Details for Seminole Indian Scouts' Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5271004638
Data
| Marker Number | 4638 |
| Atlas Number | 5271004638 |
| Marker Title | Seminole Indian Scouts' Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Seminole Indian Scouts' Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Brackettville |
| County | Kinney |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 359783 |
| UTM Northing | 3239132 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; African American topics; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 90W - west end of Brackettville take 3348 south 3 miles to marker and cemetery (within Brackettville limits) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 20" x 20" |
| Marker Text | (Founded on Fort Clark Reservation, Sept. 1, 1872) Burial site of heroic U.S. Army men, families, and heirs. These Seminoles came mainly from Florida about 1850; lived in northern Mexico or Texas; joined Lt. (later a general) John L. Bullis and Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie in ridding Texas of hostile Indians, 1870s. (1971) Incise on plate on back of marker: The following are among the many scouts buried here: John Bowlegs, Elijah Daniels, Pompey Factor, Renty Grayson, John Jefferson, Billy July, Sampson July, George Kibbit, Issac Payne, Pompey Perryman, Joseph Phillips, Billie Wilson, Issac Wilson, Kelina Wilson. |