GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.389515000000
Longitude: -98.763031000000
Longitude: -98.763031000000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
January 31, 1863
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches attack James Billings and his son at the head of Willow Creek in Gillespie County, ten miles north of Fredericksburg. Billings is killed; his son manages to escape.
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), 131.
James Billings Original Title: James Billings
Image Viewed: https://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/billings.htm
Image Accessed: July 16, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.389515000000
Longitude: -98.763031000000
Longitude: -98.763031000000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
January 31, 1863
Event Description:
Comanches attack James Billings and his son at the head of Willow Creek in Gillespie County, ten miles north of Fredericksburg. Billings is killed; his son manages to escape.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
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), 131.
James Billings Original Title: James Billings
Image Viewed: https://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/billings.htm
Image Accessed: July 16, 2019