Son of Richard Colvin, Jr. (1810 - 1869) and Frances "Fannie" Howison (1811-1901 ). At age 20, on 23 April 1861, he enlisted as a private at Brentsville TWP, Prince William County, Virginia into Company. A. 4th Virginia Cavalry (a.k.a.the Prince William Company), he discharged as a Sgt. He appears to have served 1861-1864,
He relocated to TX in the early 1870s, followed by his brother, George Washington Colvin, (1842-1905)who had served as a scout under J.E.B Jeb Stuart in the same company as his brother and was held briefly as a POW in the Old Capital Prison in D.C. George's Colvin line was established and remained in Texas.
On 5 May 1874, in Center Point, Kerr County, TX. Richard m. Clara C. Coldwell (1850 -1939)a native of Tennessee.
Texas land records show that on 11 September 1885, Richard purchased of C.S. Crosby of Blanco County, Texas, 53 acres in the Travis Preemption District.
Between 1885-1900 he and his small family, then consisting of 3 sons: Ralph Howison Colvin (1878 - ?), Herbert George Colvin (1886-1946), and Richard Archibald Colvin (1882-1920), returned briefly to Kerr County, Texas, and by 1910 he'd relocated to Cochise County, AZ. where he became an established rancher. In 1911, he was granted a land patent to 160 acres. Richard died in Cochise 14 December 1933. His obit appeared in the San Pedro Valley News, of Benson, Cochise County, AZ., Friday, 22 December 1933.
Richard H. Colvin is this contributor's 2nd cousin 4X removed.
He relocated to TX in the early 1870s, followed by his brother, George Washington Colvin, (1842-1905)who had served as a scout under J.E.B Jeb Stuart in the same company as his brother and was held briefly as a POW in the Old Capital Prison in D.C. George's Colvin line was established and remained in Texas.
On 5 May 1874, in Center Point, Kerr County, TX. Richard m. Clara C. Coldwell (1850 -1939)a native of Tennessee.
Texas land records show that on 11 September 1885, Richard purchased of C.S. Crosby of Blanco County, Texas, 53 acres in the Travis Preemption District.
Between 1885-1900 he and his small family, then consisting of 3 sons: Ralph Howison Colvin (1878 - ?), Herbert George Colvin (1886-1946), and Richard Archibald Colvin (1882-1920), returned briefly to Kerr County, Texas, and by 1910 he'd relocated to Cochise County, AZ. where he became an established rancher. In 1911, he was granted a land patent to 160 acres. Richard died in Cochise 14 December 1933. His obit appeared in the San Pedro Valley News, of Benson, Cochise County, AZ., Friday, 22 December 1933.
Richard H. Colvin is this contributor's 2nd cousin 4X removed.
Son of Richard Colvin, Jr. (1810 - 1869) and Frances "Fannie" Howison (1811-1901 ). At age 20, on 23 April 1861, he enlisted as a private at Brentsville TWP, Prince William County, Virginia into Company. A. 4th Virginia Cavalry (a.k.a.the Prince William Company), he discharged as a Sgt. He appears to have served 1861-1864,
He relocated to TX in the early 1870s, followed by his brother, George Washington Colvin, (1842-1905)who had served as a scout under J.E.B Jeb Stuart in the same company as his brother and was held briefly as a POW in the Old Capital Prison in D.C. George's Colvin line was established and remained in Texas.
On 5 May 1874, in Center Point, Kerr County, TX. Richard m. Clara C. Coldwell (1850 -1939)a native of Tennessee.
Texas land records show that on 11 September 1885, Richard purchased of C.S. Crosby of Blanco County, Texas, 53 acres in the Travis Preemption District.
Between 1885-1900 he and his small family, then consisting of 3 sons: Ralph Howison Colvin (1878 - ?), Herbert George Colvin (1886-1946), and Richard Archibald Colvin (1882-1920), returned briefly to Kerr County, Texas, and by 1910 he'd relocated to Cochise County, AZ. where he became an established rancher. In 1911, he was granted a land patent to 160 acres. Richard died in Cochise 14 December 1933. His obit appeared in the San Pedro Valley News, of Benson, Cochise County, AZ., Friday, 22 December 1933.
Richard H. Colvin is this contributor's 2nd cousin 4X removed.
He relocated to TX in the early 1870s, followed by his brother, George Washington Colvin, (1842-1905)who had served as a scout under J.E.B Jeb Stuart in the same company as his brother and was held briefly as a POW in the Old Capital Prison in D.C. George's Colvin line was established and remained in Texas.
On 5 May 1874, in Center Point, Kerr County, TX. Richard m. Clara C. Coldwell (1850 -1939)a native of Tennessee.
Texas land records show that on 11 September 1885, Richard purchased of C.S. Crosby of Blanco County, Texas, 53 acres in the Travis Preemption District.
Between 1885-1900 he and his small family, then consisting of 3 sons: Ralph Howison Colvin (1878 - ?), Herbert George Colvin (1886-1946), and Richard Archibald Colvin (1882-1920), returned briefly to Kerr County, Texas, and by 1910 he'd relocated to Cochise County, AZ. where he became an established rancher. In 1911, he was granted a land patent to 160 acres. Richard died in Cochise 14 December 1933. His obit appeared in the San Pedro Valley News, of Benson, Cochise County, AZ., Friday, 22 December 1933.
Richard H. Colvin is this contributor's 2nd cousin 4X removed.
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