Killough, Samuel Blackburn, Republic ofTexas Army Commission 1844

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Killough, Samuel Blackburn, Republic ofTexas Army Commission 1844

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01983/01983-P.html

The Samuel Blackburn KilloughRepublic of Texas Army Commission, 1844, is an original commission naming Samuel B.Killough a captain in the Fifth Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Republic of TexasMilitia. Dated August 1, 1844, the commission is signed by President Sam Houston andSecretary of War and Marine G. W. Hill.

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