Descriptive Summary
McCulloch Family
McCulloch (Ben and Henry
Eustace) Family Papers,
1798-1961.
39540808
1 ft., 6 in.
Center for
American History ,The University of Texas at Austin
Papers of Ben McCulloch
(1811-1862) and his brother, Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895) include
materials relating to their parents, Alexander McCulloch (1777-1846) and
Francis F. (Lenoir) McCulloch (1780-1866) of Dyersburg, Tennessee, siblings and
descendants.
English.
Biographical Note
Ben and Henry Eustace McCulloch both served as Texas Rangers, Texas
legislators, United States marshals, and as brigadier generals in the
Confederate Army.
Scope and Contents
Papers of Ben McCulloch (1811-1862) and his brother, Henry Eustace
McCulloch (1816-1895) include materials relating to their parents, Alexander
McCulloch (1777-1846) and Francis F. (Lenoir) McCulloch (1780-1866) of
Dyersburg, Tennessee, siblings and descendants. The McCulloch family series
includes correspondence concerning family matters and reflects farm life and
military, social and political events; genealogies of the McCulloch and Van
Lear families; a family scrapbook; and materials concerning Henry's son,
Captain Ben E. McCulloch. Ben McCulloch's papers consist of letters reflecting
his activities as surveyor in Gonzales County (1837), state legislator (1846),
Texas Ranger (1846-1848), gold miner and sheriff in Sacramento, California
(1853-1856), peace commissioner to the Utah Territory (1858), brigadier general
in the Confederate Army and commander at the Battle of Elkhorn where he died in
1862. Henry Eustace McCulloch's papers include letters, journals and military
communications documenting his activities as sheriff of Gonzales County;
surveyor and merchandiser in Gonzales and Seguin; tavern keeper in Austin
(1859-1860); and officer in the Confederate Army (1861-1865). Included are
rosters and accounts of McCulloch's volunteer companies (1846-1851) and
documents of Henry's activities as superintendent of the Texas Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb (1877-1879).
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Baylor, George Wythe,
1832-1916.
Boone family--Pictorial works.
McCulloch, Alexander.
McCulloch, Ben,
1811-1862--Archives.
McCulloch, Ben E.
McCulloch family--Archives.
McCulloch, Francis F.
McCulloch, Henry
Eustace--Archives.
Slaughter family.
Van Lear family.
Subjects (Organizations)
Pan-American Railway.
Texas Rangers.
Texas School for the Deaf.
Subjects
Farm
life--Tennessee--History--Sources.
Farm
life--Texas--History--Sources.
Gold
miners--California--Correspondence.
Mexican War--1846-1848--Sources.
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 1862.
Utah Expedition, 1857-1858.
Places
Dyersburg
(Tenn.)--History--Sources.
Hermitage (Tenn.)--Pictorial
works.
Sacramento
(Calif.)--History--Sources.
Tennessee--Social life and
customs.
Texas--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Sources.
Texas--History--Republic,
1836-1846--Sources.
Texas--History--1846-1950--Sources.
Texas--Politics and
government--1846-1865.
Texas--Social life and customs.
United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Sources.
Preferred Citation
Ben and Henry Eustace McCulloch Family Papers, 1798-1961, Center for
American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Separated Material: Benjamin McCulloch Papers: Broadsides,
1862
General Order, Fort Smith, Ark., March 9th, 1862 (Funeral Broadside) DB
1862
Order of Proceedings, Brig. Gen Ben McCulloch (Funeral Broadside) DB
1862
Texas Weeps for McCulloch, The Defender of Our Liberties OB 1862
Photocopies of Broadside were placed in collection.
McCulloch family papers:
3G36
Bound volumes,
1813-1912;
3G36
Correspondence,
1801-1876.
3G37
Genealogy
1899, 1798-1935
3G37
Ben E. McCulloch papers
1901-1916 and undated;
3G37
Photocopies of scrapbook
1862-1895 and undated;
3G37
Memorabilia and newspaper clippings
1851-1894 and undated.
Benjamin McCulloch papers:
3G37
Letters to family
1846-1861
3G37
Materials related to Mexican War, Utah Expedition, and the
Civil War
1846-1862
3G37
Broadsides
1862
Henry Eustace McCulloch papers:
3G37
Letters to family
1844-1872
3G37
Military correspondence
1852-1889
3G37
Records of McCulloch's Company, Texas Mounted
Volunteers
1851, 1854
3G37
Journals
1848-1857
3G37
Photocopies of journals
1848 1857
3G37
Land survey, list of Mier men, memorial, newspaper
clippings
1847-1895
3G37
Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
1877-1879
3E246
Autobiography of Henry Eustace
McCulloch (copy)
3E246
Transcript of Autobiography of Henry
Eustace McCulloch
Miscellany:
3G37
W. M. Hardy, Slaughter family, Pan American
Railway
1863-1920 and
undated
3Y82
Photographs
3Y4b
Cased photographs: ambrotypes of Francis F. McCulloch and
_____ Boone.
2.325/V21
Oversize materials:
2.325/V21
McCulloch family papers:
2.325/V21
Family correspondence
1817-1867
2.325/V21
Certificates
1887, 1906,
1907
2.325/V21
Life of Walter McCulloch
1892
2.325/V21
Benjamin McCulloch papers:
2.325/V21
Letters to family
1846-1860
2.325/V21
Correspondence
1858
2.325/V21
Resolution
1862
2.325/V21
Broadside
1862
2.325/V21
Henry McCulloch papers:
2.325/V21
Letters to family
1840-1868
2.325/V21
General correspondence
1863
2.325/V21
Miscellany:
2.325/V21
W. M. Hardy
1863