Trinity County
Military Information Resources

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U.S. National Archives & Records Administration

.  NARA Military Records for searching military records

Branch of Service

Dates

Volunteers

Military service performed by persons serving during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the Federal interest, 1775 - 1902

Regular Army

Enlisted personnel, 1789-October 31, 1912
Officers, 1789 - June 30, 1917

Navy

Enlisted personnel, 1798 - 1885 Officers, 1798 - 1902

Marine Corps

Enlisted personnel, 1789 - 1904 Some officers, 1789 - 1895

Coast Guard

Persons who served in predecessor agencies to the U.S. Coast Guard: the Revenue Cutter Service (Revenue Marine), the Life-Saving Service, and the Lighthouse Service, 1791 - 1919

Confederate States

Persons who rendered military service for the Confederate States government in its armed forces, 1861 - 1865

Veterans Records

Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 - 1916 and Bounty land warrant application files relating to claims based on wartime service, 1775 - 1855

Civil War

Trinity County, Texas... Civil War Records Index.  Note the link to Texas Union Records.

·         1st Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company M, Hood's Brigade (roster)

·         History of Company M First Texas Volunteer Infantry Hood's Brigade by Sgt. D. H. Hamilton

·         7th Texas Mounted Volunteer Regiment, Company E, Trinity County, Texas (roster)

·         The Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, Texas has published two histories of the 7th Texas Mounted Volunteer Regiment. 

·         Confederate Indigent Families List of Texas 1863 -1865

·         Trinity County Confederate Indigent Families  in our Archives section

·         Trinity County CSA Pension Records duplicated here or there Trinity County CSA Pension Records in our Archives section

Animated Soldiers on horsebackAnimated soldiers on horsebackAnimated soldiers on horseback

World War II

·         Trinity County list from NARA

Available in Trinity County's Archives Section

Use the Master Index to locate the page on which the discharged veteran appears in the Book (Bk) 2 of Trinity County Discharge Records. 

·         WWII Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records Bk 2 - Trinity Co., Tx Master Index

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 1    pages 1-50

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 2    pages 51 - 100

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 3    pages 101 - 150

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 4    pages 151 - 200

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 5    pages 201 - 250

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 6    pages 251 - 300

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2-Trinity Co., Tx Section 7    pages 301 - 350

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2 Trinity Co., Tx Section 8     pages 351 - 400

·         WWII Discharge Records  Bk 2  Trinity Co., Tx Section 9   pages 401 - 450

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2 - Trinity Co., Tx Section 10 pages 451 - 500

·         WWII Discharge Records Bk 2 - Trinity Co., Tx Section 11 pages 501 - 576
 


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Updates Feb. 2008/skw