Adjutant General's Department service records 1836-1845, 1854-1865, 1870-1935

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Adjutant General's Department service records 1836-1845, 1854-1865, 1870-1935

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The Texas Adjutant General's Department created and maintained records that have served as proof of the service of specific individuals in the various military, militia, and ranger units of the Republic and of the State of Texas. These records consist of a variety of types of documents, including enlistment certificates, discharge certificates, certificates of appointment, applications, descriptive lists, warrants of authority, oaths of service, affidavits of service, paymaster's certificates, final statements, vouchers, receipts, powers of attorney, copies of orders and special orders, clothing charts, and correspondence and memoranda to and from state and federal military and pension authorities. They comprise the service records (sometimes artificially constructed) for members of the various military, militia, and ranger organizations which have served in Texas, 1836-1845, 1854-1865, 1870-1935. They do however, represent of the persons who have served in these organizations. not, all

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