Very incomplete list!Note: Most of these deaths took place during declared orundeclared wars between settlers and the indigenous population ofNorth America. in chronological order | |  William Christian (c.1743-1786) — Born inStaunton,Va., about 1743.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Manxancestry.Killed while fighting Indians in what is nowClarkCounty, Ind.,April 9,1786 (ageabout 43years).Interment atBullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Richard Butler (1743-1791) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,April1, 1743.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; statecourt judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790.Killed on anexpedition against Indian tribes,November4, 1791 (age48 years, 217days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSoldiersMonument, Fort Recovery, Ohio. | | William Butler (d. 1818) — of Georgia. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1800.Killed by Indians at Butler Springs,ButlerCounty, Ala.,March20, 1818.Burial location unknown. | | Wiley Thompson (1781-1835) — of Elberton,ElbertCounty, Ga.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,September23, 1781.Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1817;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1821-33 (at-large 1821-25, 3rdDistrict 1825-29, at-large 1829-33).Slaveowner.Killed by the Seminole Indians at Fort King,MarionCounty, Fla.,December28, 1835 (age54 years, 96days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Richard Gentry (1788-1837) — of Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,August25, 1788.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate, 1826-29; postmaster atColumbia,Mo., 1829-37.One of the founders of Smithton, later Columbia, Mo., 1820.Killed while fighting Indians at the battle of Okeechobee,OkeechobeeCounty, Fla.,December25, 1837 (age49 years, 122days).Original intermentsomewhere in Okeechobee, Fla.; reinterment atJeffersonBarracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo. | | Samuel T. Allen (d. 1838) — of Texas. Born in New York.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Viesca, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836-37.Killed by Indians at the three forks of the Trinity, Texas,1838.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Bent (1799-1847) — of Taos,TaosCounty, N.M.Born in Charles Town,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),November11, 1799.Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1846-47; died in office 1847.Scalped and killed byPueblo attackers during the Taos Revolt,Taos,TaosCounty, N.M.,January19, 1847 (age47 years, 69days).Interment atSantaFe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | George Washington Barnett (1793-1848) — also known asG. W. Barnett — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,December12, 1793.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Washington, 1837-43.Presbyterian.Killed by Lipan-Apache Indians whilehuntingdeer near Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,October8, 1848 (age54 years, 301days).Interment atOldCemetery, Gonzales, Tex. | | William L. Baker (d. 1863) — of Maryland. U.S. Consul inGuaymas, 1861-63, died in office 1863.Killed by Indians at Guaymas,Sonora,January6, 1863.Burial location unknown. | | John Calhoun Johnson (d. 1876) — also known asJohn C. Johnson;"CockeyeJohnson" —of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 1855-56.Laid out the Johnson Cutoff (now U.S. Highway 50) from Carson City,Nev. to Placerville, Calif.Killed by Apache Indians while digging a ford across the SanPedro River, Tres Alamos,CochiseCounty, Ariz.,September13, 1876.Burial location unknown.
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