Longitude: -97.594665000000
- Williamson
Texas Army unit under Capt. George Howard fight a band of Comanches near Opossum Creek, ten miles northeast of present-day Georgetown. Three Comanches are killed; no Texan casualties are reported.
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:307-309.
New Orleans Picayune, November 27, 1839
George Howard Original Title: Maj George Thomas “Sheriff” Howard, Sr
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Longitude: -97.594665000000
- Williamson
Texas Army unit under Capt. George Howard fight a band of Comanches near Opossum Creek, ten miles northeast of present-day Georgetown. Three Comanches are killed; no Texan casualties are reported.
- Comanches
Stephen L. Moore, Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839 (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2006), 2:307-309.
New Orleans Picayune, November 27, 1839
George Howard Original Title: Maj George Thomas “Sheriff” Howard, Sr
Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131903104/george-thomas-howard
Image Accessed: June 26, 2019