# Jotham Lincoln killed (Sept. 4, 1868)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/jotham-lincoln-killed-sept-4-1868/
- Also known as: Indian raid at Spring Valley
- Kind: Forts, raids and the Indian wars
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1655, -104.7636 (from a cited description)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

'Two men were killed at Spring Valley, and two horses stolen; and two men were killed at Buzzard's station. One of those killed at Spring Valley was Jotham Lincoln … He was binding oats when the Indians rode up to him and shot him down. They ran off thirteen horses' (Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 5, 1868). The three raiders 'were riding along the stage road' (News, Sept. 11); the stage line's own horses were taken at Spring Valley (Weekly News, Sept. 9). No election was held at Spring Valley that month.

## Where it was

Placed at GNIS's Lincoln Ranch (Locale), 0.7 mile north of the Spring Valley store site. The dispatch says only 'at Spring Valley'; that GNIS's Lincoln Ranch is Jotham Lincoln's field is a guess, so treat the point as 'Spring Valley, within about a mile'.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Nearby

- [Spring Valley Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/spring-valley-cemetery/): 0.5 mi southwest
- [Gile's ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/giles-ranch/): 0.7 mi south
- [Bucks Place](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bucks-place/): 0.9 mi southeast
- [Spring Valley](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/spring-valley/): 1.0 mi southwest
- [Redman Rancho](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/redman-rancho/): 1.3 mi south
- [Pine Grove](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pine-grove/): 2.9 mi southeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.