Historical Marker
Seminole Indian Scouts' Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Brackettville, Texas
( 90W - west end of Brackettville take 3348 south 3 miles to marker and cemetery (within Brackettville limits))
Marker installed: 1971
(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.