Capt/Maj, Truit Company, U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
Capt/QM, Co. A, 28th Regt, Tex Cav (Randal's) (1st Tex Lancers)
Alfred Marion Truit, son of James and Sarah Hall Truit, was b. in NC. He participated in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. The Truits left for Texas, bringing slaves with them, and arriving about 1839.
Alfred M. Truit married Susan E. Todd, b. in GA, about 1844. Their son James W. was born in 1845. Children born later include John Hays, Sarah, Susan Eleonora, Betty Izora, Alfred Marion, James Pinkney, Benjamin E., Samuel, and Mary J.
Alfred M. was with the Moderators in the Regulator-Moderator War. At the age of 31 he entered the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain, with a horse valued at $200. On October 26, 1847, he was elected major of the regiment. He lost two six-shooters in a skirmish with guerillas in March 1847. Andrew J. Truit, Leander Truit, Minter Truit, and Joshua H. Truit also served in Truit Company, as did John Joel Glanton, later infamous as a scalp hunter.
Alfred M. Truit served as Postmaster of Shelby County, and was in the Texas Senate, 3rd regular session, starting 1849, as a Democrat representing District 7. In 1850, in addition to the couple's 3 children, also living with the Truits were Levi M. Truit, 23, Mary Goodbread, 12, and William Frotan, 38, a teacher from NC.
By 1860 A. M. Truit, 42, was a wealthy merchant with extensive land holdings and personal property. That year he owned 10 slaves, mostly children, and mostly mulatto, housed in 2 slave houses.
Alfred Truit enlisted on April 12, 1862, at Buena Vista, and was promoted to Brigadier in the Quartermaster until 1863, when he resigned because of bad health. Levi M. Truit also served as captain of Company A, and James W. Truit entered as a bugler. Alfred M. Truit died from tuberculosis on June 19, 1864. His wife Susan died about 1865.
Note: Much more has and can be written about this family, and this entry may be replaced when someone chooses to do so.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby Co, TS
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby Co, TX
Ralph A. Smith, "John Joel Glanton," Handbook of Texas Online, s.v., http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgl2.html (accessed February 21, 2008)
Civil War Service Records for Alfred M. Truit
Shelby County in the Civil War
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/military/mexicanwarfirsttexas.htm (accessed February 21, 2008)
Truit/Truitt family genealogies at RootsWeb.com
Capt/QM, Co. A, 28th Regt, Tex Cav (Randal's) (1st Tex Lancers)
Alfred Marion Truit, son of James and Sarah Hall Truit, was b. in NC. He participated in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. The Truits left for Texas, bringing slaves with them, and arriving about 1839.
Alfred M. Truit married Susan E. Todd, b. in GA, about 1844. Their son James W. was born in 1845. Children born later include John Hays, Sarah, Susan Eleonora, Betty Izora, Alfred Marion, James Pinkney, Benjamin E., Samuel, and Mary J.
Alfred M. was with the Moderators in the Regulator-Moderator War. At the age of 31 he entered the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain, with a horse valued at $200. On October 26, 1847, he was elected major of the regiment. He lost two six-shooters in a skirmish with guerillas in March 1847. Andrew J. Truit, Leander Truit, Minter Truit, and Joshua H. Truit also served in Truit Company, as did John Joel Glanton, later infamous as a scalp hunter.
Alfred M. Truit served as Postmaster of Shelby County, and was in the Texas Senate, 3rd regular session, starting 1849, as a Democrat representing District 7. In 1850, in addition to the couple's 3 children, also living with the Truits were Levi M. Truit, 23, Mary Goodbread, 12, and William Frotan, 38, a teacher from NC.
By 1860 A. M. Truit, 42, was a wealthy merchant with extensive land holdings and personal property. That year he owned 10 slaves, mostly children, and mostly mulatto, housed in 2 slave houses.
Alfred Truit enlisted on April 12, 1862, at Buena Vista, and was promoted to Brigadier in the Quartermaster until 1863, when he resigned because of bad health. Levi M. Truit also served as captain of Company A, and James W. Truit entered as a bugler. Alfred M. Truit died from tuberculosis on June 19, 1864. His wife Susan died about 1865.
Note: Much more has and can be written about this family, and this entry may be replaced when someone chooses to do so.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby Co, TS
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby Co, TX
Ralph A. Smith, "John Joel Glanton," Handbook of Texas Online, s.v., http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgl2.html (accessed February 21, 2008)
Civil War Service Records for Alfred M. Truit
Shelby County in the Civil War
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/military/mexicanwarfirsttexas.htm (accessed February 21, 2008)
Truit/Truitt family genealogies at RootsWeb.com
Capt/Maj, Truit Company, U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
Capt/QM, Co. A, 28th Regt, Tex Cav (Randal's) (1st Tex Lancers)
Alfred Marion Truit, son of James and Sarah Hall Truit, was b. in NC. He participated in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. The Truits left for Texas, bringing slaves with them, and arriving about 1839.
Alfred M. Truit married Susan E. Todd, b. in GA, about 1844. Their son James W. was born in 1845. Children born later include John Hays, Sarah, Susan Eleonora, Betty Izora, Alfred Marion, James Pinkney, Benjamin E., Samuel, and Mary J.
Alfred M. was with the Moderators in the Regulator-Moderator War. At the age of 31 he entered the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain, with a horse valued at $200. On October 26, 1847, he was elected major of the regiment. He lost two six-shooters in a skirmish with guerillas in March 1847. Andrew J. Truit, Leander Truit, Minter Truit, and Joshua H. Truit also served in Truit Company, as did John Joel Glanton, later infamous as a scalp hunter.
Alfred M. Truit served as Postmaster of Shelby County, and was in the Texas Senate, 3rd regular session, starting 1849, as a Democrat representing District 7. In 1850, in addition to the couple's 3 children, also living with the Truits were Levi M. Truit, 23, Mary Goodbread, 12, and William Frotan, 38, a teacher from NC.
By 1860 A. M. Truit, 42, was a wealthy merchant with extensive land holdings and personal property. That year he owned 10 slaves, mostly children, and mostly mulatto, housed in 2 slave houses.
Alfred Truit enlisted on April 12, 1862, at Buena Vista, and was promoted to Brigadier in the Quartermaster until 1863, when he resigned because of bad health. Levi M. Truit also served as captain of Company A, and James W. Truit entered as a bugler. Alfred M. Truit died from tuberculosis on June 19, 1864. His wife Susan died about 1865.
Note: Much more has and can be written about this family, and this entry may be replaced when someone chooses to do so.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby Co, TS
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby Co, TX
Ralph A. Smith, "John Joel Glanton," Handbook of Texas Online, s.v., http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgl2.html (accessed February 21, 2008)
Civil War Service Records for Alfred M. Truit
Shelby County in the Civil War
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/military/mexicanwarfirsttexas.htm (accessed February 21, 2008)
Truit/Truitt family genealogies at RootsWeb.com
Capt/QM, Co. A, 28th Regt, Tex Cav (Randal's) (1st Tex Lancers)
Alfred Marion Truit, son of James and Sarah Hall Truit, was b. in NC. He participated in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. The Truits left for Texas, bringing slaves with them, and arriving about 1839.
Alfred M. Truit married Susan E. Todd, b. in GA, about 1844. Their son James W. was born in 1845. Children born later include John Hays, Sarah, Susan Eleonora, Betty Izora, Alfred Marion, James Pinkney, Benjamin E., Samuel, and Mary J.
Alfred M. was with the Moderators in the Regulator-Moderator War. At the age of 31 he entered the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain, with a horse valued at $200. On October 26, 1847, he was elected major of the regiment. He lost two six-shooters in a skirmish with guerillas in March 1847. Andrew J. Truit, Leander Truit, Minter Truit, and Joshua H. Truit also served in Truit Company, as did John Joel Glanton, later infamous as a scalp hunter.
Alfred M. Truit served as Postmaster of Shelby County, and was in the Texas Senate, 3rd regular session, starting 1849, as a Democrat representing District 7. In 1850, in addition to the couple's 3 children, also living with the Truits were Levi M. Truit, 23, Mary Goodbread, 12, and William Frotan, 38, a teacher from NC.
By 1860 A. M. Truit, 42, was a wealthy merchant with extensive land holdings and personal property. That year he owned 10 slaves, mostly children, and mostly mulatto, housed in 2 slave houses.
Alfred Truit enlisted on April 12, 1862, at Buena Vista, and was promoted to Brigadier in the Quartermaster until 1863, when he resigned because of bad health. Levi M. Truit also served as captain of Company A, and James W. Truit entered as a bugler. Alfred M. Truit died from tuberculosis on June 19, 1864. His wife Susan died about 1865.
Note: Much more has and can be written about this family, and this entry may be replaced when someone chooses to do so.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby Co, TS
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby Co, TX
Ralph A. Smith, "John Joel Glanton," Handbook of Texas Online, s.v., http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgl2.html (accessed February 21, 2008)
Civil War Service Records for Alfred M. Truit
Shelby County in the Civil War
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/military/mexicanwarfirsttexas.htm (accessed February 21, 2008)
Truit/Truitt family genealogies at RootsWeb.com
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