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    1. [A-REV] Dunmore's War and a murder
    2. Betty Silfies
    3. I am interested on any sites on Dunmore's War and the County of Augusta that comprised West Virginia, northern VA and western Pittsburg as far north as Pittsburg which was called Fort Dunmore at this time. I am interested because I am researching William Shepherd, Ens Thomas Clark/Clarke, Christian/Christopher Coffman, and particularly Capt George Aston who were all in this war. I found a record in something called the Carnegie Archives, that Captain George Aston was murdered at Fort Dunmore in 1775 by a Devereaux Smith, but I have been unable to find the outcome of the trial or anything about George's family. His wife was Hannah according to some land records some place in Augusta Co. I believe they were the George Aston and Hannah Phipps who went from Chester Co PA to Botetourt Co VA. I have read that many men in Dunmore's war were from the Botetourt Co area. I particularly want to find out if they had any children. Also where could I access the Carnegie Archives, I saw only a few pages. Betty Silfies

    01/22/2002 03:02:11