Medal of Honor: J. Ward, I. Payne and P. Factor

JOHN WARD

Sergeant, 24th US Infantry Indian Scouts

Born: 1848, Arkansas
Died: 24 May 1911

Citation. With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol [at the Pecos River, Texas, on 25 April 1875].













PAYNE, ISAAC

Trumpeter, Indian Scouts

Born: 1854, Mexico
Died: 12 January 1904

Citation: With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol [at the Pecos River, Texas, on 25 April 1875].













FACTOR, POMPEY

Private, Indian Scouts

Born: 1849, Arkansas
Died: 29 March 1928

Citation: With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol [at the Pecos River, Texas, on 25 April 1875].


Note: All three men were Black Seminoles, and are buried at the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery, Brackettville, Texas.
The name of the fourth man involved in this incident is not known.