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George McQuerry

Jack County, Texas About 1863, Geo. McQuerry, who lived with Jno. Wood in the Salt Hill Community, about ten miles north of the present town of Graford, started to Jacksboro. He was informed that if he would wait until the next day somebody would...

Francis M. Long

Jack County, Texas We are not advised of the date of the attack on Francis M. Long, nor are we sure that it happened in Jack County, but we will record it here. Mr. Long was a native of Missouri. His parents emigrated to Texas in 1865, and settled...

Green Lasater

Jack County, Texas December 23, 1871, Green Lasater left the Lasater Ranch, and started to the country bordering on Schoolhouse Branch, east of the present town of Perrin, and in the southern part of Jack County, to search for missing horses. A.M...

Lauderdate Massacre

Jack County, Texas About 1873, Lauderdate who had been to Weatherford and unloaded his supplies during the preceding day, left his home in the morning to return the borrowed wagon and horse to the home of Wilburn Brummett, a neighbor, who lived...

Josh Lawrence

Jack County, Texas Josh Lawrence, who also lived on Carroll's Creek, shortly after Lauderdate was massacred, was out one damp, foggy morning, a short distance from his house, searching for the milk cows. He was also murdered by Indians. Lawrence was...

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