GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.784166000000
Longitude: -100.170333000000
Longitude: -100.170333000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
June 1, 1879
Time Period:
Description:
Unidentified Indians kill Nick Coalson’s wife, daughter and baby on the Half Moon Prairie. Their bodies are discovered by son, Johnny.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Joseph Carroll McConnell, The West Texas Frontier: Or, A Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas, Volume 2 (Jacksboro: Gazette Print, 1933), 817-818.
John Johnny Colson (Coalson) Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/8940124/person/440398011/media/231ce383-da66-4020-bf40-7a2af471a4fa?_phsrc=qpW98&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&sort=-created
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.784166000000
Longitude: -100.170333000000
Longitude: -100.170333000000
County:
- Edwards
Date:
June 1, 1879
Event Description:
Unidentified Indians kill Nick Coalson’s wife, daughter and baby on the Half Moon Prairie. Their bodies are discovered by son, Johnny.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
female
Age:
child (0-12)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Joseph Carroll McConnell, The West Texas Frontier: Or, A Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas, Volume 2 (Jacksboro: Gazette Print, 1933), 817-818.
John Johnny Colson (Coalson) Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/8940124/person/440398011/media/231ce383-da66-4020-bf40-7a2af471a4fa?_phsrc=qpW98&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&sort=-created