Nancy, What good fortune to see your post! I am not a Hamblin descendant but I have a special interest in Henry Hamlin which I want to share with you. Perhaps your trip to Lee Co., VA, next month will provide you an opportunity to shed some light on the questions it raises. On the Russell Co., VA, web site, on Jeffrey Weaver's New River Notes web site, and on the Library of Virginia's web site there are some interesting notes. They tell the following story. In 1782, Indians attacked the home of Jesse Adams. They killed and scalped him and 10 of his 12 children. His wife, Mary "Polly" Adams was a daughter of Joseph Blackemore, one of the builders of Blackemore's Fort and Blackemore's Mill. She survived the attack along with her own daughter, Cynthia Chadwell, from a prior marriage, and two children, Jonathan and Sarah Jane Adams, who were hers and Jesse's. According to the notes, Henry Hamlin's own wife was killed by Indians about the same time and shortly after he and Mary "Polly" Adams began living together as common-law man and wife. Then, in 1790, Mary was herself killed in an Indian attack on Blackemore's Fort, leaving Cynthia Chadwell, Jonathan Adams, and Sarah Jane Adams as orphans. However, there is one note among these which states that Henry's wife "Mary" was killed in 1790 in the raid on Blackemore's Fort but that the record does not make clear whether it was Mary Dickenson or Mary Adams. Now the birth year you give for Henry and Mary Dickenson's youngest child is 1782. Is it possible she was killed that same year in which Jesse Adams and his children were killed? If so, then it would be reasonable that Mary Adams and Henry might be living together in the mid 1780s as reported in these notes. But, if she were not killed until the 1790 raid, then there are two troublesome parts to the story. One is the claim that Henry and Mary Adams were living together even though Mary Dickenson was still living and Henry's wife. The other is that Mary Adams was killed in the 1790 raid on Blackemore's Fort. (Perhaps a third is the references to Mary Adams' children as orphaned if, in fact, she was not killed in 1790 as claimed.) Now, why am I interested in this? Because my ggg-grandmother was a Sarah Jane Adams, born about 1776 in this very same area, but I have not been able to find out exactly who her parents were. There is a reasonable possibility that this might be the Sarah Jane Adams who was my ggg-grandmother. If so, I would love to know the true facts of this case. But, even if not, the story is fascinating and making me curious. So, what do you think? And, what do you know? Any chance of checking out some of the story with official records on you trip to VA? Curious in Oregon, Charles Ed Starnes FamileeMom@aol.com wrote: > > > Henry Hamlin, my 4th GGrandfather, married Marry/Polly Dickenson. Mary/Polly > > > In August of 1790, Mary/Polly was scalped and killed by Indians at Fort > Blackmore. ..... > > I am going next month to Lee County area. I would very much like to find > something of their past while I am there. > Nancy Brown > Santa Ana, CA >