John H. Livergood related an incident in 1838:
"Again, in 1838, a small party of Indians stole down upon the Lavaca River, near where Mossy Grove Church now stands. At this time I was making my home with Adam Zumwalt. Late in the evening several of us concluded to go into the field for some melons. I bore close to the bushes, in which I saw some persons, and hailed them, without receiving any reply. They proved to be Indians. Next morning we gathered a company of fifty-six men and started on their trail. Near Halletsville, we found where they had killed Arch Smothers, uncle of our ex-sheriff, and a Mr. Nunnelley, whom we buried near the graveyard where Halletsville now stands, crossed the Lavaca near where Dr. Lay lives, passing right between the residences of Barney and James Brown, who lived about 300 yards apart. They drove all the horses with them, leaving none with which to pursue."
Archibald and a Mr. Nunnelley were surprised and by the Indians in the night in their camp on the Lavaca River where they were cutting trees and making boards.
Arch was the 'uncle' to Archibald Jacob Smothers 'AJ' son of his brother William Smothers mrd Cinthia Kelly who was Sheriff in Lavaca Co 1882-1888. However this incident ocurred before that time as AJ was not born until 1845.
"Again, in 1838, a small party of Indians stole down upon the Lavaca River, near where Mossy Grove Church now stands. At this time I was making my home with Adam Zumwalt. Late in the evening several of us concluded to go into the field for some melons. I bore close to the bushes, in which I saw some persons, and hailed them, without receiving any reply. They proved to be Indians. Next morning we gathered a company of fifty-six men and started on their trail. Near Halletsville, we found where they had killed Arch Smothers, uncle of our ex-sheriff, and a Mr. Nunnelley, whom we buried near the graveyard where Halletsville now stands, crossed the Lavaca near where Dr. Lay lives, passing right between the residences of Barney and James Brown, who lived about 300 yards apart. They drove all the horses with them, leaving none with which to pursue."
Archibald and a Mr. Nunnelley were surprised and by the Indians in the night in their camp on the Lavaca River where they were cutting trees and making boards.
Arch was the 'uncle' to Archibald Jacob Smothers 'AJ' son of his brother William Smothers mrd Cinthia Kelly who was Sheriff in Lavaca Co 1882-1888. However this incident ocurred before that time as AJ was not born until 1845.
John H. Livergood related an incident in 1838:
"Again, in 1838, a small party of Indians stole down upon the Lavaca River, near where Mossy Grove Church now stands. At this time I was making my home with Adam Zumwalt. Late in the evening several of us concluded to go into the field for some melons. I bore close to the bushes, in which I saw some persons, and hailed them, without receiving any reply. They proved to be Indians. Next morning we gathered a company of fifty-six men and started on their trail. Near Halletsville, we found where they had killed Arch Smothers, uncle of our ex-sheriff, and a Mr. Nunnelley, whom we buried near the graveyard where Halletsville now stands, crossed the Lavaca near where Dr. Lay lives, passing right between the residences of Barney and James Brown, who lived about 300 yards apart. They drove all the horses with them, leaving none with which to pursue."
Archibald and a Mr. Nunnelley were surprised and by the Indians in the night in their camp on the Lavaca River where they were cutting trees and making boards.
Arch was the 'uncle' to Archibald Jacob Smothers 'AJ' son of his brother William Smothers mrd Cinthia Kelly who was Sheriff in Lavaca Co 1882-1888. However this incident ocurred before that time as AJ was not born until 1845.
"Again, in 1838, a small party of Indians stole down upon the Lavaca River, near where Mossy Grove Church now stands. At this time I was making my home with Adam Zumwalt. Late in the evening several of us concluded to go into the field for some melons. I bore close to the bushes, in which I saw some persons, and hailed them, without receiving any reply. They proved to be Indians. Next morning we gathered a company of fifty-six men and started on their trail. Near Halletsville, we found where they had killed Arch Smothers, uncle of our ex-sheriff, and a Mr. Nunnelley, whom we buried near the graveyard where Halletsville now stands, crossed the Lavaca near where Dr. Lay lives, passing right between the residences of Barney and James Brown, who lived about 300 yards apart. They drove all the horses with them, leaving none with which to pursue."
Archibald and a Mr. Nunnelley were surprised and by the Indians in the night in their camp on the Lavaca River where they were cutting trees and making boards.
Arch was the 'uncle' to Archibald Jacob Smothers 'AJ' son of his brother William Smothers mrd Cinthia Kelly who was Sheriff in Lavaca Co 1882-1888. However this incident ocurred before that time as AJ was not born until 1845.
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