Montague County Cemetery
oakleaf2.gif (1720 bytes) Photographs oakleaf3.gif (2228 bytes)

The Tomb of T.J. Williams

On private property southeast of Illinois Bend

 

AppleMark

 

T.J. Williams

Born in Livingston County, Missouri on March 20, 1849

Died in Cooke County Texas  April 26, 1869

 

AppleMark
AppleMark

 

The granite tombstone (store bought, according to the locals)

was brought from Austin TX. on a freight wagon that was pulled by a large
team of dray horses. Though unkempt, it's existence still honors the
Missourian and the 13 settlers who were massacred in an Indian Raid.

 

Research and Photography by Martha Shaffer Thompson

2007

This page was last updated Monday, November 16, 2009

Submit Photos

Texas Cemetery & Tombstone Photo County List | Back to the Texas Tombstone Project





© Copyright 1997-Present