In Glenn Lough's book "Now and Long Ago," the author describes a story about a group of men from southwestern PA and northern WV who left on a trip to KY to meet up with Daniel Boone concerning land. The group incuded William Hibbs, Edward Parrish, Thomas Townshend, Jonathon Nixon, Charles Snodgrass (my ancestor) and a number of others. After crossing the Tygart Valley (WV), a couple of the men remained at a cabin due to the illness of one man. They planned to to join the others shortly. These men were killed by Indians...This atrocity put an end to the Kentucky plans of Hibbs and his friends. They took the dead men home, saw them buried, and, afterwards, lived out their lives in the Upper Monongahela Valley... Rev. Jesse Nixon (1816-1906) related this story of Rev. Henry Morgan.. Neither Glenn Lough or Grace Kelso Garner, author of "Earliest settlers, western Frederick-eastern Hampshire Counties in Virginia, their descendants" gave their "source of information" for this story. Does anyone know where it originated? I would like to include the story in an article I am writing but need the origin of the story. Thanks. Millie

Hi Millie, My I suggest you post this to the Boone list. You may get some help from someone on that list. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mildred Fry" <milliecovey@charter.net> To: <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:42 PM Subject: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] William Hibbs party to visit Daniel Boone in KY > In Glenn Lough's book "Now and Long Ago," the author describes a story about a group of men from southwestern PA and northern WV who left on a trip to KY to meet up with Daniel Boone concerning land. The group incuded William Hibbs, Edward Parrish, Thomas Townshend, Jonathon Nixon, Charles Snodgrass (my ancestor) and a number of others. After crossing the Tygart Valley (WV), a couple of the men remained at a cabin due to the illness of one man. They planned to to join the others shortly. These men were killed by Indians...This atrocity put an end to the Kentucky plans of Hibbs and his friends. They took the dead men home, saw them buried, and, afterwards, lived out their lives in the Upper Monongahela Valley... > Rev. Jesse Nixon (1816-1906) related this story of Rev. Henry Morgan.. > Neither Glenn Lough or Grace Kelso Garner, author of "Earliest settlers, western Frederick-eastern Hampshire Counties in Virginia, their descendants" gave their "source of information" for this story. Does anyone know where it originated? I would like to include the story in an article I am writing but need the origin of the story. > Thanks. > Millie > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA UNSUBSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS > Old-Frederick-Co-Va-L-request@RootsWeb.com UNSUBSCRIBE (in message) > Old-Frederick-Co-Va-D-request@RootsWeb.com UNSUBSCRIBE (in message) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >