Many names I know in this one. My colony lived with the GREATHOUSE'S at Weirton,WV. "The Frontiersman" gives an account of Greathouse's death. One of the ELROD'S settled within 2-3 miles of me here at Bethel,Oh. I've always thought that the Indians knew some of the people killed. One or more of the GREATHOUSE'S had been at the 1774 massacre of the Mingo Logan's family. A prevoius account of Capt Spencer Records mentions being led up-river to Portsmouth by a cautious leader. That would seem to be REV WAR Gen Charles Scott. The Elrod'S and the MUSE families were ntermarried.Capt MUSE served at FT NECESSITY in 1754. CHARLES RECORDS may be the father of Capt SPENCER and LABAN RECORDS. On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:08:18 -0600 "Faith Keahey" <[email protected]> writes: >On the 15th of Apr 1790, I was married to Elizabeth Ellred, daughter >of John >Peter Ellred and Mary his wife. I settled on my own land 6 miles west >of >Washington, where I had previously built a log cabin 16 ft sq, and >cleared >some ground. At that time it was the outside cabin west. > >I will now give you a discription of my log cabin, and the way it was >built. >After raising it the necessary Height, a large log was laid across >the >middle, and overlaid with split logs. Two of the pieces at one corner >were >cut out, to make a hole to go up above, then build up, so as to gave >room to >load and shoot, with port holes above and below. The door was made >of >strong puncheons, pinned with a two-inch pin, and barred with a strong >bar, >so that it could not possibly be forced open. > >Abrham Gardner and Rudolph Fuso took leases of me and lived in the >same >cabin with us, as they had no time to build cabins for themselves. >They >were both Dutch men and not used to guns, so that I could not have >depended >on them, only that they would make a show if Indians came in sight; >and if >we should be fired on, they might be shot instead of me. > >This summer my brother Laban and my brother in law John Hughey were >employed >to spy on the Ohio River. On the second day of August, on a big lick >on >Locust creek, 4 miles from the Ohio, they saw the beds of 22 Indians, >who >had been watching the lick. They sent word as soon as possible to >Col >Rankin, who gave orders to me to draught ten men from my company, and >to >meet in the morning at my father's where I would be met by 15 men from >Capt >John Kenton's company, and from there to go in search of them. > >I raised my men, and met according to orders, but found only 6 of >Kenton's >men. However, we set off, 19 in number, and when we came to the lick, >we >saw that a number of horses had just gone down the creek. They had >been up >on Stoner, the south fork of Licking, and had stolen 20 horses. > >We pursued them rapidly to the Ohio; they had all got over but 4; at >that >place it was >20 yds from the bank to the water, and growing thick with grass. >About 50 >yds above, the water came to the bank, with a thicket of willows >growing. >An Indian was standing sentinel close to the bank; we saw him the >instant he >did us. Some jumped down the bank after them; some ran up the bank to >keep >them down; on made his escape by swimming and diving; two ran into >the >willows, and we could not find them. My brother Laban killed one that >had >squatted in the grass. The one in the river had many guns fired at >him, but >to no purpose, as he was most of the time under the water. The other >Indians halloed and shot at us, but to no purpose, as the river was >too >wide. Only one ball reached the shore, by skipping some distance on >the >water. We took the scalp off the one that was killed, got his gun, >and four >horses which they had not got over the river and returned home. > >About the 1st of March 1791, the Indians stole horses near Washington >just >before daylight. The horses were soon missed, and they were pursued. >Snow >beginning to fall, and cover the ground, they were obliged to leave >the >horses, disperse, and run to make their escape. > >John Gardner set out that evening from my house to hunt, and saw the >track >of one of them, who had come near my fence before he saw it, and then >turned >short to the left, to go round the field. It was a fine thing for him >that >I did not know of his coming there. Had I known it, I would have >went out, >met the gentleman, and given him a salute. > >Sometime in March Capt Hubbell was descending the Ohio. Below the >mouth of >Scioto, he was attacked by a large party of Indians, who came out in >their >canoes, and fired on the boat, wounding four of five of his men and >killing >two, by the names of Kilpatrick and Tucker. They soon gave up >pursuing >Hubbell, and turned their attention to Greathouse's boat which was >then in >sight, and as soon as the boat came in reach, attacked it. This boat >being >weakly manned, suurendered without much assistance. They took this >boat to >shore, killing Greathouse and a man called Black. How many they took >prisoners, I have no recollection at this time. > >I went up to help bury the dead, and on our way wemet a boy about 15 >yrs of >age, who had been taken prisoner, but he had made his escape. He >turned >back and went with us. When we came back to the boat, Black was >laying in >it, tomahawked and scalped. The boy said, "There lies my poor old >father." >Greathouse lay on the bank, tomahawked and scalped. There was a large >sack >of flour, some hogs, and some other property in the boat, which they >had not >taken off. After burying the dead, we took the boat down to >Limestone. >cont > > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.