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This unit organized in Precinct (or Beat) No. 7 of Lamar County Texas and filed election returns on 2 Sep 1861. A copy of the muster roll is located in the Texas State Archives. No ages or year of birth appears on the muster roll and this information is derived from the 1860 Census. No muster roll of privates was attached and only the election returns exist. It states the following:
We the undersigned managers of an election held for the purpose of Electing Officers for the company for Precinct No. 7 do hereby certify that for...
[Note: the number of votes for each is listed in the list below]
Signed W. F. Hatchitt, Presiding Officer
H. J. Bailey, Judge
C. P. Littlejohn, Judge
W. H. Tinnin, Clerk
E. H. Tanner, Clerk
Bailey, H. J., age unknown, born about unknown, 2nd Sgt., 54 votes
Castlebury, Joshua, age 27, born about 1834, Ensign, 28 votes
Crosby, Dennis, age unknown, born about unknown, 3rd Sgt., 22 votes
Dennis, H. B., age 32, born about 1829, 3rd Lt., 52, votes
Hamilton, J. C., age unknown, born about unknown, 2nd Cpl., 32 votes
Hatchitt, W. F., age 44, born about 1817, Pvt.
Herrington, William, age unknown, born about unknown, 4th Cpl., 30 votes
Hudgens, Lewis, age unknown, born about unknown, Pvt., 25 votes for Ensign
Killingsworth, R., age unknown, born about unknown, Pvt., 20 votes for 3rd Sgt.
Littlejohn, C. P., age 37, born about 1824, 1st Sgt., 54 votes
Littlejohn, Thomas, age unknown, born about unknown, Capt., 48 votes
Maxwell, J., age 41, born about 1820, 1st Lt., 28 votes
McFatter, W. A., age 36, born about 1825, 1st Cpl., 42 votes
Stephens, William, age 34, born about 1827, 4th Sgt., 50 votes
Tanner, E. H., age unknown, born about unknown, Pvt.
Tinnin, W. H., age 32, born about 1829, Pvt.
Westbrooks, J. W., age 22, born about 1839, 3rd Cpl., 32 votes
Wilkins, Unknown, age unknown, born about unknown, 2nd Lt., 26 votes
Williams, J. A., age 38, born about 1823, Pvt., 33 votes for 1st Sgt.
Williams, John, age 38, born about 1823, Pvt., 12 votes for 1st Cpl., 18 votes for 2nd Cpl., 20 votes for 3rd Cpl., 25 votes for 4th Cpl.