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Coleman County, Texas Captain J.M. Swisher's Company Follow Indians Several Days During 1871, Capt. J.M. Swisher's Company of Texas rangers camped on Home Creek, in Coleman County, about five miles southwest of the Santa Anna Mountains. When the...

Coleman County, Texas Coleman County Citizens Encounter Indians Near the Present Post City After the Indians made a raid through Coleman County, and stole a large number of horses, Joe Franks, Jeff Clayton, Henry Sackett, Ben Cooper, Jim Jackson...

Coleman County, Texas During 1866, McReynolds, who lived near the mouth of Jim Ned on the Pecan Bayou in Brown County about sixteen miles northwest of the present city of Brownwood, had been to Camp Colorado for supplies. He started home and had...

Coleman County, Texas During the summer of 1870, Jim Hart and brothers, were running their mother's ranch, on Jim Ned, in Coleman County, about twenty miles north of Coleman. The boys were making preparations to go to a roundup, and had gathered...

Coleman County, Texas During 1873, four or five of Sam Gholson's cowhands were out hunting cattle in Coleman County and became separated. Two of the men struck some Indians, about five miles north of the Santa Anna Mountains, and reported to the...

Coleman County, Texas June 1, 1871, John Coffee, Nep Hammonds, Napoleon Lemons and Daniel Arnold were "loose herding" about 1020 head of cattle that belonged to Rich Coffee, W.A. Beddoe and Buck Johnson. The cattle were being held about...