Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 11th Battalion Cavalry, Texas Volunteers (Spaight's), enlistment and muster date 4/1/1862. James G. Collier, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. J.G. Collier, death date 10/23/1896, widow Mrs. Elizabeth Collier, married 1843 in Georgia. Pension File No. 5228, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
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J.G. Collier, birth date 2/24/1812, death date 10/23/1896, burial in Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler County, with spouse E.W. Collier. Includes portrait and biographical sketch.
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Capt. James G. Collier mentioned in biographical sketch of son Dr. George W. Collier, Volume II, p. 910, continued p. 913. Erroneously states James G. Collier "represented the Tenth district in the Texas legislature." Relatives: James G. Collier - father, Dr. George W. Collier - son. George W. Collier of Beaumont, birth date 12/8/1860 in Town Bluff, Tyler County. "Dr. Collier has always been a loyal Democrat, and was elected by the Beaumont district as representative in the Twenty-fifth legislature."
Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.