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This wound gave him trouble throughout the remainder of his life. Dur- ing the Civil War he saw service as major in First McCulloch's Regiment Mounted Rifles (see C. A. Evans, Confederate Military History, XI, 43). Edward Burleson never cared for political office, and served in only two civil stations---delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1876, and as commissioner to locate the East Texas penitentiary. In the latter part of 1876 and early 1877 his health was poor; his ,vife died February 5, 1877, and from that time Burleson gradually declined until death came, May 12, 1877, at the home of his sister, Mrs. T. E. Sneed, at Austin, Texas. He was buried in the family burying-ground on the Blanco river, near Kyle, Texas. See Goodspeed Brothers (publishers, 1894), Memorial and Genealogical Reco1·d of Southwest Texas, etc., 370-372; West TexCL8 Free Press (San Marcos), May 19, 1877.
ORDER TOW. C. DARYMPLE 1
Executive Office, January 5, 1860.
To Captain W. C. Dalrymple, of Georgetown Sir: I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of yesterday. You will, as you suggest, change the order from Eighty-three men, rank and file, to sixty, making two Lieutenants, three Sergeants, and three Corporals; and hasten as much as possible the organization of your command, and report the same to this Department. In the meantime, advise the Depart- ment from time to time of your success. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 A photostat of the original order was sent to the editors of the Writ- ings of Sa,n Houston, by Mr. Seb. S. Wilcox, of Laredo, Texas; see, also, Executive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 23, Texas State Library. To CLEMENT R. JOHNS 1 Executive Department, Austin, 6th January, 1860. Clement R. Johns Esq., Auditor &c &c Sir: The Executive desires that final action on the accounts of Wm. R. Scurry,2 Esq-Commissioner, and-Rusk, 3 Acting Commissioner of the Boundary survey, shall not take place until he can have an interview with you on the subject. The Executive is in possession of information which may be of essential im- portance to a proper settlement of their accounts. Sam Houston. 1 Execzitive Reco1·d.s, 1859-1861, p. 9, Texas State Library. Clement Reed Johns (August 12, 1816-July 30, 1886), was born of Welsh parentage in Rutherford County, Tennessee. He was educated at Jackson
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