Comanche County, Texas May 3, 1863, after spending the night at the home of Mr. Secrest, who had been away, Samuel Rogers was returning to the home of his son, Henry Rogers, who lived about three and a half miles west of the present town of Carlton...
Jack County, Texas Lemley Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Lemley Cemetery Address: Cold Springs Rd. off Old Authon Rd. via FM 920 City: Lemley Year Marker Erected: 1992 Marker Location: From Weatherford, take FM 920 6.6 miles northwest...
Uvalde County, Texas Indian Raid Through Uvalde County, When Henry Robinson Jr. was Killed September 8, 1865, the Indians passed near Waresville south of the present town of Utopia, on a horse-stealing raid, and from here they moved west. After the...
Uvalde County, Texas The 13th day of March, 1861, Henry M. Robinson and Henry Adams, who lived twelve and fifteen miles northwest of Uvalde on the Nueces, started to camp Wood, a Federal military post, which was being abandoned because of the...
Kimble County, Texas Dan W. Roberts During November of 1874, while Scott Cooley and Wm. Treweck were hunting a beef in Menard County for the rangers, they discovered about eleven Indians. Major John B. Jones, who was moving southward, was at a camp...
Llano County, Texas During 1868, Capt. Alex Roberts, his son,Wm. (Buck) Roberts and George Roberts, Will Shipp, Morris Humphries and possibly one or two more, were out scouting in the colorful hills of Llano County and then discovered several horses...
Comanche County, Texas T.M. Shackley and his sister, Margaret, had been up to the ranch about one and one-half miles northeast of Mr. Shackley's home. As they returned, they saw an Indian on a high peak, spying over the surrounding country. This was...
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...
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