SA Street Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

Samuel A. Street

~1838 - July 30, 1864

Born at MO around 1838.
Resided at Plum Grove, Fayette County, TX; occupied as a blacksmith.

Mustered into Company F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Hospitalized at Rienzi, MS in April and May 1862.
Acting as blacksmith by July 1863.
Present in February 1864.
Claiborne and Bunting indicate he suffered shoulder and face wounds in August 1864, possibly near Newnan, GA (Jones Roster).
Sowell indicates he was killed by gunshot to the head on a scout near Chattahoochee River in Marietta, GA on July 30, 1864. (Jones Roster.)
Simpson indicates he was killed while on scout near Chattahoochee River; Claiborne indicates it was in the vicinity of Marietta, GA. (Jones Roster.)

Also Identified As:
	None Identified
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	None Known
Parents:
	Unidentified
Siblings:
	Unknown
Spouse(s):
	Unknown
Children:

Gravesite:
	Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Shakerag, Forsyth County, GA SAM STREET CO. F. 8TH TEXAS CAVALRY TERRY'S RANGERS WAS KILLED AT HOME OF JOHN LOWE NEAR THIS PLACE IN JULY 1864 BY SHERMAN'S RAIDERS SAMUEL A STREET PVT CO F 8 TEXAS CAV CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY 1838 1864

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, Fayette County, Town, Page 329, Dwelling 1062, Family 1428-9, (image 43/97)
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?
	L S Pogue	31	M		Farmer		225	AL
	Naomi Pogue	24	F
	Cornelia C Pogue	6	F
	James Pogue	4	M
	Laura Pogue	2	F
	Nora Pogue	1	F
	Samuel Street	22	M		Black Smith		600	MO

Related Links:
	Ted Brooke's Fight at the John Lowe Place Woody Bell's Note Regarding Sam Street JKP Blackburn's Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers, Part 2 "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 Unpublished Research.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 Unpublished MA Thesis.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: Street) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Street) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Fayette County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Fayette County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Fayette County, TX)

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