Montague County, Texas It was about the year 1863, that Indians were discovered near the camp of Capt. Totty's and in the vicinity of the present town of Forestburg, in Montague County. Lt. Robbins and about eight soldiers took the Indian trail and...
Montague County, Texas During August of 1872, Levi Perryman, Alex Perryman, Creed Roberts, Holloway Williams, Henry Williams, Henry Roberts, and a few others, had a fight with Indians near Dry Valley, southeast of Montague, in Montague County. At...
Montague County, Texas During the night of September 5, 1870, some of the members of P.M. Cardwell's family were sick at the Station, so the neighbors had not gone to bed. Shortly after midnight, some one stepped out of doors and when he looked...
Montague County, Texas During October 1866, Kendall Lofton, who lived in Montague county, and who was on his way to Spanish Fort, had gotten a few miles north of Montauge, when several Indians came screaming toward him. He ran about one mile, and...
Montague County, Texas John Willingham and Bob Wainscott were building new homes on Denton Creek, about ten miles south of Montague, and had already moved their families into this new territory. September 5, 1858, which was Sunday, Daniel Wainscott...
Montague County, Texas During May or June of 1868, the Indians killed Bob Lackey and captured Natt and Dara McLeroy while they were gathering wild dewberries about four hundred yards from the home of their father Jno. R. McLeroy. Mr. McLeroy lived...
Montague County, Texas Perryman Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Perryman Cemetery Address: FM 455, NW of Forestburg City: Forestburg Year Marker Erected: 1983 Marker Location: From Forestburg take FM 455 about one mile to cemetery. Marker...
Montague County, Texas During 1871, the Kenon and Paschal families lived on the Forestburg-Decatur road, about three miles south of Forestburg, in the southeastern part of Montague County. Mrs. Paschal was a widow, and had five children, namely;...
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