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Texas Army Recruitment; William P. Miller; 1837

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Texas Army Recruitment; William P. Miller; 1837
<B>[Texas Army Recruitment] William Parsons Miller Partly-printed Document Signed "</B></I><B><I>William P. Miller Col Com 2d R</B></I></B></I><B>[egiment]. </B></I><B><I>R</B></I></B></I><B>[epublic of]. </B></I><B><I>T</B></I></B></I><B>[exas]. </B></I><B><I>I</B></I></B></I><B>[nfantry]</B></I><B><I>."</B></I></B></I> 1 page, 7" x 6", Vincennes, [Indiana], January 9, 1837. An enlistment form for Thomas McMurray "<I>...born in the State of Kentucky aged twenty one years...by profession a Farmer do hereby acknowledge to have this day voluntarily enlisted as a soldier in the army of the Repubblic [sic] of Texas, for the period of During the War unless sooner discharged...I Thomas McMurray do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Republic of Texas and that I will serve her honestly and faithfully against all her enemies and opposer whomseoever, and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the Republic of Texas...</B></I>" William Parsons Miller (ca. 1802-1862). <B> </B></I>The Irish-born Parsons arrived in Texas at the statert of the Revolution, bringing with him recommendations from the governor and other prominent citizens for an appointment in the Texas regular army. Miller returned to Tennessee to recruit volunteers for the Texas cause. He left Tennessee with seventy-five men and traveled to New Orleans, where they set sail for Copano, Texas (north of Corpus Christi). The battalion landed about March 20, and not knowing that the port had just recently fallen to General Jose de Urrea's Mexican force, they were captured. On March 23 Miller and his men were marched to Goliad and imprisoned with James W. Fannin, Jr.'s command, although kept apart from them. The batallion was spared from the Goliad Massacre because it had been taken without arms in hand. The men were taken to Matamoros as prisoners until freed by the terms of the Treaties of Velasco in May, 1836. Upon his return to Texas Miller was promoted to Colonel in Command of the Second Regular Regiment of Texas Infantry. Partial separation at folds as well as minor marginal tears and chips, very light and minor dampstain at bottom margin, else very good condition. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I> <BR><BR><B>Reference:</B></I> Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, Texas; Klein Collection of the History of Vincennes, Indiana. Vincennes University; <I>Handbook of Texas</B></I> ; Jenkins, <I>The Papers of the Texas Revolution</B></I>, vol. 8 [4232].<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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