Napa County Deaths

Thomas Wilson

Contributed to this site by Regina Gualco

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          Murder of Thomas Wilson. �Wilson lived in a small cabin by himself in 
Wild Horse Valley, some five or six miles east of Napa City. On the 10th day of 
October, 1861, he was found in his house with a black silk cravat (handkerchief) 
tied around his neck, and it was evident that he had been strangled to death. No 
clue was ever found to the perpetrator of the deed. 

Source: [Lyman L. Palmer], History of Napa and Lake Counties, California (San 
Francisco: Slocum, Bowen & Co., 1881), page 145.