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- [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.
- [S577] 1880 United States Census, 259A (Reliability: 3).
Haywood MOORE Self M Male W 65 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary MOORE Wife M Female W 51 TN Keeping House KY AL
Martin MOORE Son S Male W 19 TX At Home NC TN
Alford MOORE Son S Male W 15 TX At Home NC TN
Robert MOORE Son S Male W 11 TX At Home NC TN
George MOORE Son S Male W 9 TX NC TN
Samuel MOORE Son S Male W 9 TX NC TN
Francis MOORE Son S Male W 30 TX NC TN
Sarah Ann MOORE Dau S Female W 21 TX NC TN
Mary MOORE Dau S Female W 16 TX NC TN
Jane MOORE Dau S Female W 13 TX NC TN
Levy MC CLURE Other S Male W 43 AR Farmer KY AL
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Source Information:
Census Place District 164, Fayette, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255303
NA Film Number T9-1303
Page Number 259A
Levy MC CLURE Household
Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1837>
Birthplace AR
Age 43
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status S
Race W
Head of Household Haywood MOORE
Relation Other
Father's Birthplace KY
Mother's Birthplace AL
Source Information:
Census Place District 164, Fayette, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255303
NA Film Number T9-1303
Page Number 259A
- [S686] Vicki O'Bannon (Reliability: 3).
Biography:
MCCLURE, Jr., LEVI (1837~1914) Levi McClure, Jr., Confederate veteran, was born in Arkansas, possibly Hempstead County, in March of 1837, to Levi and Elizabeth (Archer) McClure. The second of two children, Levi, Jr. and his older brother, William, moved to the Republic of Texas with the family, circa 1841. In that same year, Levi, Sr. received a land grant in Medina County, but does not appear to have held onto the land for very long, as he later moved to the community of Black Jack Springs, in Fayette County.
After moving to Fayette County, Levi, Sr. and Elizabeth had, at least, two more children, a daughter, Martha, who was born in 1845, and a son, Albert, who was born in 1849. After the birth of Albert, Elizabeth died and Levi, Sr. married Denis Harrison Gage and had a daughter, Alvarina, who was born in 1852.
By 1860, Levi, Jr., was working as a laborer in Black Jack Springs until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army. On April 15, 1862, he was mustered into Company E of the 11th Battalion of the Texas Volunteers, which was also known as Spaight's Battalion. The men served within the Department of Texas until the spring of 1864, when they were merged into the 21st Texas Infantry Regiment. With this regiment, Levi served with Company B in the Trans-Mississippi Department. This regiment was stationed at Sabine Pass, but was later moved to Louisiana. However, before the Confederate surrender in June of 1865, the regiment returned to Texas and disbanded and was taken in custody as Confederate sympathizers. Levi, who, according to information provided by family members, had attained the rank of a 2nd lieutenant, was released from prison in July of 1865.
Much of Levi's life after the Civil War is currently unknown. Though it is believed that he returned to Fayette County, where worked as a farmer and married a woman by the name of A. Nickelburg. Apparently after her death, Levi moved to Austin to live with his step-sister, Alvarina North, and her husband, William. He appears to have stayed there until he was admitted into the Texas Confederate Home on July 4, 1900.
Claiming blindness as a disability, Levi lived at the Home until his death on October 22, 1914. He was buried in the Texas State Cemetery that same day. Also buried in the State Cemetery is Levi's sister, Martha McClure Stagner King Russell Coleman. She was married to Confederate veteran, Henry Coleman, and is buried in Confederate Field, Section 2, Row W, Plot 36.
Information taken from: materials provided by descendant, Vickie O'Bannon; Compiled Military Service Record; National Park Service Website, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/; 1850, 1860, 1880, 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses; Confederate Home Roster and Death Certificate #21380.
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- [S616] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (National Park Service).
CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS
21st Regiment, Texas Infantry
21st Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1864 by consolidating the 11th (Spaight's) Texas Cavlry and Infantry Battalion and Griffin's Texas Infantry Battalion. Serving in the Trans-Mississippi Department, the unit was stationed at Sabine Pass with 14 officers and 235 men. Later it moved to Louisiana, then returned to Texas. It disbanded prior to the surrender in June, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Ashley W. Spaight, Lieutenant Colonel William M. Griffin, and Major Felix C. McReynolds.
L. McClure (First_Last)
Regiment Name 21 Texas Infantry
Side Confederate
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Levi/McClure
Notes
Film Number M227 roll 23
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