I got a chuckle out of the part about the ancestors being rich in Germany. I have found MANY records of "my" INMAN branch owning lots of land in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Ohio. None of it came down to any of my recent ancestors :-) As a matter of fact, I found interesting ones in Ohio where the "patriarch" John (m. Elizabeth LIPPENCOTT) gave 150 acres to 4 or 5 of their sons "for consideration of Love and good will received to my full satisfaction of John Inman, Jr (and some others on other deeds) go give, grant, bargain. etc. etc. I haven't had a chance to get back into this line and see WHY the others didn't get any. Did they not go to Ohio? Were some of them not living? Interesting searching I have yet to do. Lola TX HAYES, INMAN, LIPPENCOTT, MARSH, ROGERS, SANFORD, SMITH All of Medina Co., OH from NJ, VT, MA, CONN via NY ENGLAND; AVIS, COOK, CRACKNELL (CRACKNAIL), HAMMOND, HOLLAND, ORREDGE, PULHAM, THOROGOOD, TURNER ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Barbara Inman Beall <bbeall43@yahoo.com> To: <INMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:56 AM Subject: Re: The parable of Meshack's death > This is a wonderful clue. Thank you so much for > posting it. I have a biography of Daniel Boone > (recently published) that also suggests another > possibility. I'm writing this from school and don't > have my records in front of me. Apparently about 1768 > a band of hunters were hunting with Daniel Boone's > brother-in-law. They went all the way to New Orleans, > where they sold their hides, etc. On the way back, > they were attacked by Indians and robbed of their > money. Several of them were killed and a number of > them were wounded. I will look up that reference > tonight and post it to the list tomorrow. > > By the way--while we are on the subject of > Meshach--the "German connection" came up again in a > letter I received from a distant relative. She claims > that old family lore states that these Inmans owned > property in Germany and were very rich. Their > properties were confiscated after they came to > America. I believe that Meshach's wife was definitely > German--so family lore may have crossed the two > individuals--just as family lore may have crossed > Daniel Boone with his brother-in-law. > > Barbara > --- ScandalMcC@aol.com wrote: > > Many of you are familiar with the tale of Meshack > > Inman's death in 1767 on > > what would have been called a "long hunt." The > > version told in the Missouri > > Historical Society publication c. 1902/4 (?) first > > claimed he had died while > > on a hunt with Daniel Boone near Nick-a-Jack Cave, > > but the extensive > > descriptions of Boone's hunts (Draper, et.al.) - and > > particularly those on > > which comrades died - has never mentioned an Inman > > or anyone associated > > closely with them. > > > > You will recall that the Inman holdings in Burke Co. > > were near Linville R. > > which drew its name from the family of William > > Linville, a close relative by > > marriage of Boone. > > > > Dr. Archibald Henderson (a relative of land > > speculator/developer Richard > > Henderson of Orange Co. NC) , in his "The Conquest > > of the Old Southwest," > > includes a reference to hunters/traders killed in > > 1767 that might provide > > some clue as to when/where Meshack died, > > particularly if you look in the > > archives of Gov. William Tryon of colonial North > > Carolina. > > > > Henderson writes: > > > > "During the summer of 1766, while Boone's friend and > > close connection, > > Captain William Linville, his son John, and another > > young man, named > > John Williams, were in camp some ten miles below > > Linville Falls, they > > were unexpectedly fired upon by a hostile band of > > Northern Indians, and > > before they had time to fire a shot, a second volley > > killed both the > > Linvilles and severely wounded Williams, who after > > extraordinary > > sufferings finally reached the settlements." In May, > > 1767, four traders > > and a half-breed child of one of them were killed in > > the Cherokee > > country. In the summer of this year Governor William > > Tryon of North > > Carolina laid out the boundary line of the > > Cherokees, and upon his > > return issued a proclamation forbidding any purchase > > of land from the > > Indians and any issuance of grants for land within > > one mile of the > > boundary line. Despite this wise precaution, seven > > North Carolina > > hunters who during the following September had > > lawlessly ventured into > > the mountain region some sixty miles beyond the > > boundary were fired > > upon, and several of them killed." > > > > This last reference, which I had never seen before, > > could include Meshack > > Inman. The timing, however, is problemmatic: I've > > never seen a reference to > > the Inmans in early Rowan (later Burke) Co. before > > 1771 when Ezekiel was > > constable in the Linville Falls area, or four years > > after Meshack reportedly > > was killed. Long hunters, too, originated in > > Albemarle Co., where the Inmans > > lived before Burke. > > > > Randy McConnell > > > > > ===== > Dr.Barbara Inman Beall, BBeall43@yahoo.com, BIBeall@email.msn.com > Online Journal: http://twigs-of-inman-spence.rootsweb.com > For permission to access MyFamily.com database: Barbara 4902@myfamily.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > >