Milestones 4th quarter 2013

Moses was probably about seven when they moved to Fort Belknap and grew to manhood at this location. In June 1864, he enlisted in the Confederate Army under the command of Lt. Charles Neuhaus, Company B. Young County.

Moses met a pretty, red headed woman from New Harp, Texas, named Sarah Elizabeth Freeman. They married at O'Neal Station in Montague County on Oct. 28, 1864. The couple had six children, two which died in childhood.

They lived near New Harp, where Moses made a living as a stockman and farmer. Their life on the frontier was very hard and again they had to deal with Indian raids. In 1867, the Indians kidnapped his nephew, Dick Freeman and in the spring of 1870, the Indians stole his fine race horse, Old Yellow Boy. Moses Johnson's twin brother, Reuben, 20, was massacred by the Indians at the Elm Creek Indian Raid #2 on July 17, 1867 at Fort Belknap, along with two other young men.

On April 20, 1872, Moses enlisted as a private in company U, Minute Men of Montague County, under the command of John Willingham of the Texas Rangers. He was discharged Aug. 20, 1872 with a total of only eight days of active service. The last Indian raid in Montague County proved to be in August of 1872.

Moses moved his family from New Harp to Victoria (Queen's Peak), then to the railhead at the new community of Bowie.

Here he assisted on the first