I’m trying to locate any families associated with Chief Bowles located in Texas in the Cherokee war of 1839. I believe that my ggreat-grandmother who was named Eliza L Sanford was here at the time when the battle took place. She remained in Texas afterwards so she had to have ran into the deep woods with her mother and hid and came out later to live in that area. Any help on where to look for info on any families in that area would be appreciated so that I might be able to locate her.