Savage Frontier Volume II 1838-1839: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas

Appendix: Texan Casualties of the Frontier Indian Wars, 1835-39

361 APPENDIX Texan Casualties of the Frontier Indian Wars 1835–1839 This compilation includes Texas Rangers and militiamen killed in the line of duty during hostile encounters with Indian forces. Ranger losses to Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution, such as Lieutenant George Kimble’s Gonzales rangers killed at the Alamo, are not included. Likewise, the two men wounded in Captain Deaf Smith’s 1837 Laredo fight with Mexican cavalrymen are not listed. Other casualties not listed are: men accidentally wounded and who subsequently died from these wounds during the course of a campaign; individuals killed during Indian depredations; and deserters who were killed by Indians after they left their companies on campaign. 1835 KILLED IN ACTION Name: Date Killed: Action: John Williams July 11, 1835 Coleman’s Tawakoni Village Attack Moses Smith Hornsby Sept. 1, 1835 Colonel Moore’s Ranger Campaign (killed by friendly fire) WOUNDED IN ACTION Name: Date Wounded: Action: ___ Bliss July 11, 1835 Coleman’s Tawakoni Village Attack Jesse Halderman July 11, 1835 Coleman’s Tawakoni Village Attack ___ Wallace July 11, 1835 Coleman’s Tawakoni Village Attack 1836 KILLED IN ACTION Name: Date Killed: Action: Robert B. Frost May 19, 1836 Parker’s Fort Massacre Benjamin Parker May 19, 1836 Parker’s Fort Massacre SAV AGE FRONTIER 362 Silas Mercer Parker Sr. May 19, 1836 Parker’s Fort Massacre ____ Robinett August 22, 1836 Coleto Creek Indian Fight Thomas J. Robinson August 22, 1836 Coleto Creek Indian Fight Author’s Note: Information on the above August 22, 1836, Indian fight was made available to me after Volume 1 of Savage Frontier was published. Edwin G. Pierson Jr. provided information on his ancestors including biographies of John Goodloe Warren Pierson and John Hogue Pierson, as well as a muster roll of Captain Pierson’s 1836 cavalry company. A detachment of John G. W. Pierson’s company fought a battle with Comanche Indians on Coleto Creek near Victoria and suffered two men killed and two wounded. A fifth man, named only as “De Orman” escaped. WOUNDED IN ACTION Name: Date Wounded: Action: Hugh M. Childress Jan. 20, 1836 Tumlinson’s Walnut Creek Fight Elijah Ingram Jan. 20, 1836 Tumlinson’s Walnut Creek Fight Andrew Houston August 1836 Capt. Hill’s Yegua River Battle John H. Pierson, Sgt. August 22, 1836 Coleto Creek Indian Fight Alexander Whitaker August 22, 1836 Coleto Creek Indian Fight 1837 KILLED IN ACTION Name: Date Killed: Action: Francis Childers Jan. 7, 1837 Sgt. Erath’s Elm Creek Fight David Clark Jan. 7, 1837 Sgt. Erath’s Elm Creek Fight Columbus Anderson Jan. 28, 1837 Trinity River Indian Attack David Faulkenberry Jan. 28, 1837 Trinity River Indian Attack Evan Faulkenberry Jan. 28, 1837 Trinity River Indian Attack Philip Martin March 1837 Lieut. Wren’s Comanche Fight Jesse Bailey May 6, 1837 Post Oak Springs Massacre Aaron Cullins May 6, 1837 Post Oak Springs Massacre David M. Farmer May 6, 1837 Post Oak Springs Massacre John Hughes May 6, 1837 Post Oak Springs Massacre Claiborne Neal May 6, 1837 Post Oak Springs Massacre James Barnes May 10, 1837 Mustang Prairie Indian Fight Daniel McLean May 10, 1837 Mustang Prairie Indian Fight John Sheridan May 10, 1837 Mustang Prairie Indian Fight James Coryell May 27, 1837 Perry Springs Indian Attack Jesse Blair Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Alexander Bostwick Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight James Christian Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Joseph Cooper Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight James Joslen Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight 363 Texan Casualties of the Frontier Indian Wars Alfred H. Miles Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Westley Nicholson Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight William Nicholson Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Dr. William Sanders Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Lewis P. Scheuster Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight WOUNDED IN ACTION Name: Date Wounded: Action: Abram Anglin Jan. 28, 1837 Trinity River Indian Attack Samuel K. Blisk Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight Robert Fletcher Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight John Zekel Nov. 10, 1837 Stone Houses Fight 1838 KILLED IN ACTION Name: Date Killed: Action: Dr. Bigham Late May 1838 Settlers’ Fight near Fort Oldham Joseph Reed Late May 1838 Settlers’ Fight near Fort Oldham James Neil Oct. 9, 1838 Surveyors’ Fight on Battle Creek Euclid M. Cox Oct. 9, 1838 Surveyors’ Fight on Battle Creek Samuel T. Allen Oct. 9, 1838 Surveyors’ Fight on Battle Creek Thomas...