GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.282368000000
Longitude: -99.227020000000
Longitude: -99.227020000000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
Late January 1865
Time Period:
Description:
Unidentified Indians kill Elizabeth Joy and her daughter, Mahala Alwinda Joy McDonald, two miles below the headwaters of the Pedernales River, near present-day Harper.
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), 201-202.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 196, 650.
Mahala Alwida Joy Mcdonald Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49032876/mahala-alwilda-mcdonald/photo
Image Accessed: November 1, 2021
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.282368000000
Longitude: -99.227020000000
Longitude: -99.227020000000
County:
- Gillespie
Date:
Late January 1865
Event Description:
Unidentified Indians kill Elizabeth Joy and her daughter, Mahala Alwinda Joy McDonald, two miles below the headwaters of the Pedernales River, near present-day Harper.
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), 201-202.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 196, 650.
Mahala Alwida Joy Mcdonald Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49032876/mahala-alwilda-mcdonald/photo
Image Accessed: November 1, 2021