I just received permission form the William L. Celements Library at U of Michigan to publish the two depositions from the Thomas Gage collection regarding the Massacre of the James Boone Party in October of 1773. The depostions were given by Isaac Thomas and Thomas Sharp. Thomas Sharp says that he saw the Indians responsible on 5 October 1773 on the Watuaga River (same area Benjamin Drake of Carter County settled in). One of the Indians, a Cherokee named Big Elk, showed Sharp a weapon. Sharp was later in the party that went to the camp to bury the men and found the same weapon laying by the bodies. Isaac Thomas gives the name Samuel Drake as one of the men killed in the attack. An article in the PA Chronicle from December 1773 says that the son of John Drake was among the men killed. Scanned versions of both depostions are now available at the web site referenced below. Choose Family History from the main page, then Other Related Articles and Documents. You will see a link to the James Boone Massacre on the page. Typing "James Boone Massacre" into Google will also take you there. Don -- Donald E. Drake Moyock, NC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~drakerobinson/index.htm

Judy, I'm glad you enjoyed the historical CD. It certainly was a labor of love to put together. Our ancestors were such remarkable people. The URL for the website describing it is: http://www.mounet.com/~echo/ppp.htm I agree, it makes a great Christmas present for others afflicted with a passion for history and genaelogy. I think your Dad will find many hours of pleasure in it. Have a good holiday. Danny

This ruse must work because you continue to use it; despite Rootsweb's policy against advertising. Elizabeth Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Dixon" <danny@mounet.com> To: <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:09 AM Subject: [SW_VA] Re: Info. You Requested > Judy, > > I'm glad you enjoyed the historical CD. It certainly was a labor of > love to put together. Our ancestors were such remarkable people. > The URL for the website describing it is: > http://www.mounet.com/~echo/ppp.htm > I agree, it makes a great Christmas present for others afflicted with a > passion for history and genaelogy. I think your Dad will find many hours of > pleasure in it. > > Have a good holiday. > > Danny > > > > > ==== 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