Letter to J. D. Avis from W. A. Morris 5-12-1925
(C. Avis Catalog entry #143)
Office of
W. A. Morris
County Surveyor and
Licensed State Land Surveyor
Montague, Texas May 12th 1925
Hon J D Avis
Wichita Falls Tex
Dear Sir & friend - Your Father, David Avis volenteered and enlisted in the Confederate Sivice on the 8th day of January 1862, in Captain D S Hagler's Company of Cavalry, and this Company was a part of the 14th Texas Regiment, Commanded by Colonel M T Johnson with S F Maines a Lieutenant Colonel. - In the Spring of 1862 they were dismounted at Little Rock Ark. and Some time that Summer David Avis was discharged, and came home, and Some time that Fall he enlisted in Captain Jesee P Quinn's Company of Cavalry, which Company was a part of Major M. M Quayle's Batallion in General James W. Throckmorton's Brigade. Mr Avis was a Lieutenant in the Company, and I belonged to this Same Company, and Served with him until the War ended, and we were disbanded on the 25th day of June 1865. In this Company we were on the frontier of Texas defending it against Marauding bands of Indians and Kansas Jay Hawkers -
Yours Respt,
W A Morris