Parker County, Texas During 1864, Buddy Williams, who lived on the Wm. Auterburn place, went over to the home of Frank Hill to visit his chum, and close friend, Geo. W. Hill, who happened to be away. It was Sunday morning. Young Williams failed to...
Montague County, Texas The Wounding of Mrs. W.T. Williams Mrs. W.T. Williams, who sat up during the preceding night with Mrs. Austin Morris, sick with pneumonia, about daylight, started to her own residence about one half mile away. Mrs. Williams...
Brown County, Texas During 1873, William Williams and his family were living on Sand Creek about twelve miles west of Brownwood in Brown County. They had been living there only a short time and were improving a new place. One morning Mr. Williams...
Erath County, Texas William Willis, who lived about twenty miles south and a little west of Hamilton, started to the latter place to attend a frontier celebration, and New Year's party. B.F. Gholson offered to lend Wm. Willis a pony, and advised him...
Jack County, Texas Palo Pinto County, Texas Young County, Texas After the capture of Lon White during the summer of 1864, and African Britt Johnson's family, during the following fall, David White, and African Britt, began to focus all of their...
Jack County, Texas William Clinging and White came to Jack County with a herd of cattle. For a time they stayed with John Ribble, who lived near Dillingham Prairie. But when the Indians killed John Bottorff, Mr. Ribble moved his family to...
Uvalde County, Texas For the following account of Indian of Indian outrages in Uvalde county we are indebted chiefly to Mr. Ross Kennedy, a well known citizen of that county: The first murder committed by the Indians in Uvalde county of which we...
South Texas Road Trip Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Brownsville | Edinburg | Falfurrias | Harlingen | Hebbronville | Hidalgo | Kingsville | Lopeno | Los Ebanos | Mercedes | Mission | Port Isabel | Raymondville | Rio Grande...
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