I found this while looking for an "orphan" branch of the MARKLAND family. This may help someone. Best of wishes, Billy Holt Co., MO. Death Notices From Area Newspapers 1909/1910 Cox, Kenneth D. & Lett, Doris E. Northwest MO Genealogical Society PO Box 382 St. Joseph, MO Independence, MO Central Library GENTRY, Alfred --died 15 May 1910 at his home near Oregon, MO. aged 77. He was born in North Carolina, 3 Feb 1834, the son of Allen & Sarah GENTRY. He was the 5th child of 8 boys & all are dead, except the 2 youngest - Abednego GENTRY, of Cloudchief, Okla. & J. D. GENTRY of Indianola, Nebr. & a sister, Mrs. Sadie CARTER, of Guilford, MO. He came from Nodaway Co., MO. to Holt Co., MO. in 1851. He married Rachel HOBSON, 28 Dec. 1854 and she survives with her 6 children - George, of Plymouth Falls, Ore.; John B. of Florence, Ore.; Mrs. Matilda REAVES, of Gardner, Ore.; Mrs. Mary E. PORTER, of Riverside, Ca.; Mrs. Anna A. KEENEY, of near Oregon, MO.; & Mrs. Ada O. BERET, of Belgrade, Nebr. Alfred served in Co. G., 43rd MO Infy. in the civil war [sic]. Burial in Maple Grove Cemetary at Oregon, MO.

Volks, I do not like to get into virus chat here but things are getting ever worse just like the rest of the world. I am getting email supposedly from MicroSoft.com . There is a Patch attached. I seriously doubt it is from Microsoft. Be very careful with strange email. Do not save or execute files of unknown origin. I do not believe you can be harmed from post to this List. You probably should have some virus protection software installed on your computer. -eddie owner of List

Hi June ! Charlene is descended from a sister of "Your"George Ball Jr.She was the 3rd child of Elizabeth(Tunnell)and George Ball Sr.(b.1752)3rd .child 1st daughter !! Sarah Jane"Sallie"& Janey"Ball married( maybe not married ??)Jacob Ball or a possibility "NO"Jacob Ball at all!(Don't know yet.)She had 3 kids(haven't found 3 child )1:Alice who md.Jacob Wilson and 2:Andrew Ball who married Sarah Blair. and 3:the unknown female) Alice who md.Jacob Wilson and Andrew Ball who married Sarah Blair. NOW I forgot the names she gave me BUT they were Andrew Ball's grandchild !!! Melisaa left and didn't give a Ball name Sent out a big e-mail to person's I found on <A HREF="mailto:SW_VA-admin@rootsweb.com">SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com</A> or was it Looks like this is a GREAT one to join,Data sttes the man runs that site with an iron hand,.AND he stores your names and puts them in a A.B C section. with your E-maill address but NOT your name. Will send you Charlene's and Melissa's data whenever get it.Tonight I went to a site called <A HREF="www..public">www..public</A> records and Typed in Tunnell (in)Tx. and it gave me all the people who had Drivers License and it has ttheir birthdate beside their names. IF I click on their name I get the data ON their Drivers License !!. After I pulled them up I copied and pasted it to a letter that I mail to myself.After I got it I put all the female tunnell's who married a Tunnell a put them into a 2nd e-mail Later I can match up a husband and wife !! Father/mother to their teen age kids. Doesn't have but @ 6 states (Va. not on there !! Darn it!!) Well,its 2:00 ------I better get bed Am making you a lists of Elizabeth's and George Ball's 12 kids and a List of George Jr.with his 15 !!!! kids !!!! Note: I figure with these two' lists you can sorta figure out WHO is WHO on a page..Whatever yiu do find will probably NOT be about the 5 who left Honaker in 1820's and went to Ky.counties . On a Russell Co.marriages for 1862 1869 I found marriages for 2 to 4 kids of George Jr.'s .You want? Site has covered quite a few years. Tomorrow will scan my "family tree letter that I mail out to everyone BUT it has become outdated !! Sincerely yours, Wilma P.S. Want me to find that "Plaster "data.Oh !! I remember !! The lady was Mary Ellen Nall who married the Mr.Plaster. There was a James Ball ,who settled in N.C.and she is descended from him!!

Hi everyone !! I am compiling family data on aLL the Tunnell/Ball descendents and this includes the three BALL'S listed here who married into the Moses Hurt Sr's line. I want you to contact me-Wilma M.(COWSAR)Brown at grannywmb@aol.com OR I.M.me at grannywmb on A.O.L?messinger service OR write to me at 3300 Hill Top Rd.Granbury,Tx.76048 OR CALL ME at 1-817-279-8944 Sincerely yours, Wilma M.(COWSAR)Brown AKA -"granny" OR grannybrown" My "mini" Tunnell Site(that includes the line of Elizabeth(TUNNELL) Ball (B.@1756)and George Ball Sr.(b.1752)the son of Moses Ball Sr. P.S. Will respond to ALL e-mails even if you are NOT of this family. P.S. I am NOT a BALL descendent .I am a Tunnell descendent therefore I am kin tho the descecendents of Elizabeth(Tunnell)Ball !! P.S.I descend from Wm.Tunnell (b.1751)the son of "LADY"Anne(Howard)and Wm.Tunnel(b.1702)who came to Va,.in @1731.I amd MANY others are trying to find proof that Elizabeth was also their(baby)daughter b.@ 1736."Lady"Ann descends from the Royal Line of Howard's in England, Wm.Tunnel(One L)was born as Guillaume Tonnelier in France and was taken to Yorkshire,Eng.in 1702-03 and was raised there with his parents and his younger brothers and sisters.Whew !!! Big P.S. L.O.L.!!!------------------------------------------Wilma MOSES HURT III born Aug.4, 1804 in Russell Co. Va. Died July 31,1865 in Russell Co. Va. Married MARY KENT FLETCHER born Feb.22,1819. Died 1891 in Russell Co. Married abt. 1835 in Russell Co. Va. CHILDREN ISAAC J. HURT born Aug.9,1836 in Russell Co. Va. Died Oct.5,1894. Married CATHERINE ANN COMBS on Sep.8,1859 in Russell Co. Va. ELIZABETH J. HURT born Sep.12,1837 in Russell Co. Va. PRIVATE JOHN GARLAND HURT born March 28, 1839 in Russell Co. Va. Died Nov. 28, 1890 in Russell Co. Served in 22nd VA Calvary Co. D. Married SALINA O. KENDRICK born Sep.10,1844. Died May 7, 1923. Married Feb.8,1866 in Tazewell Co. Va. PRIVATE MEEKIN SPENCER HURT II born Sep.9,1845. Died Aug.14,1930 in Russell Co. Served in 37th VA. Infantry Co. I. Married JANE GILMER on Dec.5,1867 in Russell Co. Va. PRIVATE ISAIAH DRAKE HURT born July 16, 1843 in Russell Co. Va. Died Sep. 17,1921 in Russell Co. Va. Served in 34th VA. Calvary Co. I. Married SOPHIA ELIZABETH SAMPLES born March 16,1845. Died Jan.14,1925. Married June 14,1866 in Russell Co. Va. SALLY P. HURT born Aug.11,1845 in Russell Co. Died Dec.10,1861 in Russell Co. ELBERT S. HURT born March 3,1847 in Russelll Co. Married CORA ELLEN GREAR. MOSES HURT JR. born Aug.29,1848 in Russell Co. Died Dec.17,1945 in Russell Co. Married NANCY CATHERINE BALL born June 24,1848 in Russell Co. Married May 3,1867 in Russell Co. AARON HURT born March 19,1851 in Russell Co. Va. Married ANGELINE SWORD. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/2174/CynthiaBall.html">CYNTHIA HURT</A> born May 14,1853 in Russell Co. Died June 5,1892 in Russell Co. Married PRIVATE HASKEW BALL born Aug.28,1844 in Russell Co. Died April 26,1942 in Russell Co. Served in 22nd VA Calvary Co. B. Married Sep.24,1868 in Russell Co. CYRUS HURT born May 2,1855 in Russell Co. Died Aug.10,1862 in Russell Co. MARY PARKER HURT born July 4,1857 in Russell Co. Married ALVIN ASHBROOK on April 15,1879 in Russell Co. va. JAMES COY HURT born May 12,1859 in Russell Co. Died Feb.20,1907 in Russell Co. Married ISABELLA BALL on July 21,1881. geovisit();

Thanks, The thing that got me started is a book by Patricia Givens Johnson called "William Preston and the Allegheny Patriots". It quotes extensively from the William Preston papers. The Havens/Harman marriage is interesting as I have both in my family. However, it appears that they were from Tazewell County, and I have nothing on Haven/Harman families in that area. The John D(avidson?) Haven appears to be a son of Howard Haven and Martha Davidson. Phil Genie wrote: >The following books make reference to a John >Heavin or Havin of SW VA and might be of interest >if you haven't already seen them. No mention of >the log cabin, though. > >Anonymous, The Preston and Virginia papers of the >Draper Collection of Manuscripts >Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, >1915 > Names John and his sons James and William as >being tried for treason in Aug. 1780 (Montgomery >and Botetourt Cos., VA). > >Harman, John Newton, Harman genealogy (southern >branch) : with biographical sketches, 1700-1924 >Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925 > Mentions 1837 marriage of at least one Harman >to a (later?) John D. Havens; cites an 1840s >Harmon will naming Peggy and John D. Havin; book >also mentions the Plum Creek area in relation to >some road work. > >--- Phil Crowther <crowther@southwind.net> wrote: > > >>One of my ancestors is a John Haven (Heavins) >>[c1726-1782] who was an >>accused Tory. I am told that there is an old >>log cabin which might have >>been owned by him which stands near Radford on >>Plum Creek one mile from >>New River on Route 11. Has anyone seen this >>cabin? Was it owned by my >>John Haven or (as I suspect) by the John Haven >>who built the Lovely >>Mount Tavern? Does anyone know the ancestry of >>the latter John Haven? >> >> > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done >by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing >else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. >All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop > > > >

Pat, Thanks. I had been looking everywhere for my copy of the write-up in Vol. 1. (I found it filed in my wife's Harman file, since that is the article that preceded it.) I was not aware of information in Vol. 2. I will make a note to look for it. Looks like the stories that John, Jr died while incarcerated are true. He was tried as a Tory (along with his sons and several others) in Aug 1780 and by Nov 1780, the county appointed someone else to take over his dutues for repairing the roads, as he was dec'd. However, people apparently did not hold a grudge, since my ancestor Isaac Stephens (who fought in the Continental army and lost family) married John's daughter Rebecca in 1782. Phil Pat Elder wrote: >If you have access to Mary B. Kegley's "Early Adventurers on the Western >Waters," in four volumes, you'll find a good deal of information in volumes >one and two on this Heavin line. > >Pat > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#6 HELP is available from the sysop/owner anytime at: > swvaroot@earthlink.net > > > >

In a message dated 8/24/2003 8:03:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, patelder@preferred.com writes: > If you have access to Mary B. Kegley's "Early Adventurers on the Western > Waters," in four volumes, you'll find a good deal of information in volumes > one and two on this Heavin line. > > Pat > > Talking about HAVENS... anyone know who the parents of this John Havens is? 1. John Havens Sr. Born about 1737/1738 in Virginia-MD. John died in Fleming Cty, Kentucky in 1807; he was 70. abt 1755 when John was 18, he married Abigail. Abigail died in Johnsons Creek, Fleming Co, KY abt 1809; she was 74. Born abt 1735. They had the following children: 2 i. Elizabeth (1756-<1818) 3 ii. John (1758-1834) 4 iii. Mary (~1760-1803) 5 iv. William (1765-1830) 6 v. Lydia (1766-) 7 vi. Joel (1767-1823)  Born in 1767 in Virginia, died in Cambridge, Bourbon Co., KY in 1823; he was 56. About 1785/1786 Joel married Mary Ann Summers, daughter of John Summers, in Faquier Co., Va.   vii. Pations (Patience). Born in 1769 in Frederick Co., Virginia.    On 10 Jan 1800 when Pations (Patience) was 31, she married Owen Bateman, in Fleming Co., KY.,. Many of the descendants of Joel Havens are found in Morgan County, Kentucky Joanne Pezzullo "self-taught family genealogist" Historical Melungeons <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html">http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html</A>

If you have access to Mary B. Kegley's "Early Adventurers on the Western Waters," in four volumes, you'll find a good deal of information in volumes one and two on this Heavin line. Pat

One of my ancestors is a John Haven (Heavins) [c1726-1782] who was an accused Tory. I am told that there is an old log cabin which might have been owned by him which stands near Radford on Plum Creek one mile from New River on Route 11. Has anyone seen this cabin? Was it owned by my John Haven or (as I suspect) by the John Haven who built the Lovely Mount Tavern? Does anyone know the ancestry of the latter John Haven? Thanks, Phil

The following books make reference to a John Heavin or Havin of SW VA and might be of interest if you haven't already seen them. No mention of the log cabin, though. Anonymous, The Preston and Virginia papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1915 Names John and his sons James and William as being tried for treason in Aug. 1780 (Montgomery and Botetourt Cos., VA). Harman, John Newton, Harman genealogy (southern branch) : with biographical sketches, 1700-1924 Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925 Mentions 1837 marriage of at least one Harman to a (later?) John D. Havens; cites an 1840s Harmon will naming Peggy and John D. Havin; book also mentions the Plum Creek area in relation to some road work. --- Phil Crowther <crowther@southwind.net> wrote: > One of my ancestors is a John Haven (Heavins) > [c1726-1782] who was an > accused Tory. I am told that there is an old > log cabin which might have > been owned by him which stands near Radford on > Plum Creek one mile from > New River on Route 11. Has anyone seen this > cabin? Was it owned by my > John Haven or (as I suspect) by the John Haven > who built the Lovely > Mount Tavern? Does anyone know the ancestry of > the latter John Haven? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

In 1816, at the age of 52, Thomas SEXTON and his wife Charity CURRENT, along with his younger children, moved to what is now Smyth Co., VA. Does anyone have a record of who these children were, and what became of them? I believe there was an Aaron, a Thomas Campbell Sexton, Jr., and most likely a William C. Sexton, but I have no proof on that last one. There were others, including a daughter. Also, Thomas had a brother named Joseph, who had children, probably a Zadok, and maybe others. Would like help sorting them out. Any wills recorded or death records, that might help? thanks for any help-- marilyn Current

I read that a James King was one of the first settlers in Thompson Valley, Tazewell Co. I have been searching for a James KING, JR., married to Sarah CURRENT in Sussex Co., NJ in 1798. I can find no more record of them, and am assuming they joined one of the groups who migrated to other parts, Virginia being one of the likely areas. Does anyone have any genealogical information about the James King of Thompson Valley? Might he have had family back in NJ, and encouraged them to join him in VA? Please send me any information or ideas you might have on this. Marilyn Current

I am researching several families in Lee Co. Va. Hodge, Wilson, Morris, Crabtree, Feathers and Clarkston. Any and all help is deeply appreciated. Some I have documentation for and some came from others. I hope this is not to confusing, it is sometimes so hard to explain things. Thomas Clarkston and Nellie Feathers had a possible daughter Ollie Elizabeth Clarkston. Calaway Hodge list parent as Alty, Olty, Olly Hodge on marriage Certificate. It is very hard to read. Samuel Clarkston aka Hodge is suppose to be Catherine "Kate"Clarkston's son. (d/o Thomas Clarkston and Ellender Feathers) This Emanuel lived next door to Calaway Hodge's wifes family John Wilson and to Benjamin Hodge in Carter Co. Tn. In 1850 an Elizabeth is head of house in Benjamin Hodge's household. Could this be Ollie Elizabeth Clarkston? Mother of Calaway Hodge? Does anyone know anything about this Ollie Elizabeth Clarkston? I feel Emanuel, Calaway, and Elizabeth are all connected in some way. My Hodge line is: Calaway Hodge b. 1832 Carter Co. Tn. d. abt. 1880 (probably Lee Co. Va.) m. 30 Dec. 1854 in Lee Co. Va. Delilah Wilson b. 1835 Johnson Co. Tn. d/o John Wilson and Mary (Estep (?) children; 1. Mary C. Hodge b. 1855 Carter Co. Tn. m. D.M. Stamper 2. Sarah M. Hodge b. 1865 Lee Co. Va. 3. Olivia E. Hodge b. 1857 Lee Co. Va. 4. Margret Hettie b. 15 July 1859 Lee Co. Va. m. Milliard Clarkston 5. Manerva Hodge b. April 1860 Va. m. William Hodge m. Jesse Wilson 6. unnamed Hodge b. 11 April 1861 d. 15 April 1861 Lee Co. Va. 7. William Sampson Hodge b. 1 June 1862 Lee Co. Va. m. Lydia Morris d/o Richard Morris Sr. and Ellender Clarkston 8. George C. Hodge b. May 1866 Lee Co. Va. 9. James M. Hodge b. 24 Nov. 1867 Lee Co. Va. m. Sallie Thompson 10. Rebecca Hodge b. 1870 Lee Co. Va. m. T.L. Fannon Jr. 11. Ellie Hodge b. 1872 Lee Co. Va. 12. Emma Hodge b. 1874 Lee Co. Va. 13. Lilly Hodge b. Aug. 1878 Va. m. Emmet Kimberling William Sampson Hodge m.Lydia Morris children; 1. Alpha Elizabeth b. 3 Nov. 1884 Lee Co. Va. d. 1975 Tx. m.Joe Smith m.2nd T.E. Tuck 2. John Calloway b. 24 Feb. 1886 Lee Co. Va. d. 1966 Tx. m. Bessie Hess 3. Abner Lewis Hodge b. 12 Oct. 1889 Lee Co. Va. d. 1976 Tx. m. Cordie Bell McCartney 4. Nerve Vestie Hodge b. 27 Nov. 1892 Lee Co. Va. d.Tx. m. James Reed My line of Clark(ston is; 1. Thomas b. 1787 and Ellender Feathers Clark(ston) 2. John abt. 1810 Va. and Sarah Mckinney Clark(ston) 3. Ellender "Ellen" Clak(ston) b. 1834 and Richard "Dick" Pearl Morris Sr. My Morris line is; 1.John "Haton" Morris Sr. and Elizabeth Ramey(?) 2. Elias Morris Sr. and Mary Ann "Polly" West 3. Richard Pearl "Dick" Morris and Ellender Clarkston d/o John Clarkston and Sarah McKinney 4.Lydia Morris and William Sampson Hodge s/o Calaway Hodge and Deliliah Wilson My Crabtree line is; 1. William Crabtree I b. ca. 1682 England and Jane Halstead b. 1687 England 2. William Crabtree II b. 1704 England and Mary Pike b. 1707 3. William Crabtree III b. 1726 Md. and Hannah Whitaker b. 1729 Md. 4. Job Crabtree b. 1765 Va. and Rebecca Smythe b. 1775 Va. 5. William Thomas Crabtree b. 1812 Va. and Elizabeth Harmon b. 1815 6. Isaac Newton Crabtree b. 1844Mo. and Amanda Thurman b.1849 Mo. 7. Mary Jane Crabtree b. 1881 Tx. and David Albert "Dave" Kirkland b. 1880 Tx. Thank you, Nita Hodge Jones Researching Names; Hodge, Miller, Copeland, Norman, Holt, Gilliland, Taylor, Morris, Kirkland, Crabtree, (2)Jones, Storey, Phillips, Maness, Cooper, Nevil, McCartney,Mckinney, Feathers,Clark(ston), Berry, Norman, West, Fisher, Collier, Nevil , Shipman, Denton, Dotson, Yates, Tow, Tiller, Gilliland,

I'm searching for anyone who has information, photos, stories, research, etc. to share on the RASNICK-RASNAKE-RASNIC Family of SW Virginia. I publish the Rasnick Family Newsletter and am always looking for information to print in it. I currently have three professional genealogists searching for this family, one in the United States and two in Europe and would love to hear from anyone who may have clues as to where the family came from before emigrating to Germany. I am also particularly interested in the discovery of photos of any of Jacob and Mollie Rasnick's nine children. Although I have never seen any, I have heard that photos of Lazarus and Elijah may exist. I'm also anxious to contact anyone who may have knowledge of the existence of very old family Bibles, especially one written in German that tradition says Jacob's mother gave him before leaving for America. I would also like to correspond with anyone from any of our allied families, who may have stories or any other knowledge of our family members. Thanks so much, Marie Rasnick Fetzer MarieFetzer@cfl.rr.com

Sue, Just came from a family reunion in Lebanon, VA. Many of my cousins have stayed at the Super 8 during the last two reunions. We highly recommend it. $50 per night sounds about right. The number is 800.800.8000. There is also the Carriage House. 540.889.2884. Carline :) God Bless America cagee@ntown.net

Sue, I don't know if you'll be anywhere near Lebanon, Va., but last year I stayede for a week at the Super 8 there. It was brand new, with in room safes, coin laundry and continental breakfast, and it was about a mile from a Walmart. I was alone and felt very safe. It is convenient to the Russell Co. Library and Courthouse if you have any research to do there. I can't remember exactly what I paid, but I think around $50/night. Check the web for Super 8 Motel at Lebanon, Va. if you're interested. Have fun. Marie

I`ve just learned that I will be traveling through S.W. Va. (from Bristol to Roanoke and then into D. C. and hope to do a little genealogy along the way. Just wondered if anyone con suggest a less expensive (but clean) motel somewhere north of Bristol or even in Bristol possibly. It will be about the Fri. before Labor Day so I may need to make a reservation soon. The ones right on the internet are usually much more expensive but I am unfamiliar with the area. I was related to Dorton and Castle families of S. W. Va. thanks in advance. Sue in Al.Other lines are Daniel, Barton, Preston, Grimm, Engle and many more.

Thanks Billy! An interesting read & so was your posting!! Hard to tell how hard he pushed that quill pen into the paper, sounds like he could have broken it! Carolyn

I started wondering, based upon the film series I saw Saturday, whether the Library of Congress would have copies of Geo. Washington's papers. The short answer is, "Indeed they do!" Those can be found at: <A HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html">http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html</A> You can either Browse or Search from the above Home page. The section, General Correspondence, seems to have more Muster rolls, Poll listings (Frederick county, VA begins on page 493), and also correspondence received from various people. The Search function is pretty good also: many references to Fincastle county, Arthur Campbell, Swearingen and Holston. Much of the correspondence has been transcribed already but not all. From what I saw, none of the muster rolls or poll listings had been. By the way, I found two slightly different copies of the letter I had transcribed & mailed Sunday: one from G.W.'s letter book and another true copy by Mr. Alexander the secretary. Thought you might be interested. Best of wishes, Billy Markland

One of the bad things in researching is the problem of being sidetracked. Thus it was for me yesterday while on a search for information regarding the Indian Wars circa 1866 at the CGSC library at Ft. Leavenworth. I found this film series, Records of the British Colonial Office, Class 5 with a sub-series on the French & Indian War. I initially started looking through it with hopes of gathering some muster rolls or something like that. Instead, I ended up reading the after battle reports about Braddock's defeat. The following letter / report I have included here as I thought it particularly significant. I had always read that George Washington had a temper and in this letter you can almost feel the man clinging to his self-control. This was a true copy but I imagine if the we could see the original letter, the quill would have been dug deeply into the paper at times while he was writing. I wonder if the U of VA library has the original? Sorry about being off-topic. Best of wishes, Billy Geo. Washington to Gov. Dinwiddie 7/18/1755 Records of the British Colonial Office, Class 5 Part 3: The French & Indian War 1754-1763 Roll 1 of 8 D000833 roll 19 Combat Arms Research Library (C.A.R.L.) Fort Leavenworth, KS Fort Cumberland July 18, 1755 Honble. Sire [sic] As I am favored with an opportunity, I should think myself inexcusable, was I to omit giving You Some Account of our late Engagement with the French on the Monongahela the 9th inst. We continued our March from Fort Cumberland to Frazier's which is within 7 Miles of Du-quesne without meeting with any extraordinary Event Saving only a Straggler or two pick'd up by the French Indians - When we came to this Place, we were attack'd (and very unexpectedly I must own) by about 300 French & Indians, our Numbers consisted of about 1300 well arm'd men, chiefly Regulars, who were immediately struck with a deadly Panic, that nothing but Confusion and Disobedience of Orders prevailed amongst them: The Officers in general behaved with incomparable Bravery, for which they greatly suffered, there being near 60 kill'd and wounded - a large Proportion out of the Number we had! - Our poor Virginians behaved like men, and died like Soldiers, for I believe out of three Companies, that were there that Day, scarce 30 were left alive: Capt. Peyrounie [sic] & all his Officers down to a Corporal were killed; Capt. Polson shared almost as hard a fate, for only one of his Escaped. In short, the dastardly Behavior of the English Soldiers, exposed all those who were inclin'd to do their Duty to almost certain Death, and at length in despite of every Effort to the contrary, broke and run [sic] like Sheep before the Hounds, leaving the Artillery, Ammunition, Provisions, & every Individual Thing we had with us a Prey for the Enemy; and when we endeavored to rally them in hopes of regaining our Invaluable loss, it was with as much Success as if we had attempted to stop the wild Bears of the Mountains - The General was wounded behind the Shoulder into the Breast of which He died three Days after; His two Aids de Camps were both wounded, but are in a fair way of Recovery: Colo. Burton & Sr. John St. Clair were also both wounded, and I hope will get over it. Sr. Peter Halkett with many other Brave Officers were kill'd in the Field. I luckily escap'd without a Wound, tho' I had four Bullets thro' my Coat & two horses shot under me: It is Supposed we left 300 or more in the Field, dead; about that Number we brought off wounded, and it is imagined (I believe with Justice too) that two Thirds of both those Numbers, received their Shot from our own cowardly Dogs of Soldiers, who gathered themselves into a Body contrary to Orders 10 or 12 Deep, would then level, fire and Shoot down the men before them. - I tremble at the Consequence that the Defeat may have upon our back Inhabitants, who I suppose will all leave their Habitations unless proper measures are taken for their Security. - Colo. Dunbar, who Commands at present intends so soon as his Men are recruited at this Place, to continue his March to Philadelphia into Winter Quarters: so that there will no men be left here, unless it is the poor remains of the Virginia Troops, who now are, and will be too weak to guard our Frontiers - As Capt. Orme is writing to Yr. Honr., I doubt not but he will give You a very Circumstantial Acct. of all Things which will make it needless for me to add more than that[.] I am Honble. Sir Your most Obedt. & / most hble. Servt. G. Washington. To the Honble. Govr. Dinwiddie A true Copy Attr: Wm. Alexander Secy