Confederate Units from Williamson County

Company C, 7th Texas Cavalry (7th Mounted Volunteers, 3rd Regiment, Sibley’s Brigade) Williamson Grays

Company C of the 7th Texas Cavalry was recruited in Williamson County and known as the “Williamson Grays”

Among other engagements, the Williamson Grays were at the Second Battle of Galveston on January 1, 1863, which returned control of Galveston and its important harbor to the Confederacy.  Ten veterans of the Williamson Grays are buried in Williamson County, most notably, John Wesley Snyder, a 1st Lieutenant in Company C, who is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Georgetown, TX and whose grave is marked with a Southern Cross.

27th Brigade Texas State Troops

With the onset of the war all the Union Army forces which had been stationed on the frontier in Texas left the state.  Local militias were formed to protect the residents from the Indian raids which still took place. The 27th Brigade of the Texas State Troops was organized, along with the Frontier Regiment in the Third Frontier District.  The 27th recruited soldiers from Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, and Williamson counties.   Samuel A Easley, a wealthy landowner and the County’s largest slave owner, was appointed Captain in the Brigade.  There are 117 27th Brigade veterans buried in the County. 

Company D, 30th Texas Cavalry

In 1862, Captain Samuel Strayhorn, later County Sheriff, mustered Company D of the 30th Texas Cavalry (Gurley’s Regiment, 1st Texas Partisans) in Williamson County.  The 30th remained in Texas protecting supply lines and guarding coastal defenses.  It also saw action in 1864 at the Second Battle of Cabin Creek.  Fourteen veterans of Company D, 30th Texas Cavalry are buried in Williamson County.  Captain Samuel Strayhorn is buried in the Granger City Cemetery.

2nd Texas Cavalry – Arizona Brigade

Fifty-two-year-old John W. Mullen mustered a company from Williamson County and a company from Bell County to augment Baylor’s 2nd Texas Cavalry – Arizona Brigade.  The 2nd Texas saw action along the coast in Texas and in Louisiana including the Red River Campaign. Mullen had previously been a Lieutenant Colonel with the Williamson Bowies of the 4th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Texas State Troops.  Mullen is buried in the Mullen Family Cemetery in Williamson County.