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Murder of Mr. Jackson

Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is travel, and he seizes any opportunity to share his experiences in the most immersive way possible, whether at sea or on the land.

Blanco County, Texas

    About 1866, Mark Steward, and a Mr. Jackson, who lived on the Burnet and Blanco County line, near Cypress Creek, about fifteen miles southeast of Marble Falls, were out hunting hogs a short distance from the latter's home. The Indians killed Mr. Jackson, but Mark Steward escaped.

    Note: Author interviewed: C. Dorbant, an early settler of that section, and one or two others who lived in Blanco County.

The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell.

Jackson story by Wilbarger

The above story is from Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger.

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