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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
A Ptredifiary vUidc to the Architves of reas
Abstracts of Land Titles. See General Land Office, Abstracts.
Adams, Allen F. See Cooke, William G.
Adjutant General.
This department was created in 1836 and abolished in 1840o. Papers
of this period will be found under Army, Republic of Texas. From
184o-1846 the duties of the Adjutant General were carried on by an
Adjutant and Inspector General, the Secretary of War, the Secretary
of War and Marine, and an Adjutant General of Militia. Records of
this period will also be found under Army, Republic of Texas. With
the establishment of the state government, the Adjutant General's
Department was re-created, with duties mainly pertaining to the ver-
ification of land claims of veterans. In 1856 the office of the Adjutant
General was burned, and since some of the personnel were suspected
of committing forgeries, the legislature repealed the appropriation to
this department. Records of the office from 1846-1856 are not extant,
presumably having been lost in the fire. The department was active
once again during the Civil War, but records of the office during this
period are not available as such. In 1870 the office was re-established,
and in 1905 the present department was provided for by the legisla-
ture. In 1934 most of the non-current records of the Adjutant Gen-
eral's Office were transferred to the Texas Archives. Records of the
Adjutant General from 1870 to the present are relatively complete,
but many files have become somewhat disorganized. Those files and
records not described below may be found in the Records Division of
the State Library or in the Adjutant General's office.
Frontier Battalion.
The Frontier Battalion was organized in 1874 under the command
of Major John B. Jones pursuant to an act for the protection of the
frontier. The records of the Frontier Battalion are apparently com-
plete from 1874 to 90oo, when the organization became inactive,
although the bulk falls in the period prior to Jones' death in 1881.
FRONTIER BATTALION, PAY CERTIFICATES, C. 1870-1900.
Arranged alphabetically by name of individual having service.
19 envelopes, about 3800 pieces.
FRONTIER BATTALION, PENSION CLAIMS. See Adjutant General, Rangers,
Pensions.264
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