Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
NameCROMEANS, Andrew Jackson 
Birth Date24 Jul 1837
Birth PlaceFulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Death Date11 Jan 1929 Age: 91
Death PlaceBarksdale, Edwards County, Texas
FatherCROMEANS, Asa Josiah (1812-1856)
MotherKINSEY, Martha Ann (1818-1906)
Misc. Notes
Andrew Jackson Cromeans served under Capt. A. B. Burleson as a Texas Mounted Ranger. The texasrangers.org website lists Capt. Burleson's company as being stationed near Georgetown for the duration of April 1860 - May 1861.
The Library of Congress archives shows (then) Lt A. B. Burleson's company being dispatched for the purpose of "FRONTIER DEFENSE AGAINST INDIANS". An excerpt from the Library of Congress archive:
FRONTIER DEFENSE AGAINST INDIANS.
For pay, etc., of the following organizations from June 6, 1860, to March 4, 1861, as shown by said military ledger and original vouchers for each warrant: Indian depredations: Capt. W. C. Dalrymple's company, Lieut. Dixon Walker's company, Capt. J. C. Conner's company, Capt. Ed. Burleson's company, Capt., T. J. Johnson's company, Capt. N. H. Darnel Fs company, Capt. W. M. Wood's company, Capt. G. 8. Fitzhugh's company, Capt. L. S. Ross's company, Lieut. A. B. Burleson's company, Capt. W. H. Berry's company, Capt. William Fitzhugh's company, Lieut. Salmon's company, Lieut. Ballintyne's company.
Further evidence of Capt. A. B. Burleson's company's mission is outlined in the book A History of Texas and Texans by Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker and Ernest William Winkler pages 519 & 520:
"On the 6th of December information reached the executive of the most appalling outrages committed by the Indians in Jack and Parker counties. Orders were immediately sent forward to Captains Thomas Stocton, of Young, and James Barry, of Bosque county, to raise each twenty-four men and proceed to co-operate with Captain Ross in protecting the settlements. These troops did not enter the service, but on the 17th of December an order was issued to Captain A. B. Burleson to raise seventy men, which was followed by orders to Captain E. W. Rogers, of Ellis, on the 26th of December, and to Captain Thomas Harrison, of McLennan, on the 2d of January, to raise each seventy men, all of whom have now gone forward to Fort Belknap, where Colonel W. C. Dalrymple, of Williamson county, acting under commission as aid de camp to the executive, has been ordered to repair to effect an organization of the troops and to devise means for their efficiency.
"It affords the executive pleasure to state that the Indians who committed the late depredations in Jack and Parker counties have been overtaken and killed by a force under the command of Captain Ross.
"It will be seen from the plain statement of facts given above that from the time of his inauguration up to the present time the executive has devoted all the energies at his command to the defense of the frontier. He has called into service a number of the most experienced ranging officers in the state and given them troops obtained in counties capable of furnishing the best Indian fighters in the world. Not only in number, but in the equipment of the troops, the means he has adopted for frontier defense have been adequate to more than the reasonable expectation of the country. Besides these he has provided every county with a minute company for its own defense, formed by its own citizens. . . .
"In March last the executive tendered to the secretary of war of the United States five thousand Texan volunteers to aid in defense of the frontier. The offer was declined. Efforts have been made to induce congress to pass a bill authorizing the calling of such a force into the field, but they have been thus far unsuccessful. The federal government has, however, from time to time, sent re-enforcements of the regular army into Texas, until the entire force on our border comprises about one-fifth of our entire army. These prevent the invasion of our soil of any numerous body of Indians, and occasionally intercept small stealing parties, but to entirely check the latter a more active force is necessary, which should be constantly employed in scouting the country."
The Library of Congress archives shows (then) Lt A. B. Burleson's company being dispatched for the purpose of "FRONTIER DEFENSE AGAINST INDIANS". An excerpt from the Library of Congress archive:
FRONTIER DEFENSE AGAINST INDIANS.
For pay, etc., of the following organizations from June 6, 1860, to March 4, 1861, as shown by said military ledger and original vouchers for each warrant: Indian depredations: Capt. W. C. Dalrymple's company, Lieut. Dixon Walker's company, Capt. J. C. Conner's company, Capt. Ed. Burleson's company, Capt., T. J. Johnson's company, Capt. N. H. Darnel Fs company, Capt. W. M. Wood's company, Capt. G. 8. Fitzhugh's company, Capt. L. S. Ross's company, Lieut. A. B. Burleson's company, Capt. W. H. Berry's company, Capt. William Fitzhugh's company, Lieut. Salmon's company, Lieut. Ballintyne's company.
Further evidence of Capt. A. B. Burleson's company's mission is outlined in the book A History of Texas and Texans by Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker and Ernest William Winkler pages 519 & 520:
"On the 6th of December information reached the executive of the most appalling outrages committed by the Indians in Jack and Parker counties. Orders were immediately sent forward to Captains Thomas Stocton, of Young, and James Barry, of Bosque county, to raise each twenty-four men and proceed to co-operate with Captain Ross in protecting the settlements. These troops did not enter the service, but on the 17th of December an order was issued to Captain A. B. Burleson to raise seventy men, which was followed by orders to Captain E. W. Rogers, of Ellis, on the 26th of December, and to Captain Thomas Harrison, of McLennan, on the 2d of January, to raise each seventy men, all of whom have now gone forward to Fort Belknap, where Colonel W. C. Dalrymple, of Williamson county, acting under commission as aid de camp to the executive, has been ordered to repair to effect an organization of the troops and to devise means for their efficiency.
"It affords the executive pleasure to state that the Indians who committed the late depredations in Jack and Parker counties have been overtaken and killed by a force under the command of Captain Ross.
"It will be seen from the plain statement of facts given above that from the time of his inauguration up to the present time the executive has devoted all the energies at his command to the defense of the frontier. He has called into service a number of the most experienced ranging officers in the state and given them troops obtained in counties capable of furnishing the best Indian fighters in the world. Not only in number, but in the equipment of the troops, the means he has adopted for frontier defense have been adequate to more than the reasonable expectation of the country. Besides these he has provided every county with a minute company for its own defense, formed by its own citizens. . . .
"In March last the executive tendered to the secretary of war of the United States five thousand Texan volunteers to aid in defense of the frontier. The offer was declined. Efforts have been made to induce congress to pass a bill authorizing the calling of such a force into the field, but they have been thus far unsuccessful. The federal government has, however, from time to time, sent re-enforcements of the regular army into Texas, until the entire force on our border comprises about one-fifth of our entire army. These prevent the invasion of our soil of any numerous body of Indians, and occasionally intercept small stealing parties, but to entirely check the latter a more active force is necessary, which should be constantly employed in scouting the country."
Spouses
Birth Date12 Jan 1848
Birth PlaceIndependence County, Arkansas`
Death Date2 Oct 1909 Age: 61
Death PlaceBarksdale, Edwards County, Texas
Marr Date17 Mar 1862
Marr PlaceCoryell County, Texas