BE Joiner Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

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Burr E. Joiner

~1835 - ??

Born in MS around 1835.
Resided in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX in 1860.

Mustered into Company F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Elected 2nd Corporal.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in January 1862.
Beveted to 2nd Lieutenant by April 1863, and possibly to another grade of Lieutenant by July 1863.
Commanded company as 3rd Lieutenant by December 1863.
Present in February 1864.
Promoted (apparently) to 2nd Lieutenant by May 1864.
Assigned to arrest deserters in September or October 1864, and returned to regiment after capturing them near the Mississippi River.
Member of Terry Lodge, Regimental, Masonic Chapter.
Paroled (apparently) at Macon, MS on May 28, 1865.

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Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	None Known
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Gravesite:
	Unlocated

1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image)
	Head of Houshold

1850 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?

1860 Census - TX, Colorado County, Eagle Lake, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?

Related Links:
	Letter from R. F. Bunting, dated January 27, 1862 Claiborne's History of Terry's Texas Rangers (Part 2), New Birmingham Times 1891 "Muster Roll of Company F, Eighth Texas," Confederate Veteran, December 1911, p. 574
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Joiner) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Joiner) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Colorado County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Colorado County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Colorado County, TX)

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