Colorado Citizen, March 5, 1859, March 26, 1859, April 2, 1859, April 16, 1859, May 28, 1859, June 4, 1859, July 2, 1859, July 9, 1859. Though the law which created the Texas state militia was passed on April 21, 1846, no company is known to have existed in Colorado County prior to 1859. The 1846 law declared that every able-bodied man between the ages of 18 and 45 were liable to serve, and required companies to hold at least two musters between March and November each year (see Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., The Laws of Texas 1822-1897 (Austin: The Gammel Book Company, 1898), vol. 2, pp. 1400-1423).