The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
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The
Online Archive of 
Aurelius G. Ledbetter
1837 - 1884
Born at Bedford County, TN in 1837.
Moved with family to TX in 1840; settled with large number of slaves near
the site of present-day Victoria, TX.
Moved with family to Fayette County, TX in 1844; family established small
plantation there.
Resided at Rount Top, Fayette County, TX in 1860; occupied as a clerk.
Mustered into Company F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Elected 1st Corporal.
Wounded during the Sunday afternoon encounter with the enemy near the boggy
ravine at Shiloh, TN on April 6, 1862.
Received furlough to TX in April 1862.
Promoted to 3rd Sergeant by April 1863.
Sustained wounds by being pinned by horse and shot in the hand by the approaching
enemy on October 7, 1863, but he escaped and was left at Farmington, TN.
Member (Master Mason) Terry Lodge, Regimental Masonic Chapter in 1863 &
1864.
Resided in Round Top, Fayette County, TX, Beat #3 in 1870.
Family records show AG Ledbetter lived at Silver City, NM and worked at the
customs office.
Died in 1884.
Buried in Old City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette County, TX.
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A. G. Leadbetter, Orolias Lebiller |
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Old City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette County, TX A. G. L. |
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| 1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image) | ||
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| 1850 Census - TX, Fayette County, Town, Page 192A, Dwelling, Family, (image) | |||||||||
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| H. Lebiller | 42 | M | Farmer | 10,000 | NC | ||||
| Jane Lebiller | 37 | F | TN | ||||||
| Alexander Lebiller | 19 | M | Student | TN | |||||
| Albert Lebiller | 17 | M | Student | TN | |||||
| Orolias Lebiller | 13 | M | Student | TN | |||||
| Olivia Lebiller | 11 | F | TX | ||||||
| Cecelia Lebiller | 8 | F | TX | ||||||
| Adda Lebiller | 6 | F | TX | ||||||
| James Lebiller | 3 | M | TX | ||||||
| 1850 Census Slave Schedule - State, County, Page, Line, (image) | ||||||||
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| 1860 Census - TX, Fayette County, Round Top, Page, Dwelling 353, Family 390, (image 45/85) | ||||||||||
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| Francis M. [Purlin] | 29 | F | Inn Keeper | 3200 | 5200 | IL | ||||
| Jesse [Purlin] | 13 | M | TX | |||||||
| M. E. [Purlin] | 10 | F | TX | |||||||
| Nathan [Purlin] | 8 | M | TX | |||||||
| Sarah [Purlin] | 6 | F | TX | |||||||
| Francis [Purlin] | 4 | F | TX | |||||||
| Bird [Purlin] | 1 | M | TX | |||||||
| Jacob [Frare] | 21 | M | Supervisor [??] | Germany | ||||||
| E. M. Pitman | 30 | M | School teacher | VA | ||||||
| A. G. Ledbetter | 23 | M | Clerk | TN | ||||||
| John Wells | 24 | M | Grocy Merchant | Ireland | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Fayette County, Town, Page 276, Dwelling 267, Family 281, (image 34/85) | ||||||||||
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| Hamilton Ledbetter | 52 | M | Farmer | 35000 | 45000 | NC | ||||
| Jane A. Ledbetter | 47 | F | TN | |||||||
| Olivia Ledbetter | 21 | F | TN | |||||||
| Cecelia Ledbetter | 18 | F | TX | |||||||
| Ada Ledbetter | 15 | F | TX | |||||||
| James Ledbetter | 13 | M | TX | |||||||
| Jane A. [J.] Ledbetter | 9 | F | TX | |||||||
| Martha White | 15 | F | TX | |||||||
| 1860 Census Slave Schedule - State, County, Page, Line, (image) | |||||||||
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| 1870 Census - TX, Fayette County, Beat 3, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image) | |||||||||||
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| 1880 Census - TX, Fayette County, Roundtop, Page 18C, Dwelling, Family, (image) | ||||||||||||
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| Related Links: | ||
| R. F. Bunting Letter,
dated April
19, 1862 "List of Killed and Wounded in Wharton's Regiment," Houston Tri-Weekly News, April 25, 1862 - RF Bunting Letter "Casulaties of Col. Wharton's (Terry's) Regiment," Galveston Weekly News, April 29, 1862 R. F. Bunting Letter, dated October 20, 1863 Masonic Lodge Roll for the Terry Lodge, 1863 & 1864 JKP Blackburn's Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers, Part 2 "Muster Roll of Company F, Eighth Texas," Confederate Veteran, December 1911, p. 574 |
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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. |
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3 letters written while in Silver City, New Mexico, working at the
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