Private George Washington Cloer, Jr

Abt 1824 - 1863  (39 years)

• Name	George Washington Cloer  [1, 2]
  Title	Private
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	Abt 1824	Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	15 Mar 1862	Texas, USA   [2]
  	Confederate Army - War Between the States: Private; 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); Killed in Action in 1863
  		Military-CLORE George (Service) George Washington Cloer, Private, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA -- from footnote.com; based on age, I believe this was the correct G.W. Cloer
  		Military-COLOER George George W. Cloer and Civil War -- from footnote.com; based on age, I believe this was the correct G.W. Cloer
  Death	1863  [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
  	Died in the Confederate Army
  Burial	Warden Cemetery, Weston, Collin, Texas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13649	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Washington Cloer,   b. 1796, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA d. Aft 1880, Goshen, Washington, Arkansas, USA (Age > 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Woolsey,   b. Abt 1800, South Carolina, USA d. 1880, Washington County, Arkansas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1818	Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F4090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Elizabeth Wheat,   b. 8 Feb 1826   d. 8 Feb 1829 (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F4888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1824 - Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Military Service - Confederate Army - War Between the States: Private; 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Darnell's); Killed in Action in 1863 - 15 Mar 1862 - Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Military Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor Killed in Action: American Service in the Civil War (Confederacy)

  
  

  Military Records		Military-CLORE George (Service) George Washington Cloer, Private, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA -- from footnote.com; based on age, I believe this was the correct G.W. Cloer
  		Military-COLOER George George W. Cloer and Civil War -- from footnote.com; based on age, I believe this was the correct G.W. Cloer

  
  

• Sources

  [S10457] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Civil War), CLOER George Washington Jr - Confederate Army - 1824-1862 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION). 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, CSA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160120939/george-washington-cloer [S1119] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).