GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.299350000000
Longitude: -97.734474000000
Longitude: -97.734474000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
July 9, 1842
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches posing as Tonkawas kill Judge Brewster H. Jayne and an Irish laborer at Jayne’s home two miles north of Austin. Jayne’s fourteen-year-old son is captured; his three-year old son, Amos, is wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
youth (13-18)
adult (18+)
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 141-42.
“Judge Brewster Helme Jayne,” Findagrave.com, accessed June 10, 2018.
Telegraph and Texas Register, July 20, 1842.
Amos Jayne Original Title: Amos Alexander Jayne
Image Type: Photograph
Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41010120/amos-alexander-jayne
Image Accessed: May 21, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.299350000000
Longitude: -97.734474000000
Longitude: -97.734474000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
July 9, 1842
Event Description:
Comanches posing as Tonkawas kill Judge Brewster H. Jayne and an Irish laborer at Jayne’s home two miles north of Austin. Jayne’s fourteen-year-old son is captured; his three-year old son, Amos, is wounded.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
youth (13-18)
adult (18+)
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 141-42.
“Judge Brewster Helme Jayne,” Findagrave.com, accessed June 10, 2018.
Telegraph and Texas Register, July 20, 1842.
Amos Jayne Original Title: Amos Alexander Jayne
Image Type: Photograph
Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41010120/amos-alexander-jayne
Image Accessed: May 21, 2019