Capt. Sylvanus Abner Minter

1834 - 1912  (77 years)

• Name	Sylvanus Abner Minter
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	27 Dec 1834	Putnam County, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D20B1DE548A5442389543A5182B147CEE352
  Death	14 Jan 1912	Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	BIRTH: Their children's years of birth were calculated from 1870 U. S. Census. BIOGRAPHY: Captain Sylvanus Abner (Ab) MINTER was sworn into the Confederate Army service on 10 May 1862 as Commander of Company K, 19th Texas Infantry Regiment, Commanded by Coloonel Richard Waterhouse, Jr., Scurry's Brigade, Walker's Division, Trans-Mississippi Department. Most of the Company's service was performed in Arkansas and Louisiana. They engaged the enemy at Mansfield, Louisiana, 8 April 1864; then a short time later, they fought at a place called Jenkins Ferry on the Saline River in Arkansas. In that engagement they lost several men's lives, including their First Sergeant Nathan PENN. Also, another one of their men, Paul CRAIN, lost one of his arms.About six months before the end of the war the Company was assigned guard duty at Marshall, Texas, at the powder mill. That is where they were when it all ended, and where the Company was disbanded. The Company roster included the following men from the Pine Forest Area: S. A. MINTER, Captain; I. H. POGEN, 1st Lieut.; J. T. MINTER*, 2nd Lieut.; T. S. BRIMLEY, 3rd Lieut.; N. S. PENN, 1st Sgt.; J.T.HENLEY, 2nd Sgt.; John RAMSEY, 3rd Sgt.; B. F. EDWARDS, 4th Sgt.; W. M. PAYNE, 1st Cpl.; T. C. CRAFT, 2nd Cpl.; J. W. ASHMOON, 3rd Cpl.; W. B. BLUNT, 4th Cpl. PRIVATES: BRICKEEN, W. I.; BOWES, M. B.; BENNETT, J. B.; CANDLE, B. A.; CARSON, A. E.; CHOATES, B. C.; CORNARY. S. F.; CRANE, J. H.; DICKARD, John; DICKETT, J. W.N.; EDWARDS, G. C.; EDWARDS, G. H.; FLIPPIN, W. I.; FLOWERS, F. A.; GRAY, J. C. ; HOQSETT, Wm.; LANE, D.; LANE, T.; LONG, Robert; McDOWELL, F. M.; McLERAY, J. F. ; MAJORS, J. H.; MAJORS, Nelson; PARCHMAN, C. M.; PATTY, J. M.; PHILLIPS, H.; PHILLIPS, J. H.; PLAUNK, J. W.; POPE, F. M.; POPE, W. A.; SAWYERS, C.; SHED, Wm.; SMITH, B. C.; SNOWDEN, L. C.; SPICER, Rowan; TEAGUE, J. H.; TRAMIL, M. C.; UMPHREY, John; WADKINN, J. B.; WARD, G. M.; WARD, J. J.; WELLS, D. B.; WHITE, R. L.; WILLERSON, J. H.; WOOD, Henry. Note:2nd. Lieut. MINTER was the eldest son of Sarah & Pappy MINTER. Reference: The Campaigns of WALKER'S TEXAS DIVISION By J. P. Blessington (The Pemberton Press, Austin, TX, 1968). 1860 United States Federal Census:in Hopkins, Texas (all MINTER), S A (25, farmer, born Georgia), Martha (20, born Mississippi) and Robert E (4 months, born Texas). 1910 United States Federal Census: Sylvanus was living in Justice precinct 2, Hopkins, Texas with son Guy and family.
  Person ID	I2434	America
  Last Modified	5 May 2015

  
  

  Father	John Morgan Minter,   b. Abt 1792, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Aug 1856, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Brooks MATHIS,   b. 26 Jun 1792, Georgia, USA d. 21 Jan 1852, Georgia, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1817	Hancock County, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda E "Mattie" BAILEY,   b. 15 Jan 1840, Mississippi, USA d. 14 Jun 1907, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1859	Hopkins County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Robert Edwin "Ed" Minter,   b. 1 Mar 1860, Georgia, USA d. 27 Sep 1921, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 61 years)   2. Julia Minter,   b. 1862, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joseph Oliver "Ollie" Minter,   b. 27 Oct 1865, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 9 Mar 1925, Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 59 years)   4. John Pleasant "Ples" Minter,   b. 19 Oct 1867, Texas, USA d. 12 Dec 1948, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)   5. Dr Guy Z. Minter, MD,   b. Jul 1869, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 21 May 1915, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age ~ 45 years)   6. Ellen Minter,   b. 1870   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Emma Minter,   b. 25 Aug 1875, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 27 Oct 1878, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 14 Jan 1912 - Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Burial - - Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.