Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Austin Collegehttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/ASTC/browse/?sort=date_a&fq=str_location_county:Madison+County,+TX2012-10-29T10:13:25-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Austin College[Oath of Service in the Western Frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar]2012-10-29T10:13:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255623/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255623/"><img alt="[Oath of Service in the Western Frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar]" title="[Oath of Service in the Western Frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255623/small/"/></a></p><p>Oath of service in the Western frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar in the fall of 1842 under General Wall. The oath was taken by James J. Allphin and tracked where Private Collar went in the Western frontier. It stated that he served in R. Williams's company as a private. On the bottom, a notary public, James S. Fai[rl]y, certified the oath and added his seal to the paper.</p>