Spaight, Ashley Wood, papers 1826-1912

Texas. Dept. of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History.

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The Texas Department of Insurance, Statistics and History was created by an act of the 15th Legislature and began operations on September 1, 1876. As its name implies, the duties of the Department were varied. From the Comptroller, it took over the regulation of insurance companies and agents; it was to obtain and publish statistics "relating to the population, wealth and general resources of the State;" it was to collect and classify historical materials; and, the State Library was placed under...

Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 11th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 21st.

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Spaight, Ashley Wood, 1821-1911

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Born in Alabama to John and Matilda (Wood) Spaight, Ashley Wood Spaight (1821-1911) served in the Creek War before graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1842. He later began a law practice with Thomas W. Watts and served in the Alabama Legislature (1846-1848). In 1854, Spaight married Victoria M. Riggs, and the couple settled on a plantation in Liberty County, Texas, in 1861. During the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army, organizing the Moss Bluff Rebels and com...