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Collier, W.M. (Although shown on muster list as W. M. Collier, this is H. M.
Collier (Henry Mitchell Collier)).

Name:        Henry Mitchell COLLIER
Father:        Benjamin Columbus COLLIER Sr. (Jun 7 1774 - Jan 17 1846)
Mother:        Polly(or Mary) GRANBERRY (abt 1820 - 1886)

Henry Mitchell COLLIER was born about 1839 in Blakely, Early County,
GA.
He resided between 1839 and 1852 in Early County, GA.
He resided after February 1853 in Tyler County, TX.
He resided between 1859 and 1880 in Hardin County, TX.
He was a Farmer between 1860 and 1880 in Hardin County, TX.
He served in the military between January 1862 and May 1865 in
Confederate Soldier, 11th Battalion, Texas Volunteer Calvary & Infantry
(Spaight's), Co. D..
He was a between 1869 and 1877 in Tyler County, TX. He died on August
2, 1926 in Kountze, Hardin County, TX.
He was buried in Hooks - Cravey Cemetery, Hardin County, TX.
He was educated as he Could read and write. He was a Sheriff in Kountze,
Hardin County, TX.

NOTES: Texas CSA pension no. 15675, Hardin County.

Enlisted in infantry as a private and traded places with Dallas Collier who
was in Co. F. under Col. Griffin in the Cavalry service. Discharged at
Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, TX in April or May 1865.

National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System shows service
in Company D, 11th Battalion, Texas Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry
(Spaight's). The NPS system shows that he had an alternate name as W.
M. Collier on some records.

He was married to Nancy Mary LYONS (daughter of Unknown Given Names
LYONS and UNKNOWN WIFE) on October 25, 1862 in Hardin County, TX.
Nancy Mary LYONS was born about 1841 in Mississippi. She resided
between 1870 and 1880 in Hardin County, TX. She was a keeps house
between 1870 and 1880 in Hardin County, TX. She was buried in Hooks -
Cravey Cemetery, Hardin County, TX.

Henry Mitchell COLLIER and Nancy Mary LYONS had the following children: