Hi John: When you e-mailed me about the White Brothers of Randolph County, I had forgotten that I bought two books on Randolph County. "The History of Randolph County, West Virginia" by Dr. A.S. Bosworth. Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, MD,; 1997: page 229: In the earlier history of the county the delays and intricacies of the law were not always invoked to settle disputes of title to land and other property. Near the Old Brick Church in Huttonsville District, James Warwick built a cabin and made a clearing, by virtue of which he claimed the contiguous bottom. John and William White claimed the land also. The White brother proposed to settle the title by a resort to a fight, fist and skull. Mr. Warwick fearing the result traded lands with Andrew Crouch, who was to clear his title by accepting the challenge of the other claimants. Mr. Crouch met and vanquished William White who accepted the result with satisfaction and Mr. White and Mr. Crouch became close friends. John White was killed in the battle of Point Pleasant and William White fell a victim to Indian savagery in what is now Upshur County. In "The History of Randolph County, West Virginia" by Hu Maxwell, Clearfield Publishing, 1997: pg. 183: Speaking of early settlements and indian troubles........The British induced the not unwilliling Indians to take arms against the western settlers [this is 1777]. There was much alarm along the borders. The people of Randolph repaired their forts and again practiced the caution which stoood them so well three years before. They sent scouts to watch Indian paths. The first misfortune of the war, affecting Randolph County, befell two of these scouts, Leonard Petro and William White. They were watching the path up the Little Kanawha, perhaps in braxton Co. Lat one evening theiy shot an elk. Scouts watching Indian trails fired guns only when necessary to procure food, as the report might betray them to Indians. Such happened on the present occasion. A party of Indians were near, and hearin gthe gun, sought out the camp of the scouts and prepared to attack them. At that moment White, who was awake, discovered them in the moonlight and being too near to escape, he whispered to Petro to lie still. The next instantan Indian sprang upon them. White aimed a blow with his tomahawk but missed. He at once changed his tactics, and putting on a cheerful air, pretended that he had struck while half asleep, and no wish to hurt Indians. He said he and Petro were on their way tojoin the Indians. His story might have deceived them had not the woeful face of Petro told a different story. It was plainly seen that he was not pleased with the situation. The Indians tied them for the rest of the night, and in the morning, having painted Petro black, indicating that he was to be killed, they started with the prisoners and carried them to Ohio. Petro was never again heard of. White stole a gun, killed an Indian who was on horseback, took the horse and rode home, arriving in Randolph in November, 1777. It is probable that Indians followed him. At any rate a few days after he reached Tygart's valley, a party of twenty Indians approached within ten mile of the settlements. But a snow having fallen, they were afraid to venture nearer lest their tracks should betray them before they could murder anybody......................[they killed Darby Connolly, his wife and child and took his sister-in-law, Miss Hamilton prisoner on Dec. 15 and were later pursured by Colonel Benjamin Wilson, a commissioned officer in the REvolutionary army, who was notified at Wilson's Fort]. Page 184: The Valley was not visited by Indians in 1778. The next year they came in October and and shot Lieutenant John White who was riding along the road. He was a useful and popular man in the community and his death was viewed as a public calamity. Colonel Benjamin Wilson raised a party of men and marched with all speed through the present counties of Upshur and Lewis, into Gilmer, hoping to cup the Indians off at a well known crossing of the Little Kanawha at the mouth of Sand Fork. He remained concealed there for three days, but the Indians did not arrive. They had probably returned to Ohio by some other route. [ A footnote states that there was a genral belief among the old citizens of Randolph that Lieutenant White was not killed by Indians but by two deserters from the Continental army, who were hiding in the mountains and suspecting that White was trying to apprehend them, they waylaid the road and shot him]. Hope this helps. Interesting History! Good luck in your research! Sue Wilson