H Nancy, I believe this Raccoon Creek was in the now West Virginia area - or it could have been where Pennsylvania is now. No county was mentioned in the book - but here is a telling statement: "All of the above murders were perpetuated on or near the Ohio..." as in Ohio River. That was the frontier border in 1777 when this happened. The Maryland Journal (newspaper of the time?) reported the various massacres as they were sent items from various people. I quoted the paper just as the author of the book quoted it. No first names. But I thought it was interesting that he was from NJ. The author was relating various things that happened in the various time periods from 1769-1794. So these are some of the things he discovered in the Maryland Journal. Of course, he had other sources and they related other murders, etc. I wish the author had an everyname index of everyone in the book. Besides the main characters (Wetzels, Zanes, Boones, Cresap, Kenton, etc.), there are a lot of other names mentioned. Gosh, there is obviously so much material out there from that time period, that we need to be able to access so we can research our people!!! Sorry I could not help you more. Kathie On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM, magsand <magsand@nbn.net> wrote: > Hi -Kathleen > this caught my attention- do you know - Is racoon creek in Md. or the > Upper > Ohio Valley? Are both of these sources listed refering to the same > occurrances? I have many New Jersey Ogdens. We corresponded already on > the > Husteds so you might recall that. Any first name available regarding the > Ogden killed by Indians? > Thanks > Nancy Shean > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Kathleen Felsted" <mkfelsted@gmail.com> > To: <njcumber@rootsweb.com>; <wvharris@rootsweb.com>; <husted@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 8:35 PM > Subject: [NJCUMBER] Ogden, a Jersey man... Col David Sheppard > > > > Hi There, > > > > Quoted in *The Border Ward of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794)* by > William > > Hintzen. > > > > 1. Here is a brief mention of a man killed in 1777 (The Year of the > Bloody > > Sevens) . > > > > "An article in the *Maryland Journal* in the spring of 1777 gives only > an > > inkling; referring to incidents beginning in mid-April they reported: > > ....The same day another express arrived who brought an account of a man > > being found murdered near Wheeling"; *also one Ogden, a Jersey man, was > > found killed and scalped near the mouth of Racoon Creek...." * (I have > other > > relatives who were on that creek = Fulk, Beeler) > > * * > > 2. There are several mentions of Col. David Shepherd, William Shepherd > ,his > > oldest son, and Shepherd's Fort. > > > > Kathie > > > > -- > > M. Kathleen Felsted > > mkfelsted@gmail.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- M. Kathleen Felsted mkfelsted@gmail.com