George Martin of Sparks NV,
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You are a God's-send. ..Yes, a God's-send to those of us who are striving to identify the military units that were patrolling the North and West Frontier during the last 1-1/2 years of the Civil War.
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Thank you for your Archibald McFarland posting, that answers my September 1864 "Capt. A. McFarland" question that is addressed in the following OFFICIAL RECORD entry, ORsIv412[S#84]p1098:
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Abstract from the return of the Northern Sub. District of Texas, Brig. Gen. Henry E. McCulloch commanding for the month of August, 1864.
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General headquarters ..... (in Bonham, Fannin Co TX)
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33d Texas Cavalry (Col. James Duff)
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Border Regiment Texas Cavalry (Col. James Bourland)
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Good's Battalion Texas Cavalry (Col. Chaplin Good) .... part of Wells' Battn.
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15th Texas Cavalry (Col. George H. Sweet)
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McCulloch Rangers (Capt. A. McFarland) .... listed as "McFarland's Co." in National Archives mirofilm reels M-323-189 and M-323-190. ..not "McCulloch's Rangers"
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Bone's Company Cavalry (Capt. John W. Bone)
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Wilson's Company Cavalry. (Capt. T. R. Wilson, "Capt. T.A. Wilson" per American Civil War Research Database) part of Showalter's 4th TX Cav. Regt, Arizona Brigade
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Rutherford's Company Infantry (Capt. A. A. Rutherford)
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Company Light Artillery (Capt. G. R. Dashiell)
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Since I've asked several McFarland questions on this forum, I am displaying the "McFarland" entries in my Name Index.
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McFARLAND, McFARLIN
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Albert McFarland, b-1822 MO; m-Eliz, 1 ch; 1850 Fann cen p31 (1838, Stout's Red Riv Rangers), 20
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Andrew Jackson or Jackson M., see Jackson McFarland (1817-1883)
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Archibald McFarland, b-1839 NY; 1860 Fort Bend Co TX cen p381; m-1873 Kerr Co TX to Jessie A. Coldwell; was Kerr Co. District & County Clerk; Baylor's 2d TX Cav. “Ladies' Rangers” Co's I and K; promoted Mar 3, 1864 to Capt. A. McFarland's Co. Unattached Cavalry in Northern Sub-Dist, see ORsIv412[S#84]p1098; transferred Dec 1864 to Hardeman's Cav. in Harris Co TX; resigned Mar 1, 1865, A-21, A-22
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Arthur Rodney (1845 TX-1899 Chickasha, I.T.) m-1867 Fann Co TX to Mary E. (Terry) Chamblee; Stevens' 22d Cav-1st Indian TX Regt, Co C (Hawpe's 31st Cav, Co I, furloughed 15 days, report to Hdqts Oct 20, 1863; Brush Battn, CSA), A-345
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Jackson, Andrew Jackson McFarland (1817 St Genevieve Co MO-1883 Fann Co TX) m-1845 Fann Co TX to Artemissa Pence (Lt, Co F, Bourland's Regt), 21, 22, 29, 302, 316, 318, A-5, A-9, A-16, A-21, A-23, A-30, A-124, A-151, A-196
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James (1838, Stout's Red Riv Rangers), 20
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James E. (1833 St Francois Co MO-1865) starving, ate green corn that killed him on way home from war; 22d Cav-1st Indian TX Regt, Co C (Fann Co, TST), A-148
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James M., b-1845 VA (Montag Co, TST), A-294, A-295, A-308
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James O. (1826 Greene Co TN-1911 Fann Co TX, Porter Cem) m,1-1851 Fann Co TX to Ruth W. Atkins, m,2-1865 Fann Co TX to Nancy Routh; 22d TX Cav, Sgt, Co A, CSA (Fann Co, TST), A-146
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James Robert, b-1829 (Stevens' 22d Cav-1st Indian TX Regt, Co C, furloughed 15 days, report to Hdqts Oct 20, 1863; Brush Battn, CSA), A-345
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Jasper (1828-1888 Clinton Cem, Hunt Co TX) m-Clarrissa Cooper; Hawpe's 31st Cav Co I; Brush Battn, CSA (Hunt Co, TST), A-156, A-345
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John (probably meant Joseph, b-1844 TX, son of Samuel) due to Irish accent (Fann Co, TST), A-146
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John Green McFarlin (1824 Carroll Co GA-1917 Burnet Co TX) m,1-1853 Union Co AR to Nancy Fran Jones, 9 ch; m,2-1895 Burnet Co TX to Mahala Celia Humphreys Boone; w/ Gen. Tarrant, 1841 Battle of Village Creek; 1860 Llano Co TX cen p375 (1864 Mason Co TX), 230
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John McFarlane, b-1846 MO, brother to Finis McFarlane b-1839 (Montag Co, TST), A-321
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Joseph, see John McFarland
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McFarland's (Archibald) Rangers (McCulloch's Rangers) vestige of Baylor’s 2d TX Cav, Co’s I and K, Arizona Brigade, A-5, A-21, A-22
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Newton M., b-1838; m-1860 Hunt Co TX to Sarah Carolyn Tucker; Hawpe's 31st Cav, (Sgt, Fann Co, TST), A-150
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R. or B. McFarlin, (1864 Mason Co TX), 230
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Samuel H. (Lt, Davis & Marion Co's, TST), A-34, A-44
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Samuel McFarland, b-1814 Ireland; m-1838 Fann Co TX to Desina Kerr (1838, Lt. J.P. Simpson's Mtd Gunmen), 19, 44
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Thomas F., b-1838/5 MO; 1860 Mtag cen p73; Johnson's 14th Cav, Co F (Co C, Bourland's Regt), 105, A-16, A-29, A-292
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Thomas M., b-1840 TN (Red Riv Co, TST), A-66
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Wm. B., b-1826 TX (Titus Co, TST), A-83, A-84
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Yelverton, 1840 TX-1870 Fann Co TX, son of Samuel McFarland of Ireland (Fann Co, TST), A-146
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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