Isaac Kountz

Historical marker location:

Rocksprings Rd., Junction, Texas

( on US 377 S about 2 miles SW OF Courthouse)

Marker installed: 1967

Killed on this spot by Indians on Christmas Eve, 1867. He was 16 years old, and herding sheep for his father, Dr. E. K. Kountz. A brother, Sebastian, age 11, escaped. a posse and Texas Rangers chased the Indians to the Guadalupe River. Young Kountz was buried in Junction Cemetery.

1967.

rangers Native American

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