south carolina [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Walter F. Williams <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/25/2005 8:21:53 PM > Subject: Re: [DOWNING] Re: Downing Mutilation > > 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] > > > > > > > > ==== 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]