​Here Sleep the Victims of the "Webster Massacre"

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Marker Text: ​Of August 27, 1839 about thirty homeseeker's headed by John Webster enroute 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) 

Marker No: 9369

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.579918, -97.825813

Location: Davis Cemetery, 2 miles east of Leander on FM 2243