urn:taro:utarl.00195 Texas Confederate Gravesite Project Records: A GuideFinding aid prepared by Nicholas B. Gilliam, May 2001. Finding aid encoded by SPI Content Sciences Inc., June 2003. Finding aid written in English. October 10, 2009Encoding updated by Ann E. Hodges.August 31, 2009Encoding updated by Claire C. Galloway.October 31, 2007Encoding updated by Blessing Udoh. Descriptive Summary Bryan, Jimmy L. Texas Confederate Gravesite Project Records Approximately 1986-1990 The records are comprised of correspondence, research files, books, and printed material from a project to compile information on the Confederate veterans of the Civil War who are buried in Texas cemeteries. Sources include individuals, institutions, and organizations. The project includes an alphabetical ledger, files of contributor correspondence, and information filed by county name. Information was contributed both on forms and in letters and includes names with birth and death dates, rank, service record, and place of burial as well as biographical sketches and family information of many of the veterans.AR4296 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) Materials are in English. Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library Biographical Note

Jimmy Bryan received his M.A. in history from the University of Texas at Arlington. His primary interests are in the Civil War and Texas history.

Scope and Contents

Texas Confederate Gravesite Project Records are comprised of correspondence, research files, books, and printed material. Bryan collected the material between 1988 and 1990 with the intent of publishing a book listing all of the Confederate soldiers' gravesites in Texas. The State of Texas had attempted to collect similar information for the centennial of the Civil War. Bryan included all the information the state had received plus as much more as he could collect. This information is listed by the county of the gravesite. The information gathering process depended on volunteers who were interested in Confederate soldiers obtaining and submitting information they had. The collectors can be divided into two groups: county historical societies/historians and descendants of the Confederate soldiers.

The county historians tried to list all known gravesites in their county. The descendants/family historians tended to list all their known ancestors who were buried in Texas, regardless of location of the grave(s). The record for Montague County is particularly good. Several county historical societies wrote back to Bryan suggesting he buy their county history book, which contained the information. If such books were purchased, they were donated to the University of Texas at Arlington Library separately.

The State of Texas attempted a similar project as part of the centennial observance of the Civil War. Copies of all the information the State received, which was not as comprehensive are included in these project files. These files comprise Series I.

Series II is comprised of the surname lists, which were predominantly compiled from published sources but include some of the listings submitted by the volunteers. These are alphabetical by the first letter of the last name only, but are keyed by a number in the left-hand margin to the published source from which the information was extracted. Bryan's published sources are listed in the first folder in Series II.

Series III contains other information of interest to the researcher, including a list of names of cemeteries in each county, the correspondence Mr. Bryan received on the subject, and a county map of Williamson County, showing the location of all cemeteries in that county.

 Access

Open for research.

 Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

 Provenance

Gift of Jimmy L. Bryan,1995.

The donor collected these records in 1988-1990. When Mr. Bryan discovered that publication was not going to be feasible, he donated all the materials to the University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections, in 1995.

Accessioned as 95-63.

 Citation

Texas Confederate Gravesite Project Records, AR429, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.

 Organization

The Texas Confederate Gravesite Project Records are organized in three series:

Series I. County Listing, 1988-1990. 1.7 linear ft. (4 document boxes)

Series II. Surname Lists, 1988-1990. 0.4 linear ft. (1 document box)

Series III. Other Records, 1986-1990. 0.4 linear ft. (1 document box)

 Index Terms

These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Subjects Soldiers--Texas--Registers.Registers of births, etc.--Texas. Places Texas--Genealogy.Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography. Alternate TitlesHistorical Manuscripts Collection Container List Series I. County Listing, 1988-1990. 1.7 linear ft. (4 document boxes).

A listing by county of Confederate veterans buried in that county. The material in each folder either came from volunteers or is copies of records from the Texas State Archives. A majority of the information is in a standardized format.

 1 1 Anderson 1 2 Angelina 1 3 Aransas 1 4 Armstrong 1 5 Atascosa 1 6 Austin 1 7 Bastrop 1 8 Bell 1 9 Bexar 1 10 Bosque 1 11 Bowie 1 12 Brazoria 1 13 Brazos 1 14 Brown 1 15 Burleson 1 16 Caldwell 1 17 Calhoun 1 18 Callahan 1 19 Cameron 1 20 Camp 1 21 Carson 1 22 Cass 1 23 Chambers 1 24 Cherokee 1 25 Clay 1 26 Coke 1 27 Coleman 1 28 Collin 1 29 Colorado 1 30 Comal 1 31 Comanche 1 32 Concho 1 33 Cooke 1 34 Coryell 1 35 Cottle 1 36 Crockett 1 37 Crosby 1 38 Dallam 1 39 Dallas 1 40 Denton 1 41 De Witt 1 42 Eastland 1 43 Ector 1 44 Edwards 1 45 Ellis 1 46 El Paso 1 47 Erath 1 48 Falls 1 49 Fannin 1 50 Fayette 1 51 Franklin 1 52 Freestone 2 1 Gaines 2 2 Galveston 2 3 Garza 2 4 Gillespie 2 5 Goliad 2 6 Gonzales 2 7 Gray 2 8 Grayson 2 9 Gregg 2 10 Grimes 2 11 Hale 2 12 Hall 2 13 Hamilton 2 14 Hansford 2 15 Hardeman 2 16 Hardin 2 17 Harris 2 18 Haskell 2 19 Hays 2 20 Henderson 2 21 Hidalgo 2 22 Hill 2 23 Hood 2 24 Hopkins 2 25 Hunt 2 26 Hutchison 2 27 Jack 2 28 Jackson 2 29 Jasper 2 30 Jefferson 2 31 Johnson 2 32 Karnes 2 33 Kaufman 2 34 Kendall 2 35 Kerr 2 36 Kimble 2 37 Knox 2 38 Lamar 2 39 Lampassas 2 40 LaSalle 2 41 Lavaca 2 42 Lee 2 43 Leon 2 44 Liberty 2 45 Limestone 2 46 Llano 2 47 Lubbock 3 1 Madison 3 2 Marion 3 3 Matagorda 3 4 McCullough 3 5 McLennan 3 6 Menard 3 7 Midland 3 8 Milam 3 9 Mills 3 10 Mitchell 3 11 Montague 3 12 Montague 3 13 Montague 3 14 Montgomery 3 15 Morris 3 16 Motley 3 17 Nacogdoches 3 18 Navarro 3 19 Nolan 3 20 Nueces 3 21 Ochiltree 3 22 Palo Pinto 3 23 Panola 3 24 Parker 3 25 Pecos 3 26 Polk 3 27 Rain 3 28 Randall 3 29 Real 3 30 Red River 3 31 Reeves 3 32 Roberts 3 33 Rockwall 3 34 Runnels 3 35 Rusk 4 1 San Augustine 4 2 San Saba 4 3 Scurry 4 4 Shelby 4 5 Smith 4 6 Somervell 4 7 Stephens 4 8 Stonewall 4 9 Swisher 4 10 Tarrant 4 11 Taylor 4 12 Titus 4 13 Tom Green 4 14 Travis 4 15 Travis State Cemetery 4 16 Trinity 4 17 Upshur 4 18 Uvalde 4 19 Val Verde 4 20 Van Zandt 4 21 Victoria 4 22 Walker 4 23 Washington 4 24 Webb 4 25 Wharton 4 26 Wheeler 4 27 Wichita 4 28 Wilbarger 4 29 Willacy 4 30 Williamson 4 31 Wilson 4 32 Wise 4 33 Wood 4 34 Young Series II. Surname lists, 1988-1990. 0.4 linear ft. (1 document box)

This series is a written list of names of Confederate veterans compiled from various sources. The sources used and a code number for each are in Box 5, Folder 1. Each name in the subsequent folders is keyed by number in the left margin to the source of the information. The names are alphabetized by the first letter of the last name only.

 5 1 Surname List Source 5 2 A, undated 5 3 B, undated 5 4 C, undated 5 5 D, undated 5 6 E, undated 5 7 F, undated 5 8 G, undated 5 9 H, undated 5 10 I, J, K, undated 5 11 L, undated 5 12 M, undated 5 13 N, O, undated 5 14 P, undated 5 15 Q, R, undated 5 16 S, undated 5 17 T, U, V, undated 5 18 W, X, Y, Z, undated Series III. Other Records, 1986-1990. 0.4 linear ft. (1 document box)

Rosters of selected units, lists of some Confederate veterans buried in Texas who were from Georgia and Virginia units, a listing of names of cemeteries within a county, and correspondence from people who submitted information to Jimmy Bryan, who collected this information. The majority of this information is undated.

 5 19 Deaths in Texas Confederate Hospitals, undated 5 20 Georgia Confederates buried in Texas, undated 5 21 Virginia Confederates buried in Texas, undated 5 22 Roster 3rd Texas Cavalry, undated 5 23 Roster Quinn's Company, O'Neill's Company, Company C., Shannon's Company, Mains' Company, undated 6 1 Names of cemeteries, listed by county, undated 6 2 Graves by cemetery listed in alphabetical order of cemetery name, undated 6 3 Correspondence to Jimmy Bryan, 1988 6 4 Correspondence to Jimmy Bryan, 1989-1990 6 5 Williamson County Map with the location of all cemeteries shown, 1986