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. > >