GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.683430000000
Longitude: -98.004142000000
Longitude: -98.004142000000
County:
- Williamson
Date:
February 1863
Time Period:
Description:
Unidentified Indians kill three members of a family living on the Dog Branch of the San Gabriel River, near the Williamson County and Burnet County border. Wofford and Nancy Johnson and their child Mary Jane are killed. Daughters, Elvira (pictured) and Georgianna, survive.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
child (0-12)
youth (13-18)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 132.
Elvira Elizabeth Johnson Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/120707392/person/242011201278/media/ba84dbce-1ec1-411b-82b0-199747fd5086
Image Accessed: September 19, 2022
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.683430000000
Longitude: -98.004142000000
Longitude: -98.004142000000
County:
- Williamson
Date:
February 1863
Event Description:
Unidentified Indians kill three members of a family living on the Dog Branch of the San Gabriel River, near the Williamson County and Burnet County border. Wofford and Nancy Johnson and their child Mary Jane are killed. Daughters, Elvira (pictured) and Georgianna, survive.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Age:
child (0-12)
youth (13-18)
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 132.
Elvira Elizabeth Johnson Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/120707392/person/242011201278/media/ba84dbce-1ec1-411b-82b0-199747fd5086
Image Accessed: September 19, 2022