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Owen SINGLETARY (1843?-1864)
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| Owen SINGLETARY, "confederate-flag" | |
| Name: | Owen SINGLETARY 1 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Evan Savera SINGLETARY (1813-1892) |
| Mother: | Martha Andora DORSEY (1816?- ) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 1843 (app) | Alabama 1 |
| Military | frm 3 Mar 1862 to 1864 (age 18-21) | Private under Capt. Scanland in Co. A,, Well's Confederate Texas Calvary Regiment 2 |
| Civil | 1864 (age 20-21) | member of the Reynold's Gang 3 |
| Death | 21 Jul 1864 (age 20-21) | campsite along Deer Creek near Littleton, CO 4 |
Sources
| 1 | Ancestry.com, "1850 United States Federal Census" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005;). Year: 1850; Census Place: Milam and Williamson, Milam, Texas; Roll: M432_913; Page: 6B; Image: 18. |
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| 2 | "Wells' Battalion Roster" (http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/WellsBattn.htm).
Text From Source: Singleterry, Owen Singletary:
[b-1841 AL; 1860 Montague Co TX cen p71] Enlisted 18 Nov 61 at Ft Arbuckle by Mercer Fain for 3 yrs. A PVT in Co’A’/ Scanland’s Sqd. Paid 30 Sep 62. Pension Jun 2, 1899. Owen Singletary, Application# 1228976, cert. # 1196620. Reynolds Gang member Editor's note: "... A posse was eventually formed and on July 30, 1864, the Reynolds gang was spotted camping in a small clearing in the forest. A gunfight ensued, killing one outlaw by the name of Owen Singleterry. One of the posse members, a Dr. Cooper, cut off Singleterry’s head, took it back to Fairplay and preserved it in alcohol, where it remained on display for many years. ..." http://www.coloradovacation.com/history/reynoldsgang.html |
| 3 | General David J. Cook, "Hands Up"
(http://archive.org/details/handsuporthirtyf00cook). p. 16.
Text From Source: The little party now consisted of but nine men: James Reynolds, John Reynolds, Jack Robinson, Tom Knight, Owen Singletary, John Babbitt, Jake Stowe, John Andrews and Tom Halliman. |
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| 4 | Ibid. p. 25.
Text From Source: Two of the men were getting dinner, and the others were gathered around Capt. Reynolds, who was busily dividing the remaining money and gold dust among them, when suddenly a dozen guns cracked from behind some large rocks about 220 yards from the outlaws' camp. Owen Singletary fell dead, and Capt. Reynolds, who was at that moment dipping gold dust from a can with a spoon, was wounded in the arm. The outlaws at once broke for the brush, a few even leaving their horses. The attacking party, which consisted of twelve or fifteen men from Gold Run under the leadership of Jack Sparks, had crawled around the mountain unobserved until they reached the rocks, and then fired a volley into the i obbcn* band. When the robbers took to the brush, they wont down to their camp and secured several horses, the can of gold dust, the amalgam that was taken from the coach at McLaughlin's, Billy McClellan's watch, and a lot of arms, etc. It was coming on night, and after searching the gulches for a while in vain. Ihey cut off Singletary's head, which they took to Fairplay as a trophy of the fight. This was July 31, 1864. |
