urn:taro:utexas.cah.00899 A Guide to the James Buckner Barry Papers, 1847-1917 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Barry, James Buckner James Buckner Barry Papers 1847-1917 Materials are written in English. 1 foot, 6 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Papers of Barry (1821-1906), Indian fighter, sheriff, soldier, Texas Ranger, legislator, and People's Party candidate for state treasurer (1898), document Barry's military and law-enforcement activities in defense of the frontier against Indian attack. Papers include correspondence, muster rolls, battalion reports, general orders, special orders, account papers, diary, reminiscences, and autograph books. Biographical Note

Barry (1821-1906) was an Indian fighter, sheriff, soldier, Texas Ranger, legislator, and People's Party candidate for state treasurer (1898), and participated in military and law-enforcement activities in defense of the frontier against Indian attack. During the Civil War (1861-1865) he organized a company to take the frontier posts from Federal garrisons and, after being promoted to lieutenant colonel, commanded Fort Belknap and Camp Cooper in north-central Texas.

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Papers document Barry's military and law-enforcement activities in defense of the frontier against Indian attack. Papers include correspondence, muster rolls, battalion reports, general orders, special orders, account papers, diary, reminiscences, and autograph books.

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 Index Terms Subjects Baker, Neva. Barry, James Buckner. Salmon, John. Bosque County, Texas. Camp Cooper, Texas. Fort Belknap, Texas. Walnut Springs, Texas. Civil War - Military affairs. Diaries. Indians - Conflicts with and defenses against. Muster rolls. People's party. Preferred Citation

James Buckner Barry Papers, 1847-1917, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2B42 Correspondence, 1848-1864 2B43 Correspondence, 1865-1868, ca. 1877-1891, 1898-1913, and undated 2B43 Confederate Army orders, 1861-1866 and undated 2B43 Confederate Army personnel records, 1860-1866, fragments, and undated 2B43 Confederate Army account papers, 1861-1865 and undated 2B43 Legal documents, 1850-1858, 1867, 1872-1889, 1900-1906, 1917, and undated 2B43 Account papers, 1847, 1851-1858, 1864, 1871, 1874, 1878, 1881-1888, 1898-1914, and undated 2B43 Newspaper clippings, 1873, 1893, 1895, 1906, 1907, and undated 2B44 Journal, ca. 1850-1865 2B44 Miss Neva Baker’s autograph book, 1885-1888 2B44 Journal, undated 2B44 Reminiscences, undated 2B44 Certificates, 1885-1887, 1895, 1899-1905 2B44 Printed materials, 1898 and undated 2B44 Miscellaneous, 1886, 1894, 1897, 1900, 1906, 1910, and undated 2B44 Papers (transcript), 1848-1864 2B44 John Salmon’s book (typescript), 1864-1865 2Q434 Papers (typescript), 1865-1899 2Q434 Reminiscences (typescript), undated 2Q434 Diary (typescript), 1855-1862 2Q434 Diary (typescript), 1900-1912 3S146 Oversize materials 4L423 Muster roll of Company “C” including cattle brands 4L424 John Salmon’s book, 1864-1865 2.116 OD/1 Oversize materials