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The massacre took place on October 5, 1838, near Larissa, Texas, in the northwestern part of Cherokee County. There were eighteen victims, including Isaac Killough, Sr., and his extended family (viz. the families of four sons and two daughters). They had immigrated to the Republic of Texas from Talladega County, Alabama, in 1837. [2] [3]
Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 50,412. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The county seat is Rusk , which lies 130 miles southeast of Dallas and 160 miles north of Houston . [ 3 ]
Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...
His wife (Sarah Caroline Bell-Watie) remained a part of the Mount Tabor Community in Rusk County, Texas for most of the war. Continued as leader of the Southern Cherokee following the war until his death in 1871; Jesse Bartley Milam (1884–1949), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1941–1949
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 20 February 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
He reached Dallas County, Texas, in December 1865, later living in Cherokee County and Smith County, just south of present-day Troup, Texas. With the opening a new lumber mill by his distant cousin John Martin Thompson, William moved with other maternal family members to the newly organized Trinity County, living at Centralia.
Mar. 4—Super Tuesday, March 5, is your last opportunity to cast your vote in the General Primary Election. This is an important election for both the State of Texas, and Cherokee County. Polls ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 2010 and 2019. All of the 120 people (117 males and 3 females) during this period were convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .