Historical Marker
Battle of the Knobs
Historical marker location:
Old Decatur Rd., N of Decatur, Decatur, Texas
( From Decatur, head north on FM 730, turn left onto Old Decatur Road and continue about 2 miles to marker.)
Marker installed: 1967
On November 10, 1837, a company of eighteen Republic of Texas soldiers led by Lt. A. B. Benthuysen engaged in a battle with approximately 150 Indians near this site. Ten Texas soldiers were killed in the battle, and the Indian casualties were estimated at fifty. The Texans killed were Alexander Bostwick, Jesse Blair, James Christian, Joseph Cooper, J. Josslin, A. H. Miles, William Nicholson, Wesley Nicholson, William Sanders, and Lewis F. Sheuster. The geologic feature known as the Knobs serves as a memorial to the soldiers who were left on the battlefield.