Here Sleep the Victims of the "Webster Massacre" Historical Marker
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This historical marker is inside the Davis Cemetery near the west tree/fence line. It will be to your left once you enter the driveway.
The historical marker reads . . . "Here sleep the victims of the "Webster Massacre" of August 27, 1839. About thirty homeseekers headed by John Webster en route to what is now Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempting to flee under cover of darkness, they were trapped in this vicinity. Mrs. Webster and her two children were captured and later released. All the others were killed. Martha Webster then but three years old was later married to Marmaduke Strickland. (1936)"
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