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1860 Texas Rangers Treasury Warrants

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
1860 Texas Rangers Treasury Warrants
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Unsigned Bank of Texas $1 note. (2) 1860 Treasury Warrant receipts for services of "Protection of the Frontier" by assisting services of the Texas Rangers . Dated Feb. 31, 1860, addressed to George R.C. Todd in the amount of $429, for "108 services as Surgeon to 3rd Co. of Texas Rangers". Both Treasury signed by Clement Reed Johns (1816–1886).Clement Reed Johns, Indian fighter and politician, was born of Welsh-English parents in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on August 12, 1816. In 1836 he graduated from Jackson College, moved with his family to Texas, and began farming on the Red River. Between 1837 and 1845 he was active in the border conflicts that established the Texas claim to the Red River country. Under E. H. Tarrant, Johns rose to the rank of major and inspector of the Fourth Brigade in 1841. In 1840–41 he represented Red River County in the Fifth Texas Congress, where he secured legislation to clarify land titles in the Republic of Texas. In 1846 he settled on a farm on the Blanco River in Hays County, and in 1852 he married Amanda F. Durham of San Marcos. He was subsequently elected to the office of state comptroller in 1858, then reelected three times.