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- Robert D. Chapman is one of my DRT (Daughters of the Republic of Texas) proven ancestors.
Note: According to First Settlers of Houston Co., TX, land grants were apportioned by the Republic of Texas according to the following criteria: (1) Anyone arriving in Texas prior to March 2, 1836 was designated “First Class” status and entitled to a league and a labor of land.
(2) Those arriving between March 2, 1836 and Oct. 1, 1837, were designated “Second Class” and entitled to 1280 and 640 acres.
(3) Those arriving Texas after Oct. 1, 1837 up to Jan. 1, 1840 were given “Third Class” status and entitled to grants of 640 and 320 acres.
p. 12 of FS of HC, TX - ROBERT D. CHAPMAN 1280 Pre 4/1/1837
(Note: this means he would have arrived in Texas after March 2, 1836 and before Apr. 1, 1837. Since Robert and Rebecca were married in Hardeman Co., TN Oct. 6, 1836, the window of time on their arrival in Texas is further narrowed to between Oct. 1836 and the end of March, 1837.)
Martha was the oldest child of Robert Doak Chapman and Rebecca Hodges who came to Texas from Hardeman Co., Tennessee after their marriage on October 6, 1836. They settled just outside of Crockett in a town called Randolph which no longer exists.
Robert is last seen on the census of 1850 and it is thought that he died during the Civil War as Rebecca collected "Indigent Family" funds after the war was over but have not found any pension or enlistment information. I have gone back a number of generations on the Chapman and Hodges sides too.
CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS
Regiment Name: 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)
Side: Confederate
Company: F
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Alternate name:
Film Number: M227 roll 6
Overview: 12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by Colonel W.H. Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield, Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and skirmished the Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in Northern Texas guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in the surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.
Texas 12th Cavalry Regiment
Also Known as: 4t Texas Mounted Dragoons
Organization: Organized for 12 months at Rocket Springs, near Waxahachie on Sept 11, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service at Camp Hebert, near Hempstead on Oct 28, 1861. Reorganized for war on May 24, 1862. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, on May 26, 1865.
First Commander: William H. Parson Colonel
Field Officers: Andrew B. Burleson Lieutenant Colonel
Lochlin Johnson Farrar Major
John W. Mullen Lieutenant Colonel
E.W. Rogers Major
Assignments: Department of Texas (Sept 1861 - Feb 1862)
Eastern District of Texas, Department of Texas (Feb - Mar 1862)
Rust's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Trans-Mississippi District, Department #2 (Mar -May 1862)
Trans-Mississippi Department (May-June 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, Trans-Mississippi Department (July - Aug 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department (Aug - Sept 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Sept - Oct 1862)
Hawes' Brigade, Churchill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Dec 1862 - Jan 1863)
Unattached, Frost's Division, District of Arkansas, Tran-Mississippi Department (April - Jun 1863)
Unassigned, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Jun July 1863)
Carter's Brigade, Walker's Division, Dristict of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Jul-Sept 1863)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Sept 1863 - Mar 1864)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Steele's Cavalry Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Mar-Sept1864)
1st (Steele's) Texas Cavalry Brigade, 1st (Wharton's) Cavalry Corps, Tarn-Mississippi Department (Feb - May 1865)
Battles: Near Searcy (3 companies) (May 19, 1862)
Round Hill, on Cache River (Jul 7, 1862)
Hughes' Ferry, L'Angulle River (Aug 3, 1862)
Little Rock Campagign (Aug -Sept 1863)
Red River Campaign (Mar - May 1864)
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1816 - 1864 (48 years)
