Cornelius Brown Tollett^{[1, 2, 3]}

1818 - 1846  (27 years)

• Name	Cornelius Brown Tollett
  Born	Nov 25, 1818  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Oct 25, 1846	Mexican War, Rio Grande City, Starr county, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From Archives, Texas State Library, Audited Claims file, Republic of Texas, under Cornelius B. Tollett: Fort DeKalb Jany 16th 1839 This is to certify that Cornelius B. Tollett has served as a volunteer Ranger in the service of the Republic of Texas for the term of three months at said fort and is hereby honorably discharged from said service and is entitled to all the payments and emoluments for such service. Israel Ly---- Cpt Stephen Peters Maj The 1 Ridg 4th brg TM Cornelius Brown Tollett enlisted for the Mexican War 6 July 1846 at Washington, Arkansas. He joined Captain Hunter's Company, Company G, of the Mounted Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. The Regimental commander was Colonel Archibald Yell. Other officers of his company were 1st Leutenant J. S. Dollarhide, 2nd Leutenants R. M. Cown and G. C. Steward. He brought a horse valued at $40 and horse equipment valued at $15. He was attending sick at the Trinity River by order of Colonel Yell from 10 August 1846. He died 24 October 1846 at Camp Rio Grande [Records in the National Archives as found by Carroll Kennedy, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland in February 1997.].
  Person ID	I149974	mykindred
  Last Modified	Aug 18, 2008

  
  

  Father	David T. Tollett,   b. Feb 05, 1788, Wilkes county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Oct 01, 1852, Hempstead county, Arkansas, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Rebeckah Parks,   b. Jan 29, 1792, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 1828, Hempstead county, Arkansas, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Married	Between 1813 and 1814  [1, 4]
  Family ID	F49263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2700] Descendants of Markus Tollett. [S2704] David Tollett Bible Record. [S2666] Gedcom - Coup, William. [S2698] Tennessee Tollets, Descendants of Henry Henry and Jane (Davenport) Tollett, page 5.