Harmon's [GREATHOUSE'S] CREEK ENTERS THE OHIO River at Wei rton,WV= HOLLIDAY'S COVE=Brown's Island very near Mingo Bottom and Stuebensville,and Wellsburg, n WV panhandle. Nathanial Tomlinso and his sisters husband,Jousha Baker,owned the cabin where in early 1774,John SAPPINGTON and -GREATHOUSE killed the 1st 2 of the Mingo Logan's family,touching off Lord[Va Gov] Dunmore's War,and the Nov 1774 seizing of sw Pa for Va on Dunmore's Va militia army's return. Sappington and Tomlinson had fled back to Berkley Co,VA [WV] after the massacre,and enlisted in Dunmore's army there Dunmore,Croghan,and Fort Pitt's John Campbell's partner,Dr John Connolly,were Loyalists,and their lands were confiscated as far west at Louisville,if not Kaskaskia,Ill. On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:34:09 -0700 (PDT) Susan Grabek <sgrabek@shastalink.k12.ca.us> writes: > > I did the Ancestry.com > search you suggested. Yes, this is the > best way to search Chalkey's "cRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH OF AUGUSTA CO,VA'S VA Distri ct Land Suit Court.. It refers > to Harmon's Run, [Weirton WV] and I'm not sure if that is near the location for > David Lindsey-Elijah Mattox,Jesse Swem?[20 MILES WEST OF MILLER'S RUN OF cHARTIERS] familiar about this i > ""similar to the account that Col Wm Crawford [tortured 1782] wrote to Gen-Pres George > Washington in late 1773 about what was happening on Croghan's > (claimed) land. He said that the men who had gone onto the land had > not paid Asst Indian Agent George Croghan for it, but told Crawford that they would keep the > land, and would not leave. I remember that Croghan had a nephew who > was acting as his agent. Was his name Campbell? [John Campbell of Fort Pitt was namesake for Campbell Co,N Ky.] > > > CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM > THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 > CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." > JUDGMENTS. [ Va 'DISTRICT" LAND SUIT Court re 1773-74 at Weirton,WV ] [Capt Edmund Baxter,Lt George Brown,Sgt Hartley Sappington,1781-82 militia perhaps at massacre ,also,of the 91 Moravian Indians south of New Philadelphia,Ohio spring,1782,and July-Aug,1782,at Col Wm Crawford's defeat were Co-Captians John Hardin [King's Creek],and Co-Capt George Brown [Harmon's Creek] > page 72 > William Baxter vs. James Campbell, Sr., and John Swearingen--Bill > filed in Ohio County, 6th March, 1797--O. S. 32; N. S. 11. In 1773 > William West and John Sappington came into Ohio County (now Brooke) > and made settlement on Harman's Run and resided there until 1774, > when they were driven away by the Indians. They returned in 1775 and > found James Campbell's tenant in possession. Long before Orator's > settlement, Nathaniel Tomlinstone had made a settlement on Harman's > Run, which claim Campbell bought. Tomlinson made settlement in 1772 > and Campbell bought in 1773. Philip Beale deposes, 27th April, 1798, > at house of Col. Richard Brown in Holyday's Cove, in Brooke County, > was acquainted with the land in 1772-1773. In 1773 William West and > Joshua McQueen were living on the land in a cabin. James Campbell's > son, John, purchased of Tomlinson. In 1773 deponent assisted James > Campbell in raising a cabin. George Brown and a party of men came > before it was completed and compelled them to desist. > Richard Wells deposes at same time and place to same effect. John > Alexander deposes at same time and place to same effect. Richard > Elson deposes at same time and place to same effect. Following > deposition taken at home of John Sappington in Madison County, 27th > April, 1798. Cap. John Sappington, a Justice of Peace and lately a > representative for Madison County. George Brown, a minister of the > Methodist Society. Joshua McQueen deposes at same time and place to > same effect. William West deposes at same time and place to same > effect. James Campbell, Jr., son of James, Senr., represented James, > Sr. John Toland deposes in Ohio County that in 1773 John Campbell > bought the land from Tomlinson, and deponent was surety for purchase > price. Margaret Langford, daughter of James Campbell, deposes in > Ohio County. Richard Boyce deposes in Washington County, Penna., > 15th January, 1799, that in 1775 James Kerns employed him to plow on > the land. James Kerns deposes in Washington County, Penna., 1799, > that in 1775 he was tenant for James Campbell. William Griffith > deposes in 1799 that James Campbell, Senr., is about 80. James > Campbell, Jr., deposes in Brooke County, 31st May, 1798, that in > 1773, spring, he and his brother John came to Ohio County. John > bought the land from Tomlinson and improved it, and was drowned. In > the fall Joshua McQueen came. Campbell had the land surveyed by > Benjamin Johnstone after the death of Col. Wm. Crawford. John > Greathouse deposes 25th January, 1799. > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!