This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AUT.2ACEB/646.664.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Read The Cherokee Frontier by David H. Corkran. This book recounts the story of the Cherokee conflicts with the British from 1740 thru 1762. John Downing was captured by a Cherokee scalping party near a fort named "96" on April 17, 1760. He had been spared earlier that year, but this time they cut off his feet and burned him at the stake. I don't know if it was that day that they killed him, but I list it as his death. I have not seen this book myself but have just the reference to the incident.

Good evening: Where is /was fort 96? Va, NC, SC, TN????? Maybe in Augusta VA Thanks for your help Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 6:58 PM Subject: [DOWNING] Re: Downing Mutilation > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AUT.2ACEB/646.664.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Read The Cherokee Frontier by David H. Corkran. This book recounts the > story of the Cherokee conflicts with the British from 1740 thru 1762. John > Downing was captured by a Cherokee scalping party near a fort named "96" > on April 17, 1760. He had been spared earlier that year, but this time > they cut off his feet and burned him at the stake. I don't know if it was > that day that they killed him, but I list it as his death. > I have not seen this book myself but have just the reference to the > incident. > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject > to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] > >