- City:
- Bullard, TX
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Monuments and Memorials
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Killough Massacre, believed to have been the largest single Indian depredation in East Texas, took place on October 5, 1838 in northwestern Cherokee County. The eighteen victims who were either killed or kidnapped included Isaac Killough, Sr., and members of his extended family.
The Work Projects Administration erected a stone obelisk at the site in the late 1930s to commemorate the victims of the massacre. In 1965 a state historical marker was dedicated there.
Source notes
Handbook of Texas Online, Christopher Long, "Killough Massacre," accessed March 07, 2016, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btk01.Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on March 7, 2016.
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