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Isaac Briscoe

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Isaac Briscoe

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
1 Nov 1867 (aged 41–42)
Parker County, Texas, USA
Burial
Goshen, Parker County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Miss Sarah Ellen Garrison married I. Brisco on 10 July 1867 at Jacksboro, Texas by Thomas Williams, Chief Justice of Jack County. Jack County Marriage Records, Volume 1, page 70

Killed by Indians in 1867
Their daughters, 14 and 16
two smaller children
carried away in captivity
their fate unknown
Isaac Briscoe first settled five miles north of Jacksboro, where he remained for some time. Joe Fowler, who was driving home the oxen when the Indians charged the residence of Calvin Gage, married a daughter of Mr. Briscoe. Jim McKinney also married a daughter of Mr. Briscoe. Near the close of the Civil War, the savages became so troublesome, Isaac Briscoe, then living with a second wife, considered it unsafe to remain in the territory north of Jacksboro.
So he moved to the old Shirley place, about three-fourths of a mile north of Agnes, and about 15 miles north and west of Weatherford. Here Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe and their two daughters and sons settled to be secure from the savage onslaughts. One morning in May or June, of 1866, the wild demons of the plains dashed upon their frontier cabin, and none were left to relate their sad experience. It has been supposed that Mr. Briscoe had found temporary shelter from the summer sun under a grape arbor, near the house, when the Indians appeared. He and his wife were both massacred, and their three children carried into captivity. Only a few local citizens knew the horrors of this awful crime.
Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe was not only murdered but their bodies were maimed in many ways and scalped in the most horrible manner. Mr. Jim Mayo, who lived about one mile east of the Briscoe residence, discovered their dastardly deeds, and sent his son, Tom, to the home of Mrs. Lucendia Caldwell, to notify her of the presence of the savages. Mrs. Caldwell furnished Tom Mayo a pony and then sent him and her son to the home of Mrs. W.H. Allen to notify this frontier lady the Indians were raiding. The extent of their depredations, however, at this time was unknown.
Other runners were also sent in other directions. R.E. and A.C. Tackett, brothers and members of L.L. Tackett's company of rangers, and perhaps others were soon in their saddles, in quest of the savages. They hurried to the home of Sammy Stacks, whose horses the Indians were stealing. As usual, the Indians divided, and when the Tackett brothers reached the Stacks home, they charged the Indians, who were after horses in a nearby field. One Indian had placed a rawhide rope around a horse's neck and was in the act of leading her away. A.C. Tackett charged this Indian and almost ran over the savage, who fell over the fence. R.E. Tackett jumped from his steed, laid his gun on the fence, and fired. But about this time, thirty or forty savages came charging toward the whites, who were forced to retreat for their own protection.
The Briscoe children were carried to Oklahoma never to return to their former community. Two Briscoe girls and one boy were carried into captivity. About 1867 or 68, however, an army officer in Oklahoma wrote to the officer in command at Ft. Richardson to the effect that some children by the name of Briscoe, who formerly lived in Parker County, had been recovered from the savages. Billy Briscoe, a son of Isaac Briscoe and his first wife, went to Oklahoma to find his sister and brother, but when he reached his destination he was told that the Briscoe children had been sent to an orphan home.
Note: Author personally interviewed: Joe Fowler, who married a daughter of Isaac Briscoe; A.C. Tackett, mentioned above; Jno. Frazier, Dole Miller, and others, who lived in this section at the time.
The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell published in 1926.
Contributed by Searchers of Our Past
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Miss Sarah Ellen Garrison married I. Brisco on 10 July 1867 at Jacksboro, Texas by Thomas Williams, Chief Justice of Jack County. Jack County Marriage Records, Volume 1, page 70

Killed by Indians in 1867
Their daughters, 14 and 16
two smaller children
carried away in captivity
their fate unknown
Isaac Briscoe first settled five miles north of Jacksboro, where he remained for some time. Joe Fowler, who was driving home the oxen when the Indians charged the residence of Calvin Gage, married a daughter of Mr. Briscoe. Jim McKinney also married a daughter of Mr. Briscoe. Near the close of the Civil War, the savages became so troublesome, Isaac Briscoe, then living with a second wife, considered it unsafe to remain in the territory north of Jacksboro.
So he moved to the old Shirley place, about three-fourths of a mile north of Agnes, and about 15 miles north and west of Weatherford. Here Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe and their two daughters and sons settled to be secure from the savage onslaughts. One morning in May or June, of 1866, the wild demons of the plains dashed upon their frontier cabin, and none were left to relate their sad experience. It has been supposed that Mr. Briscoe had found temporary shelter from the summer sun under a grape arbor, near the house, when the Indians appeared. He and his wife were both massacred, and their three children carried into captivity. Only a few local citizens knew the horrors of this awful crime.
Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe was not only murdered but their bodies were maimed in many ways and scalped in the most horrible manner. Mr. Jim Mayo, who lived about one mile east of the Briscoe residence, discovered their dastardly deeds, and sent his son, Tom, to the home of Mrs. Lucendia Caldwell, to notify her of the presence of the savages. Mrs. Caldwell furnished Tom Mayo a pony and then sent him and her son to the home of Mrs. W.H. Allen to notify this frontier lady the Indians were raiding. The extent of their depredations, however, at this time was unknown.
Other runners were also sent in other directions. R.E. and A.C. Tackett, brothers and members of L.L. Tackett's company of rangers, and perhaps others were soon in their saddles, in quest of the savages. They hurried to the home of Sammy Stacks, whose horses the Indians were stealing. As usual, the Indians divided, and when the Tackett brothers reached the Stacks home, they charged the Indians, who were after horses in a nearby field. One Indian had placed a rawhide rope around a horse's neck and was in the act of leading her away. A.C. Tackett charged this Indian and almost ran over the savage, who fell over the fence. R.E. Tackett jumped from his steed, laid his gun on the fence, and fired. But about this time, thirty or forty savages came charging toward the whites, who were forced to retreat for their own protection.
The Briscoe children were carried to Oklahoma never to return to their former community. Two Briscoe girls and one boy were carried into captivity. About 1867 or 68, however, an army officer in Oklahoma wrote to the officer in command at Ft. Richardson to the effect that some children by the name of Briscoe, who formerly lived in Parker County, had been recovered from the savages. Billy Briscoe, a son of Isaac Briscoe and his first wife, went to Oklahoma to find his sister and brother, but when he reached his destination he was told that the Briscoe children had been sent to an orphan home.
Note: Author personally interviewed: Joe Fowler, who married a daughter of Isaac Briscoe; A.C. Tackett, mentioned above; Jno. Frazier, Dole Miller, and others, who lived in this section at the time.
The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell published in 1926.
Contributed by Searchers of Our Past
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)


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