Details for Battle of the Knobs
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5497000333
Data
| Marker Number | 333 |
| Atlas Number | 5497000333 |
| Marker Title | Battle of the Knobs |
| Index Entry | Battle of the Knobs |
| Address | Old Decatur Rd., N of Decatur |
| City | Decatur |
| County | Wise |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 630982 |
| UTM Northing | 3681629 |
| Subject Codes | military topics; Native Americans |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Decatur, head north on FM 730, turn left onto Old Decatur Road and continue about 2 miles to marker. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 28" x 18" |
| Marker Text | On November 10, 1837, a company of eighteen Republic of Texas soldiers led by Lt. A. B. Benthuysen engaged in a battle with approximately 150 Indians near this site. Ten Texas soldiers were killed in the battle, and the Indian casualties were estimated at fifty. The Texans killed were Alexander Bostwick, Jesse Blair, James Christian, Joseph Cooper, J. Josslin, A. H. Miles, William Nicholson, Wesley Nicholson, William Sanders, and Lewis F. Sheuster. The geologic feature known as the Knobs serves as a memorial to the soldiers who were left on the battlefield. |