I agree... In 1782 Rev. War soldier Thomas Martin was involved in the removal of Indians from nearby areas but he built his home in the SW corner of old Lincoln County and I believe all Indians must have been gone before 1800 and probably earlier than that in the Lincolnton area. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Agnes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NCLINCOLN] Indian capture This Indian story strikes me as strange, how many hostile Indians where there in NC at that time, and if they did capture anyone why weren't they pursued promptly. NC was not exactly an isolated wilderness by then, was it? Perhaps someone wiser than I can jump in here and help make things more clear - Derick do you know anything about this, I know you have taken a look at some of the Indian happenings in the area. Agnes C. On 12/14/04 3:00 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:34:08 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Andrew PIERCE > > I am interested in the Andrew PIERCE family of Lincoln Co, NC. Andrew can > be found in the 1830 and 1840 census enumerations of that county, but not in > the 1850. Family stories tell that James Andrew PIERCE and a brother were > captured by indians while the family was killed. Later James escaped and > ended > up in TX via AL. Has anyone every seen or heard of a story in the area > concerning brothers captured by indians. James was born around 1827 and I do > not > know at what age they were when captured. The 1830 census shows two males > 0-5 (1825-1830) while the 1840 census shows 1 male 0-5 and 1 male 10-15 > (1835-1840 & 1825-1830). > > Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. ==== NCLINCOL Mailing List ==== ==== LINCOLN Co., NC Mailing List ==== Sharing information on Historic Lincoln Co., NC For further info, see www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/nclincoln.htm Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page