A. L. Brigance

Male 1822 - 1899  (76 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name A. L. Brigance 
    Born 22 Oct 1822  Sumner, Tennesee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Mar 1899  Enterprise, Limestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I805  My Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2014 

    Family Elizabeth Hudspeth,   b. 4 Feb 1831, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1877, Robertson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 18 Sep 1851  Harris, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Oct 1822 - Sumner, Tennesee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Sep 1851 - Harris, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Name: A. L. Brigance
      Side: Confederate
      Regiment State/Origin: Texas
      Regiment Name: 12 Texas Infantry
      Regiment Name Expanded: 12th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Young's)
      Company: C
      Rank In: Second Lieutenant
      Rank In Expanded: Second Lieutenant
      Rank Out: Private
      Rank Out Expanded: Private
      Alternate Name: James/Blatt
      Film Number: M227 roll 4

      ---------------------------------------------------

      CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS
      12th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Young's)

      12th Infantry Regiment [also called 8th Regiment] was organized and mustered in Confederate service at Waco, Texas, during the spring of 1862. Its members were recruited in the towns and cities of Clarksville, Cameron, Hempstead, Nacogdoches, Fairfield, and Waco, and the counties of Comanche, Milam, and Grimes. The regiment was assigned to O. Young's and Waul's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in Louisiana and Arkansas. After fighting at Jenkins' Ferry, it moved to Hempstead and disbanded in the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonel Overton Young; Lieutenant Colonels William Clark, B.A. Philpott, and James W. Raine; and Major Erastus Smith.

      --------------------------------------------------

      Appointed delegate to attend Democratic State Convention for either Brazos or Robertson counties in 1853.

      Texas Ranger & Lone Star. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 9, 1853

      ---------------------------------------------------

      Member of the Gillespie Lodge, No. 55 in 1855.

      http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29777/m1/129/?q=%22L.%20Brigance%22

      http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29777/m1/548/?q=%22L.%20Brigance%22

      ---------------------------------------------------

      Clerk of Robertson County District Court in 1855

      http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181106/m1/5/zoom/?q=%22L.%20Brigance%22