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.