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PVT William Granberry Collier Veteran

Birth: 1 Jul 1840
Early County, Georgia, USA
Death: 5 Apr 1919 (aged 78)
Spurger, Tyler County, Texas, USA
Burial: Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery

Spurger, Tyler County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 11289613 View Source

William G. Collier
Regiment Name: 11th (Spaight's) Batt'n, Texas Vols.
Side Confederate
Company D
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Alternate Name W. G. Collier
Notes
Film Number M227 roll 7

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

11th Battalion, Texas Volunteers (Cavalry and Infantry) (Spaight's)

11th (Spaight's) Cavalry and Infantry Battalion, formerly the 6th Texas Infantry Battalion, was a mixed command organized with 400 men in April, 1862. The unit served in the Department of Texas, then was assigned to Hebert's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. During the spring of 1864 it merged into the 21st Texas Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Ashley W. Spaight and Major J.S. Irvine were its officers.

William G. Collier
Regiment Name: 11th (Spaight's) Batt'n, Texas Vols.
Side Confederate
Company D
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Alternate Name W. G. Collier
Notes
Film Number M227 roll 7

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

11th Battalion, Texas Volunteers (Cavalry and Infantry) (Spaight's)

11th (Spaight's) Cavalry and Infantry Battalion, formerly the 6th Texas Infantry Battalion, was a mixed command organized with 400 men in April, 1862. The unit served in the Department of Texas, then was assigned to Hebert's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. During the spring of 1864 it merged into the 21st Texas Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Ashley W. Spaight and Major J.S. Irvine were its officers.

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Rebecca Alice Crawford Collier

1845–1925 (m. 1862)

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Maintained by: Peter Bundgard
Originally Created by: SnL Roots
Added: Jul 4, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11289613/william_granberry-collier: accessed ), memorial page for PVT William Granberry Collier (1 Jul 1840–5 Apr 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11289613, citing Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Peter Bundgard (contributor 46782764).

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