Lampasas County, Texas About 1863, Bradweiser, who lived with White McCaleb on School Creek in Lampasas County, about ten miles northwest of Lampasas, started over to the home of James Kolb, a hatter, who lived about eleven miles south and west of...
Kimble County, Texas About ten days after the killing of James H. Sewell, James Bradberry and son, James Bradberry, Jr., Bob Nixon, John Bradberry, Allan Bradberry, Charlie Waggoner, Black Burt, Willse Robbins, Bill Moore, and perhaps two or three...
Kinney County, Texas About 1861, Tom Brackett, who lived in Bracketville near Fort Clark, started in a wagon with his wife and children to Uvalde. He was within fourteen miles of his destination, when the entire family was massacred by Indians...
Hood County, Texas During the summer of 1866, Pleas Boyd was herding cattle about two miles south of Lipan, when several savages charged upon him. He was armed with a six-shooter, only two chambers of which would shoot; and the pony he was riding...
Coryell County, Texas During the summer of 1863, Jno. Sellers and his nephew, Almond Boyd, a son of James Boyd, who lived about four miles south of the present town of Pancake, in Coryell County, were returning home from the Leon Valley, where they...
Montague County, Texas James J. Box, who lived on the head of Elm, in Montague County, near the present city of St. Jo, and who was returning from a trip to Eastern Texas, stopped in Gainesville one week, because of the sickness of his wife. To them...
Wise County, Texas Deep Creek Community Historical Marker Marker Title: Deep Creek Community Address: CR 4227, N of Aurora City: Boyd Year Marker Erected: 1970 Marker Location: From Aurora, take Old Decatur-Aurora Road (CR 4227) about 4 miles north;...
Uvalde County, Texas John Bowles during 1856 established his ranch on the Sabinal River, about six miles south of the present town of Sabinal. For the purpose of protecting his stock, he constructed a corral near the house. During the dark hours of...
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