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Note: 1860 census webberville, travis co., tx Louisa Duty b missouri age 44 value of real estate 2000 property 2870 M. J. (m) age 18 bp Tx value of real estate 480 A. M. (m) age 13 bp Tx value of real estate 400 M. E. (F) age 11 bp Tx value of real estate 400 W. H. (m) age 8 bp Tx value of real estate 400 C. W. (m) age 7 bp Tx value of real estate 480 then: 1860 census: travis county, tx slave owner louisa duty 34 female black 13 Female Black 4 Female Black according to her grandaughter Bettie Robinson (nee ferguson) "Grandma Duty (nee Turner) helped to prepare for burial the ten members of the Coleman family who were attacked and murdered by the indians one night." also "Many times my grandparents, Joseph (or Josiah) and Louise Duty had warning to indian raids and hastened on horseback to the old stone fort at Hornsby bend where all the white families of the community congregated and would remain besieged by the indians dasy at a time. The women of the crown would mold bullets for the rifles of the men who had to be on guard and withstanding the attack. The remains of the old fort may still be seen at Hornsby bend about 10 miles from Webberville, on the Colorado river."
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