In October 1858, settlers Moses and Lydia Jackson set out with four of their seven children to spend the day with friends. As they neared their destination, they encountered a small party of Indians, possibly Comanches. Moses and Lydia Jackson and two of their children, Louisa and I.J. Jackson, were killed immediately, while the two middle children, Joshua and Rebecca, were abducted and then abandoned after almost two weeks. They walked for two days before a search party of settlers and Texas Rangers recovered them near Sweetwater. The Jackson family members who were killed were buried where they fell, a short distance from this site.