James A. McCorcle 
James A. was born in 1842 in San Felip, Austin Co., Texas.1 James A.'s father was Archibald T. McCorcle and his mother was Carolina Eliza Matilda Cook Allen. His maternal grandparents were Martin C. Allen and Elizabeth Vice. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Henry T., Whipple Wesson, Dr., William Wade Hudgins, Mary Lavina and Anne E.. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died in In the Civil War, Mississippi.1 General Notes
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James A. MCCORCLE was born in 1842 in San Felipe, Austin County, Texa
s. (6 2) He served in the military in 1861/62 in Confederate States Army.(
63) (6 4) National Archive Records show that James A. McCorcle joined t
he Confede rate Army on 10 Aug 1861 at Camp Kyle, Texas. He was 18 years o
ld, a Priva te and assigned to Capt. Wm. C. Timmins' Company, 1st Regime
nt Texas Volun teers. Later Muster Rolls show him to be assigned to 2nd Re
giment Texas In fantry, Company B. James McCorcle (Private Co.B , 2nd Tex
as Volunteers) ap pears on a Battle of Shiloh report, dated 25 April 18
62 showing that he lo st 1 gun and turned in 6 enemy guns. The Company Mus
ter Rolls from May/Ju ne 1862 through Jan/Feb 1863 show James absent and c
omments state th at he is due back pay and a 50 dollar bonus and that he w
as sent to Gen Ho spital on June 17, 1862.
In his biography, James' brother Whipple Wesson McCorcle, reported th
at Ja mes was killed in the Civil War. Exactly, when and where has not be
en dete rmined. Died in Feb. 1863.
Listed on the Milam Co., Texas 1850 census. He was eight years old.
E-mail info from Don McCorcle: James, { born 1842-San Felipe}was al
so in t he 2nd Texas Infantry. He was in Company B and is listed as Jam
es B. McCo rcle. He was Killed in action. He never returned to his ho
me in Bell Count y.
Records also indicate that after operations against the "Advance on a
nd t he Seige of Corinth" April 29- May 30, 1862 and engagement at Farming
to n, Mississippi on May 9, 1862.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1813 in Georgia d.14 Feb 1869 in Houston , Harris Co. Texas
- b.1842 in San Felip, Austin Co., Texas d. in In the Civil War, Mississippi
- b.1752 in Ireland d.18 Aug 1813 in Spanish Territory of Tejas, Near San Antonio, Texas
- b.28 Nov 1780 in Ireland d.25 Jun 1838 in Wallis, Austin Co. ( Eight Miles Point), Austin Co., Texas
- b.1752 d.05 Jul 1803 in Campbell Co., Ky.
- b.11 Dec 1824 in Natchitoches, LA d.25 Sep 1853 in Belton, Bell, TX
- b.1758 in Virginia d.1817 in Campbell Co. Kentucky
- b.26 Jul 1784 in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky/ Virginia d.08 Feb 1843 in Wallis, Eight Mile Point, Austin Co., Texas
- b.1762
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