You can get some of the Mauscripts at your local Morman Library. We have a small college just l6 miles from us and it has the whole set of films, so check your near by college. I read the film about Fort Donnally, but I did not know where it was. Ida at the top of Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: Bridgett <gsf02627@mail.wvnet.edu> To: <WVMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [WVMONROE] Draper's Manuscripts WAS: Fort Donnally > My library does not have this microfilm but I have been in contact with Wis. > Library. I inquired about a list of people living in that area at the time. > This is where I was told to look. Hope this will help. > > "To add a little to response, I believe what you are looking for is > contained in both 1QQ and 2QQ (Volumes 1 & 2 of Series QQ) of the Draper > Manuscripts." > > Bridgett > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@earthlink.net> > To: WVMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <WVMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:04 PM > Subject: [WVMONROE] Draper's Manuscripts WAS: Fort Donnally > > > >Check out <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/draper/> > > > >There are some transcriptions from some letters from Drapers Manuscript > here. > > > >Enjoy! > > > >Valerie > > > >At 06:18 PM 10/16/00, you wrote: > > > >> I think there is info. about Fort Donnally in Drapers Manuscripts. > Check > >>your local college and see if they have Drapers Manuscripts. Ida at the > >>top of Texas > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Michael Radcliff <reachmar@hotmail.com> > >>To: <WVMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:02 PM > >>Subject: Re: [WVMONROE] Re: Fort Donnally > >> > >> > >> > Bridgette, > >> > What luck - Burns is the one I am interested in, too! The casualties > I > >> > have seen written were John Pritchet, Alexander Ocheltree, James Burns > and > >> > James Graham. Go to this site (chapter 10 of Wither's Chronicles of > >>Border > >> > Warfare) for a description of the attack: > >> > > >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/border/chap10.html > >> > > >> > Pritchet was killed while getting in some firewood, Ochiltree and Burns > >> > while trying to enter the fort after arriving early in the morning, and > >> > Graham while within the fort. > >> > > >> > The reason for my wanting to find someone with information about > Alexander > >> > Ocheltree is that I feel he must have been a friend of James Burns (my > >>ggggg > >> > grandfather) and possibly even immigrated to America with him. The two > of > >> > them were arriving by themselves from a distant settlement (where??) so > >>they > >> > must have at least known each other. Both Burns and Ocheltree are > septs > >>of > >> > Clan Campbell and James Burns was purportedly born in County Roscommon, > >> > Ireland about 1741, so it follows that Ocheltree may have been, as > well. > >>It > >> > is only a theory, but I am trying to find information on Ocheltree to > help > >> > prove or disprove where James Burns arrived from. I've not been able > to > >> > find a ship where he sailed to America so far; I thought broadening the > >> > search by including Ocheltree might help. Any ideas? James Burns is > the > >> > oldest Burns name I have - from this James Burns, I have an unbroken > line > >> > clear down to my mother, who was a Burns. It would be really great to > >> > locate a diary or journal someone might have been keeping at the time! > >> > > >> > If I can be of any more help, let me know! Or if you have any idea > where > >> > Alexander Ocheltree was from. Also, does anyone know the names of > >> > settlements within a day's ride of Fort Donnally back in the 1770's? > >> > Mike Radcliff > >> > > _________________________________________________________________________ > >> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > >> > > >> > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > >> > http://profiles.msn.com. > >> > > >> > > > > >