I'm trying to find information on Wilbarger County, Texas where my family is supposedly from. Any help would be most appreciated. Wilbarger County is located on the Red River near the base of the Texas panhandle. If these are your ancestors, you will surely want to read the 1889 classic, Indian Depredations in Texas , a compendium of narratives of hundreds of encounters between Texans and Indians on the frontier. The book was compiled by John W. Wilbarger, a brother of Josiah and Mathias.
Recent reprints are available.
Coincidentally, Wilbarger County borders Hardeman County, named after my ggg-grandfather Thomas Hardeman and his brother Bailey. I find no further reference to the group anywhere. Would appreciate any information. My gg-grandfather Nepolean Conn served in the Mexican war in a unit called the Texas Mounted Spies. I am looking for any detail of an action at Bandera Pass in about 1843 between Texas Rangers under Captain Jack Hays and a Comanche Force.