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. > > > >