| dateline (place) |
year |
date |
name |
location |
story (short) |
source |
page |
| Williamsburg |
1754 |
2/14 |
|
South Branch of Potowmack |
French murder whole family on the
South Branch of Potomac; another man robbed of his son by
French Indians |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
2 & 3 |
| Philadelphia |
1754 |
2/16 |
|
|
French Indians observed near the Ohio
to have Mr. Cooper's child of Potomac; the Kuskuskies tried to
rescue him but they got away. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
6 |
| Philadelphia |
1754 |
6/13 |
|
Winchester |
A gentleman from Virginia arrived
from North Carolina they came through Winchester they saw 21
French prisoners. They tried to intercept prisoners, but a
French deserter informed on them; 14 Frenchmen were killed and
21 made prisoners. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
65 & 66 |
| Philadelphia |
1754 |
12/5 |
Colonel Sharpe |
|
From an Officer at Will's Creek it is
reported the fort is complete and well built for winter. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
130 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
7/3 |
Abraham Johnson |
Pattersons Creek |
Abraham Johnson reported Indians had
killed and wounded several people on Patterson's Creek and
many missing; 11 murdered |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
215 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
6/29 |
|
North Branch of Potomack, Will's
Creek |
Murder of one Williams and his wife
and grandson on the North Branch of the Potomac, 12 miles
above the mouth of Will's Creek. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
215 |
| Augusta Co. |
1754-55 |
Oct-Aug |
|
New R. & Holston R. |
Oct. 1754-Aug. 1755 21 killed (Col.
Patton & Lt. Wright, Casper Barger, Mrs. Draper &
child, 31 July, 1755) on New River & Holston River, seven
wounded, 9 taken prisoner(Mrs. Ingles & 2 children; Mrs.
Draper, Jr., Henry Leonard). |
KegleyKVF; AbbottPGW2 |
210; 2-19 |
| Williamsburg |
1755 |
7/21 |
Captain Stallnicker, Colonel Stewart,
William Long |
Augusta Court-House |
More inhabitants being cut off on
Holton's River. Captain Sallnicker and wife taken prisoner;
his mother and 4 children escaped; more were taken prisoner
and killed; Colonel Stewart and William Long on their return
from Fort Cumberland were shot at three different times, but
were unhurt. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
234 |
| Annapolis |
1755 |
7/31 |
Staut |
Fort Cumberland |
Arrival of Staut at Fort Cumberland
gave account; middle of last June he and his family carried
off from the back part of the province by a party of Indians
to Fort DuQuesne; many Indians set off for Canada with Staut
as prisoner, he made his escape with difficulty and arrived at
Fort Cumberland. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
253 |
| Williamsburg |
1755 |
8/8 |
Colonel James Patton |
Augusta County |
Augusta County murder of Colonel
James Patton by Indians last day of July on branch of Roanoke
River. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
258 |
| Greenbrier River |
1755 |
Aug. |
Henry Boughman |
Boughman's Fort (now Mercer Co.) |
Indians attacked 60 settlers in Boughman's Fort on the Greenbrier River and captured it killing
many and taking captives. |
BakerFIWFC |
10, 17 |
| Williamsburg |
1755 |
9/19 |
Captain Lewis |
Augusta |
50 Indians supposed to be Shawnees
appeared on Green Briar River; they killed and captured 15
people, burned 11 houses and drove off 500 head of cattle,
horses & c. Several fled to a small fort where they were
blocked up by enemy four days. Captain Lewis marched to
relief, but Indians fled. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
302 |
| Williamsburg |
1755 |
10/3 |
Captain Dickinson |
Augusta |
Militia under Captain Dickinson
attacked a party of Northern Indians; 1 was killed and several
wounded. Two Catawba boys that were prisoners were retaken.
One soldier killed. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
319 |
| Annapolis |
1755 |
10/9 |
Colonel Cresap |
Patterson's Creek, Frederick
County |
A person from Colonel Cresap's told
the Indians had taken a man prisoner who was going to Fort
Cumberland from Frasier's Plantation. Fell in with man and
wife, the man escaped, the woman never heard from again. Party
of Indian killed or carried off Benjamin Maile of Frederick
County on Patterson's Creek; many families murdered, carried
away or entirely broken up that settlement |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
324 & 325 |
| Annapolis |
1755 |
10/9 |
Lieutenant Stoddert, Colonel Cresap,
Major Prather |
Town-Creek |
express sent to Lt. Stoddert and the
neighborhood by Colonel Cresap that Indians had passed by and
cut off people who dwelt on Town-Creek. Daniel Ashloff gives
same account. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
324 & 325 |
| Hampshire Co. |
1755 |
Oct. |
McKracken |
Patterson's Cr. |
Capt. Chas. Lewis buries McKracken |
FortEdwards.org |
|
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
9/21 |
|
Fort Cumberland |
from Fort Cumberland two Indians shot
arrows into a young man; Indians tracks seen about three miles
off |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
326 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
9/21 |
|
|
a Lord who escaped from two Frenchmen
and five Indians after blow by hatchet, and a body of the
enemy found nearby |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
326 |
| Williamsburg |
1755 |
10/10 |
G. W. |
Cumberland |
150 Indians appeared and killed or
captured upwards of twenty families. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
326 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
10/6 |
|
Fort Cumberland, Patterson's Creek |
Indians have cut off communication
with Ft. Cumberland and have destroyed whole settlement of
Patterson's Creek, and continuing down Potomac R. Indians
carry off all the young women; about 100 killed and taken. |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
329 |
| Ft. Dinwiddie |
1755 |
Oct. |
Capt. Andrew Lewis |
Jackson's River |
Capt. Lewis moves to strengthen Ft. Dinwiddie |
BakerFIWFC |
10 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
10/30 |
G. W. |
Winchester to South Branch of
Potomack |
militia of Domfires, Prince, William
and Fairfax counties were draughted about 160 marched out of
Winchester towards the South Branch of Potomac where murders
were committed. About 200 of Virginia Regiment set out for the
same place the next day by G.W.; 110 more from James River
crossed the ridge with 130 more at Will's Creek, will have
about 500 men fit for duty at Fort Cumberland in the pay of
the colony |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
336 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
12/25 |
Captain William Baylis, Captain
Storther and Brown, Captain Ashley, Captain Cock |
Hampshire County |
South end of Potomac in Hampshire
County, Virginia now safe from the Indian enemy, under Captain
William Baylis with 80 men. Also Captains Strother and Brown
from Culpeper county with 60 men who with Captains Ashby's and
Cock's companies make about 200 active men |
LucierFIWNACN1 |
352 & 353 |
| Philadelphia |
1755 |
12/20 |
|
Augusta County |
Two women from New River were
prisoners; escaped took 40 days |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
9 |
| Augusta Co. |
1756 |
Feb. |
|
Augusta Co. |
Robert Looney killed near Alexander
Sawyer's |
KegleyKVF |
225 |
| Philadelphia |
1756 |
4/15 |
Michael Tealoit, G. W. |
Ashby's Fort |
Ashby's Fort on Patterson's Creek
attacked by 100 Indians; killed 6 men & 2 horses; carried
off two boys of Michael Tealoit's. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
49 |
| Williamsburg |
1756 |
4/23 |
Captain Mercer, Lieutenant Carter,
Lieutenant Williams |
Fort Edwards |
Captain Mercer's party defeated near
Fort Edwards on Cape Capon. Captain John Mercer and Lt. Carter
and 15 volunteers killed. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
55 |
| Philadelphia |
1756 |
4/13 |
The Sieur Donville |
|
23 volunteers skirmish with 15 or 16
Indians. Frenchman the Sieur Donville killed and his orders
found. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
58 |
| Williamsburg |
1756 |
4/30 |
|
|
Expresses from Winchester advise
considerable French and Indians butchered several families.
Route to Ft. Cumberland cut off for 3 weeks. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
59 |
| Williamsburg |
1756 |
5/7 |
G. W., Captain Savage, Captain
Mercer, Mr. Cressop |
Winchester |
Captain Savage found Captain Mercer's
scalp; Michael Cresap was killed in attack. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
59 & 60 |
| Augusta Co. |
1756 |
6/26 |
Ephraim Vause, Capt. Smith |
|
Indians destroy Vause's fort; capture
Capt.John Smith, Peter Luney, Mary Ingles(wife of John) &
2 dau., Wm. Batton, Joseph Smigh, William Pepper, James Bell,
Christopher Hicks, Benj. Davis, Mary English, John Walker,
Cole, Graham. Killed: Lt. John Smith, John Tracy, John
English, John Robinson. |
KegleyKVF |
193,226,232,234 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
3/10 |
|
Augusta County |
Four persons carried off by Indians
from South of Potomac; Came to Augusta county with four scalps
and French prisoner |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
214 |
| Williamsburg |
1757 |
3/21 |
King Heigler |
Lunenburg County |
King Heigler and 14 Cherokees, 20
Catawba's, 1 French Prisoner and 5 scalps arrived; Indians
marching directly to Fort Cumberland |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
215 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
4/11 |
|
|
French prisoner mention that two men
who were supposed to be killed are prisoners at Fort Du
Quesne. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
229 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
4/24 |
|
|
2 Catawba's were killed; the whole
body to Catawba's and about 100 white men set out for them
took 30-60 days provisions |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
230 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
6/23 |
Lieutenant Holiday, Jacob Sneevely |
Near Maryland Line |
Lieutenant Holiday and 3 of his party
found dead, 4 missing; woman carried off by Indians near Jacob
Sneevely's near Maryland line. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
260 |
| New York |
1757 |
6/4 |
|
Winchester |
Party of French Neutrals near
Winchester made their escape from that place in their way to
Crown Point |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
268 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
6/28 |
Captain John Smith |
|
70 commanded by Captain John Smith
went out to captives held in blockhouse they fought and killed
32 Indians and 3 Frenchmen, but had to surrender when their
house was burned; four Indian tribes divided the prisoners,
they came to Lower Shawanese Town; Tortured , roasted and ate
Cole |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
274 |
| Lunenburg |
1757 |
Aug-Sep |
Renick, Dennis, Crawford, McFerrin |
James R., Cedar Cr., Craig's Cr.,
Catawba R. |
north of James River about dozen
killed and two dozen prisoners; killed: Robert Renick,
John Crawford, James McFerrin; prisoners: Mrs. Renick & 7
children, Mrs. Dennis, Wm. Ferrin |
KegleyKVF |
251 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
10/6 |
|
Cedar and Stony Creeks |
34 inhabitants were killed or carried
off from the Cedar and Stony Creeks; some murders committed 13
miles of Lord Fairfax's house |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
307 |
| Philadelphia |
1757 |
11/17 |
|
Winchester |
Party of Cherokees and two white men
went to a mill being burned by Indians on Stoney-Creek; they
killed two, and wounded a third |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
322 |
| Annapolis |
1757 |
12/8 |
Cox |
Virginia side of Potowmack,
Conecheague |
Cox and another man on the Va side of
the Potomac, above mouth of Conecocheague skirmished with
Indians, man killed; Cox escaped. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
337 & 338 |
|
1757 |
11/4 |
|
South Branch Mountains |
party of Cherokee came upon Shawanese
on South Branch Mountains; they killed two; one got away. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
338 |
| Annapolis |
1757 |
12/15 |
Captain M'Kemzie, John Cox, John
Lane |
Pearsall's Fort |
Capt M'Kenzie with some Virginians
went to bring in the Dunkers; One of men was John Lane who was
hunting with John Cox; he escaped and brought in an Indian
scalp to Pearsall's Fort. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
343 |
| Annapolis |
1757 |
12/22 |
Lieutenant Riley, Captain Joshua
Beall |
|
Lieutenant Riley and Captain Joshua
Beall's Company brought a French cadet who he took prisoner
near Fort Cumberland. |
LucierFIWNACN2 |
344 |
| Philadelphia |
1758 |
1/5 |
Captain McKenzie |
|
Captain McKenzie was sent out for
Dunkers he found nothing but some spears that were French |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
1 |
| Roanoke R. |
1758 |
Jan. |
Gatlive, Love |
Roanoke R. area |
James Gatlive, Joseph Love
& William Lover ; prisoners: maid & child, Snodgrass
girl |
KegleKVF |
253 |
| Philadelphia |
1758 |
4/27 |
David Miller, Aaron Jenkins, Ensign
Coleby Chew, Jack Lane, James Cox |
Winchester |
David Miller was fired at near house
of Aaron Jenkins about 12 miles from Winchester; some country
people saw men painted and dressed like Indians; neighbors
went to Pattersons fort and Ensign Coleby Chew was ordered
out; the persons proved to be the famous Jack Lane, killed on
the spot and James Cox who was mortally wounded. |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
59 |
| Williamsburg |
1758 |
5/5 |
Lieutenant Dunlap |
|
Indians are very numerous on the
frontier, they have taken and burnt two forts where one
ranging companies were stationed; 40 were killed and scalped
and Lieutenant Dunlap with 19 men missing |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
61 |
| Williamsburg |
1758 |
7/7 |
|
Augusta County, Winchester, Augusta
Court House |
Indians had killed or captured 26
people between Winchester and Augusta Court House; 300
inhabitants were moving to the other side of the Blue Ridge |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
96 |
| Philadelphia |
1758 |
8/3 |
Colonel Byrd |
Ray's Town, Fort Cumberland |
two men at Fort Cumberland were
scalped and their mangled bodies brought in and interred;
Cherokees were sent in pursuit; on the 16th they brought in
two scalps, one French one Indian. |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
121 |
| Williamsburg |
1758 |
9/8 |
Captain Robert Wade |
|
Rangers under Captain Robert Wade
pursued five Indians; he killed 4, the fifth threw himself
into the river and escaped; they were Sawnese with two white
scalps. |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
147 |
| Annapolis |
1758 |
10/5 |
Captain Sprigg, Mr. Lockett |
Fort Cumberland |
from Fort Cumberland Captain Sprigg
and Mr. Lockett were searching the inward magazine; it blew
up; the fire was extinguished and the place saved; loss of the
two gentlemen |
LucierFIWNACN3 |
164 |
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