GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.714369000000
Longitude: -97.980596000000
Longitude: -97.980596000000
County:
- Parker
Date:
July 4, 1868
Time Period:
Description:
Twenty-four unidentified Indians attack the Light family near Grindstone Creek, ten miles west of Weatherford. They kill William Light, his wife, and their infant daughter. Two of the other Light children are wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 361.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 531.
Mary Porter Light and William Light Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22685179/william-daniel-light
Image Accessed: March 28, 2022
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.714369000000
Longitude: -97.980596000000
Longitude: -97.980596000000
County:
- Parker
Date:
July 4, 1868
Event Description:
Twenty-four unidentified Indians attack the Light family near Grindstone Creek, ten miles west of Weatherford. They kill William Light, his wife, and their infant daughter. Two of the other Light children are wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 361.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 531.
Mary Porter Light and William Light Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22685179/william-daniel-light
Image Accessed: March 28, 2022