ROCKY RANCH
"My
gggrandfather, Samuel Everett Rogers, was staying the night at the
Secrest home while his son, James Carroll Rogers and the "men
folk" from the Secrest home were out chasing marauding Indians.
Samuel was returning to his son's ranch, Rocky Ranch, and was set upon
by a band of Indians attacking his daughter-in-law and small babies at
their ranch. Samuel was mounted on a small cow pony and tried to
out run the Indians, but they caught him and scalped and killed him.
He is buried on Rocky Ranch near Carlton, TX. The ranch lies
partly in Hamilton Co. and partly in Erath Co."
"Samuel was killed 5/3/1863.
He was born 1809 in Martin Co., NC and came to Texas in 1832. He
fought in the Texas Revolution. Samuel married Elizabeth Ann Cooper
Sparks. His daughter-in-law's name was Nancy Elizabeth (Howard)
Rogers, known as Eliza. She found Samuel's body and with the help of
a Negro slave, brought his body back to the ranch house on a shed door.
She prepared his body for burial while waiting for her husband, James
Carroll Rogers, to return home. Her parents were John H. Howard and
Sarah G. (Burleson) Howard. A grandson and namesake, Samuel Everett
Rogers, of Houston, TX, erected a headstone on his grave.
Rogers descendents continue to visit the gravesite to this day."--Nancy
Beinhorn
" My
gr-gr-grandfather, Samuel Everett Rogers , was protecting the home of
William Harrison Secrest when he was killed and scalped while
returning to his son, James Carroll Rogers' home which at one
time was called "Rocky Ranch". Samuel Everett Rogers was
buried on the spot in 1863. We still visit his grave every year.
If you have any info, I
would be grateful."
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