Comanche County, Texas The surviving old settlers differ concerning the date of this particular transaction. Some place it as early as 1859, and others as late as 1861. Samuel Kuykendall, and a young man named Splawn lived on Resley's Creek about...
Bandera County, Texas The Recapture of the Krawitz Children During 1862, about fifteen rangers camped about ten miles from the head of the Medina River in the Bandera County territory. It was an autumn night and Taylor Thompson doing guard duty. He...
Kimble County, Texas December 24, 1877, Isaac N. Kountz and younger brother, Sebastian Kountz, while herding sheep about two miles southwest of Junction, saw several Indians coming down the road behind a herd of stolen horses. At first, they thought...
Mason County, Texas During 1866 the Indians captured Adolph Korn, son of Lewis Korn, of San Antonio. At the time, Adolph Korn was herding sheep and staying with August Laisester in Loyal Valley about eighteen miles southeast of Mason. Adolph was...
Clay County, Texas False and Determined Ideas Lead Goddleck Koozer to His Grave About 1870, Goodleck Koozer, a quaker from Illinois, and his family passed through Montague, on their way to establish a colony in Clay County while the Indians were as...
Bosque County, Texas During the same day, and at some time in the evening, the Indians charged and killed James Knight. He was working for John Pancake and Wm. Babb, who lived on Neil's Creek, about four miles south of Cranfill Gap. This young man...
Jack County, Texas We are not certain when this massacre occurred. But since it happened sometime during the sixties, it will be reported at this time. Isaac F. Knight, according to reports, was guarding horses on the J.B. Earhart ranch, near the...
San Saba County, Texas Capt. John Williams' Men Encounter Indians Near Richland Springs During November of 1858, John Burns was hauling supplies to Capt. John Williams' company of rangers, who were camped in Bowsers Bend on the Colorado in the...
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