Moses and his family were massacred by the Indians in 1858.
Buried on this site are his family:
Wife, Lydia Jackson
Daughter, Louisa Jackson
Son, I. J. Jackson
Moses is buried in one place, and his wife and two children are all buried in one grave about a quarter of a mile from Moses.
Settlers Moses and Lydia Jackson set out one morning in October of 1858 with four of their seven children to spend the day with friends. As they neared their destination, they encountered a smal party of Indians, possibly Comanches. Louisa and I. J. Jackson and their parents were killed immediately. The two middle children, Joshua and Rebecca were abducted, only to be abandoned after almost two weeks. They walked for two days before being recovered by a search paty of settlers and Texas Rangers near Sweetwater, Texas. The Jackson family was buried where they fell, a short distance from this site.
∼Born in Copiah County, South Carolina. Died in Pecan Bayou, Texas. Husband of Lydia Margaret O'Neal; father to John Thomas, J.G., Jarvy Marion, Jarred Francis, Jasper Cashington, Javan William, Jethro N., Louisa Elizabeth, Joshua Collins, Rebecca Margaret and I. Jay Jackson. Moses, Lydia, Louisa and I. Jay were killed in an Indian attack at Pecan Bayou, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. They were buried were they were killed on what is now a private ranch. ∼Moses Joshua Jackson;
He was born August 1810 in South Carolina
Died Oct 21, 1858
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The Jackson family (Mother Father and four children) was going to meet Their Friends "The Kilpatrick's" at the Pecan Bayou and had gone there to camp.
There are different stories of what actually happened but apparently the family drove the ox wagon upon a band of Comanche Indians in the grove of tree's, possiblily thinking it was the Kilpatrick's.
An account of the Massacre, written in 1958, a hundred years after the tragedy, The Comanche's killed the Father, Joshua Moses Jackson and 18 year old daughter first, the mother, Lydia Jackson and Baby or youngest child (NOTE: Texas Rangers had guessed the age of the youngest girl to be about 5 years old),
The Comanches then took Andrew Jackson (8 year old son) and Annie (10 year old daughter) as captives.
Before the Texas Rangers and a posse went after the Comanche's the neighbors buried the family, The mother and Father in one grave and the the young woman and child in the other grave.
The graves were encircled by sand stone and in 1958, the stones were still there marking the graves.
Buried on this site are his family:
Wife, Lydia Jackson
Daughter, Louisa Jackson
Son, I. J. Jackson
Moses is buried in one place, and his wife and two children are all buried in one grave about a quarter of a mile from Moses.
Settlers Moses and Lydia Jackson set out one morning in October of 1858 with four of their seven children to spend the day with friends. As they neared their destination, they encountered a smal party of Indians, possibly Comanches. Louisa and I. J. Jackson and their parents were killed immediately. The two middle children, Joshua and Rebecca were abducted, only to be abandoned after almost two weeks. They walked for two days before being recovered by a search paty of settlers and Texas Rangers near Sweetwater, Texas. The Jackson family was buried where they fell, a short distance from this site.
∼Born in Copiah County, South Carolina. Died in Pecan Bayou, Texas. Husband of Lydia Margaret O'Neal; father to John Thomas, J.G., Jarvy Marion, Jarred Francis, Jasper Cashington, Javan William, Jethro N., Louisa Elizabeth, Joshua Collins, Rebecca Margaret and I. Jay Jackson. Moses, Lydia, Louisa and I. Jay were killed in an Indian attack at Pecan Bayou, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. They were buried were they were killed on what is now a private ranch. ∼Moses Joshua Jackson;
He was born August 1810 in South Carolina
Died Oct 21, 1858
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The Jackson family (Mother Father and four children) was going to meet Their Friends "The Kilpatrick's" at the Pecan Bayou and had gone there to camp.
There are different stories of what actually happened but apparently the family drove the ox wagon upon a band of Comanche Indians in the grove of tree's, possiblily thinking it was the Kilpatrick's.
An account of the Massacre, written in 1958, a hundred years after the tragedy, The Comanche's killed the Father, Joshua Moses Jackson and 18 year old daughter first, the mother, Lydia Jackson and Baby or youngest child (NOTE: Texas Rangers had guessed the age of the youngest girl to be about 5 years old),
The Comanches then took Andrew Jackson (8 year old son) and Annie (10 year old daughter) as captives.
Before the Texas Rangers and a posse went after the Comanche's the neighbors buried the family, The mother and Father in one grave and the the young woman and child in the other grave.
The graves were encircled by sand stone and in 1958, the stones were still there marking the graves.
Moses and his family were massacred by the Indians in 1858.
Buried on this site are his family:
Wife, Lydia Jackson
Daughter, Louisa Jackson
Son, I. J. Jackson
Moses is buried in one place, and his wife and two children are all buried in one grave about a quarter of a mile from Moses.
Settlers Moses and Lydia Jackson set out one morning in October of 1858 with four of their seven children to spend the day with friends. As they neared their destination, they encountered a smal party of Indians, possibly Comanches. Louisa and I. J. Jackson and their parents were killed immediately. The two middle children, Joshua and Rebecca were abducted, only to be abandoned after almost two weeks. They walked for two days before being recovered by a search paty of settlers and Texas Rangers near Sweetwater, Texas. The Jackson family was buried where they fell, a short distance from this site.
∼Born in Copiah County, South Carolina. Died in Pecan Bayou, Texas. Husband of Lydia Margaret O'Neal; father to John Thomas, J.G., Jarvy Marion, Jarred Francis, Jasper Cashington, Javan William, Jethro N., Louisa Elizabeth, Joshua Collins, Rebecca Margaret and I. Jay Jackson. Moses, Lydia, Louisa and I. Jay were killed in an Indian attack at Pecan Bayou, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. They were buried were they were killed on what is now a private ranch. ∼Moses Joshua Jackson;
He was born August 1810 in South Carolina
Died Oct 21, 1858
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The Jackson family (Mother Father and four children) was going to meet Their Friends "The Kilpatrick's" at the Pecan Bayou and had gone there to camp.
There are different stories of what actually happened but apparently the family drove the ox wagon upon a band of Comanche Indians in the grove of tree's, possiblily thinking it was the Kilpatrick's.
An account of the Massacre, written in 1958, a hundred years after the tragedy, The Comanche's killed the Father, Joshua Moses Jackson and 18 year old daughter first, the mother, Lydia Jackson and Baby or youngest child (NOTE: Texas Rangers had guessed the age of the youngest girl to be about 5 years old),
The Comanches then took Andrew Jackson (8 year old son) and Annie (10 year old daughter) as captives.
Before the Texas Rangers and a posse went after the Comanche's the neighbors buried the family, The mother and Father in one grave and the the young woman and child in the other grave.
The graves were encircled by sand stone and in 1958, the stones were still there marking the graves.
Buried on this site are his family:
Wife, Lydia Jackson
Daughter, Louisa Jackson
Son, I. J. Jackson
Moses is buried in one place, and his wife and two children are all buried in one grave about a quarter of a mile from Moses.
Settlers Moses and Lydia Jackson set out one morning in October of 1858 with four of their seven children to spend the day with friends. As they neared their destination, they encountered a smal party of Indians, possibly Comanches. Louisa and I. J. Jackson and their parents were killed immediately. The two middle children, Joshua and Rebecca were abducted, only to be abandoned after almost two weeks. They walked for two days before being recovered by a search paty of settlers and Texas Rangers near Sweetwater, Texas. The Jackson family was buried where they fell, a short distance from this site.
∼Born in Copiah County, South Carolina. Died in Pecan Bayou, Texas. Husband of Lydia Margaret O'Neal; father to John Thomas, J.G., Jarvy Marion, Jarred Francis, Jasper Cashington, Javan William, Jethro N., Louisa Elizabeth, Joshua Collins, Rebecca Margaret and I. Jay Jackson. Moses, Lydia, Louisa and I. Jay were killed in an Indian attack at Pecan Bayou, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. They were buried were they were killed on what is now a private ranch. ∼Moses Joshua Jackson;
He was born August 1810 in South Carolina
Died Oct 21, 1858
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The Jackson family (Mother Father and four children) was going to meet Their Friends "The Kilpatrick's" at the Pecan Bayou and had gone there to camp.
There are different stories of what actually happened but apparently the family drove the ox wagon upon a band of Comanche Indians in the grove of tree's, possiblily thinking it was the Kilpatrick's.
An account of the Massacre, written in 1958, a hundred years after the tragedy, The Comanche's killed the Father, Joshua Moses Jackson and 18 year old daughter first, the mother, Lydia Jackson and Baby or youngest child (NOTE: Texas Rangers had guessed the age of the youngest girl to be about 5 years old),
The Comanches then took Andrew Jackson (8 year old son) and Annie (10 year old daughter) as captives.
Before the Texas Rangers and a posse went after the Comanche's the neighbors buried the family, The mother and Father in one grave and the the young woman and child in the other grave.
The graves were encircled by sand stone and in 1958, the stones were still there marking the graves.
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