied from field records, which means I have to second guess any name I cannot find in a contemporaneous record. ..All totaled, I transcribed 240 North Texas militia listings for my 1,046-page book, so I have a feel for the soldiers in my database.
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It makes sense that "Andrew Armstrong Stell" came to North Texas in response to his brother's death and stayed to serve the Confederate cause. .. Many who were pressured to serve in some capacity came to Texas because the patroling-North-Texas assignments were boring, but the chances of their being killed was negligible. ..And yes, I looked for "A.A. Stell" in the Confederate records. ..Yes, I think this was his ONLY service for the CSA cause.
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Below are "Stell, Still, Stelle, Stull" entries in question from my 200-page Name Index. Editor's note: The 1860 Pike Co AR cen p493 shows both "A.A. Stelle and H.T. Stelle. Ancestry.com shows that they were brothers.
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STELL, F.F. Stell, b-1822 (Palo Pinto Co, TST)
STELL, G.W. Still (Parker Co TX)
STELL, Hiram T. Stelle (1825 SC-1864) m-C. Brock; 1860 Pike Co AR cen p493 (Palo Pinto Co, TST)
STELL, Washington (1826-Apr 28, 1864) (Wise Co, TST)
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This "G.W. Still" is probably the same person as the "Washington Still" in Hank's 1864 Wise Co TX militia. "G.W. Still" was a signature on a petition.
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Ancestry.com states: "Hiram T. Stell died Apr 10, 1864 Pilot Point, Denton Co TX." ..CSA Col. James Bourland and TST Major J.W. Throckmorton were sending many men to patrol Denton County TX in that era.
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Goodspeed (1890)
http://www.pcahs.org/pcaolr/bio01/bio-0088.htm
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Quoting: "He served in the late (Civil) war entering Company G, Cravin's regiment under Gen. Churchill, in 1864, and served until the close of the war. May
28, 1865 he returned home and resumed farming."
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Andrew Armstrong Stell's obituary reads: ""Capt. Stell came to Arkansas with his parents ... (about 1840) settling in Clark county, where he lived some few
years (three) before settling in Pike County... Capt. Stell served in the Confederate Army as a member of Co. G. Craven's Regiment, under Gen. Thomas J. Churchill, returning to his home on May, 1865... He served as Justice of the Peace in his Township for ten years, and as Coroner of Pike county for a period of ten years."
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Quoting a genealogy.com entry:
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Hiram T. Stell, born 1825 in Barnwell Co, SC; died April 10, 1864 in Texas; married Chairity Brock 1851 in Pike County, AR; b-Feb 09, 1832 in Grainger County, Tennessee; died April 23, 1919 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
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Was "G.W. Still of Parker Co TX" the same person as "Washington Still of Wise Co TX"?
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Again, please help me determine if "Andrew Armstrong Stell" was in Dillahaunty's 1864 militia.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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