29th Texas Cavalry look-up

[Lampasas Bill]

I would be very grateful if someone with access to Fold3 would look up any records of J. T. Blackwell, 29th Texas Cavalry. I missed out on the latest Fold3 free look-up period, and I'm trying to find out if J. T. Blackwell is the same person as my wife's great-great grandfather, Jesse Thomas Blackwell. I'd be much obliged for any help.

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

As requested, @Lampasas Bill.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Thanks a lot, 7th Texas, for the speedy reply. Unfortunately, this J. T. Blackwell is not our Jesse Thomas Blackwell. Our Jesse served in Capt. John Dix's company H, Texas Frontier Regiment from March 8, 1862, to Feb. 14, 1863. Ruling out any additional service helps a lot.

Muchas gracias, amigo.

 

[lupaglupa]

And now, back to digging @Lampasas Bill

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

Thanks a lot, 7th Texas, for the speedy reply. Unfortunately, this J. T. Blackwell is not our Jesse Thomas Blackwell. Our Jesse served in Capt. John Dix's company H, Texas Frontier Regiment from March 8, 1862, to Feb. 14, 1863. Ruling out any additional service helps a lot.

Muchas gracias, amigo.

Por supuesto, hermano.

Anything for a neighbor to the north.

(Blanco/Comal County here.)

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

Just in case it helps in your search… all occurrences of 'Blackwell' in service to Texas.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Just in case it helps in your search… all occurrences of 'Blackwell' in service to Texas.

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Thanks for the additional information. Blackwell seems to be quite a common name! What book did those lists come from?

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

Thanks for the additional information. Blackwell seems to be quite a common name! What book did those lists come from?

You bet!

They are the Texas volumes of Broadfoot's by name/by unit rosters pulled from the CSR's.

You can still find them new/old stock in plastic online/etc.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

You bet!

They are the Texas volumes of Broadfoot's by name/by unit rosters pulled from the CSR's.

You can still find them new/old stock in plastic online/etc.

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Thanks, not familiar with those.

 

[Stryker65]

Might be hard to get records of the Frontier Regiment -- they were organized from and served most with the Texas State Troops, of which there are few or nonexistent records. I believe I have some articles on the Frontier Regiment's service, so I'll check those out and get back to you.

 

[Stryker65]

New info: The Frontier Regiment was transferred to Confederate service in late 1863 -- so there's probably no Confederate record of your ancestor; he'll only be in militia records.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

New info: The Frontier Regiment was transferred to Confederate service in late 1863 -- so there's probably no Confederate record of your ancestor; he'll only be in militia records.

Thanks. That's what I've found so far. I was just checking to see if he was later drafted by the CSA. So far no evidence of that.