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Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
George Washington Posey
September 6, 1844 - May 11, 1863
Born at Tallapoosa County, AL on September 6, 1844.
Resided at Limestone County, TX with parents and six siblings.
Mustered in with Company C at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861.
Discharged on April 9, 1862 due to illness.
Died on May 11, 1863.
Descendant of Creek Indians.
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| 1850 Census - TX, Nacogdoches County, Page 83-84, Dwelling 419, Family 419, (61-62/83) t | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Benjamin Posey | 44 | M | Farmer | $900 | GA | Y | |||
| Eliza Posey | 43 | F | GA | Y | |||||
| Jane Posey | 21 | F | AL | Y | |||||
| Benjamin Posey | 20 | M | Farmer | AL | Y | ||||
| John Posey | 19 | M | Farmer | AL | |||||
| Uriah Posey | 14 | M | AL | ||||||
| Nany Posy | 12 | F | AL | ||||||
| Eli Posey | 10 | M | AL | ||||||
| Elizabeth Posey | 9 | F | AL | ||||||
| James Posey | 7 | M | AL | ||||||
| George Posey | 6 | M | AL | ||||||
| William Posey | 4 | M | AL | ||||||
| Eliza Posey | 1 | F | TX | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Limestone County, Mt. Calm PO, Page 358, Dwelling 681, Family 610, (47/48) | ||||||||||
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| Benj. Posey | 55 | M | Stock Raiser | $3,500 | GA | |||||
| Eliza Poaey | 54 | F | GA | |||||||
| Jane Posey | 32 | F | AL | |||||||
| Martha Mayfield | 28 | F | AL | Married with the year. | ||||||
| Jas. Posey | 18 | M | AL | |||||||
| Rebecca E. Posey | 20 | F | AL | |||||||
| G. W. Posey | 16 | M | AL | |||||||
| Wm. A. Posey | 13 | M | AL | |||||||
| Eliza Posey | 11 | F | TX | |||||||
| Related Links: | ||
| 1909 Groesbeck Journal
article by Tom Burney - The
Famous Terry Rangers, Part 2 (offsite) Captain George Barber of Georgia: Descendants of Benjamin and Eliza (Berryhill) Posey (offsite) Eliza Berryhill Posey Family Bible (offsite) The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants (offsite) Jay Thompson's Family Ties gedcom (offsite) Cindy Wills' Posey and Berryhill gedcom (offsite) Glenda Jenkins' Cornetts-Dobbs-Henrys-Whites gedcom (offsite) CHR Executive Committee's Mt. Tabor Indian Community GEN Project gedcom (offsite) Heidi Smith's Hawkins/Smith Genealogy gedcom (offsite) Debbie Bailey's Untitled gedcom |
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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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RootsWeb Message Boards (surname:
Posey) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Posey) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Limestone County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Limestone County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Limestone County, TX) |
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