Mike G. Thompson,
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You are correct. These two "John W. Clanton" entries in the Parson's 12th TX Cav, Co B and Gurley's 30th TX Cavalry are the same person.
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What threw me was the 1900 Mariposa Co CA cen p352 entry that shows his as age 69 MO with wife Nancy ... should have been age 59 MO .. which is a larger than usual age error.. I understand that he and wife Nancy Kelso had 7 ch. ... I still think this John W. Clanton was the gent who that led the 40 deserters through Indian Territory.
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The Newman Haynes Clanton family of the Clanton Gang, OK Corral fame was found in the 1860 Dallas Co TX cen p353
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CLANTON, John Wesley Clanton (1841 Missouri; m-Nancy Kelso, 7 ch; 1860 Dallas Co TX cen p353; 1900 Mariposa Co CA, p289; 1910 Mariposa Co CA cen p183; enlisted 1861 Bonham TX in Parson's 12th Cav, Co B, that evolved into Gurley's 30th TX Cav. CSA (Gen. H.E. McCulloch stated Feb 3, 1863 "Capt. Clanton had led 40 deserters through Indian Territory")
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/Feb1864WashitaIndianTerritory.htm
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Sears info. These Sears boys were in Bourland's Regt then found in in the Sep 1865 Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory listing.
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SEARS, Private Eli A. � Sears, Company H, Bourland’s Border Cavalry Regiment. Age 25; height: 5’8", fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. October 1864, detached service. October 1864, under arrest. Eli A. Sears on "a list of persons . . . now at Fort Bowie, Arizonia Territory, enroute to California, who formerly belonged to the Confederate States Army dated September 3, 1865. He is listed as 24 years old, of Bourland’s Border Cavalry Regiment, serving in Texas. Under remarks 'Organization broken up, men deserted'."
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SEARS, Eli A. Sears, b-1840, in 1862 Denton Co TST (Co H, Bourland's Regt, CSA)
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Sears, Private James Sears, Company H, Bourland’s Border Cavalry Regiment. Age 24; height: 6’1", fair complex, blue eyes, light hair. October 1864, detached service. October 1864, under arrest. James Sears on "a list of persons . . . now at Fort Bowie, Arizonia Territory, enroute to California, who formerly belonged to the Confederate States Army dated September 3, 1865. He is listed as 24 years old, of Bourland’s Border Cavalry Regiment, serving in Texas. Under remarks 'Organization broken up, men deserted'."
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SEARS, James Sears, b-1839 Ohio; 1860 Denton census, p425; one James Seer in George Wythe Baylor's TX 2d Battn, Arizona Brig Cav, Co A commanded by Capt George A King, disbanded Feb 3, 1863 (Co H, Bourland's Regt, CSA)
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Again, see my web page, http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/Feb1864WashitaIndianTerritory.htm
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Anne J. Bailey's BETWEEN THE ENEMY AND TEXAS: PARSONS' TEXAS CAVALRY IN THE CIVIL WAR (1989), that addresses the changing names of most of the regiments and companies that evolved from Parson's inital 12th Cavalry muster, including Gurley's 30th Cavalry. She did not mention Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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