Historical Marker
A. H. Fortenberry
Historical marker location:
FM 51, Slidell, Texas
( From Decatur, take FM 51 about 15.5 miles northeast to marker on Denton/Wise County line.)
Marker installed: 1977
In the 1850s, A. H. ("Sevier") Fortenberry and his second wife Jane (Odell) moved from Arkansas to the wilderness then existing in this section of Texas. Living as a farmer and stock raiser, Fortenberry joined neighbors in warding off Indian raids which endangered the settlements. On October 30, 1868, at a site 3/4 of a mile northwest of this marker, he was intercepted and killed by Indians while trying to join a defensive posse. He was buried in the Pollard Cemetery, Denton County. It is thought that he was the last fatality in the Indian Wars in this vicinity. (1977).