Battle of Jones Creek
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ggmorton
N 28° 58.708 W 095° 28.320
15R E 259137 N 3208118
A marker in Jones Creek.
Waymark Code: WM1T1H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
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Marker Number: 9569

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Fought by Texan army of 23 men under Capt. Randal Jones (1786-1873), sent out 1824 by Stephen F. Austin to the lower Brazos to fight cannibal Karankawa Indians. Scouts found the camp here. Attack at dawn found Indians ready with spears. Jones' guns got 15 Indians, dispersed the rest. (1965)
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