GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.700827000000
Longitude: -98.050803000000
Longitude: -98.050803000000
County:
- Parker
Date:
Mid-February 1865
Time Period:
Description:
Unidentified Indians mortally wound Margaret Maybury Barton and injure her son, Columbus Barton, in a raid on their home on the Littlefield Bend of the Brazos River, in southwest Parker County. She dies within hours of the attack.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 205-206.
Columbus Alexander Barton Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46711019/columbus-alexander-barton/photo
Image Accessed: November 1, 2021
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 32.700827000000
Longitude: -98.050803000000
Longitude: -98.050803000000
County:
- Parker
Date:
Mid-February 1865
Event Description:
Unidentified Indians mortally wound Margaret Maybury Barton and injure her son, Columbus Barton, in a raid on their home on the Littlefield Bend of the Brazos River, in southwest Parker County. She dies within hours of the attack.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
female
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 205-206.
Columbus Alexander Barton Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46711019/columbus-alexander-barton/photo
Image Accessed: November 1, 2021