Thanks Billie, for sharing this fascinating bit of history. My Hill ancestors are from the Upper Tract area. Diane Hill Zimmerman Billie Jo Runyon wrote: > >From A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia by Oren F. Morton, > Franklin, West Virginia, February 23, 1910 > Fort Seybert Massacre > A most severe blow now befell the west settlements of Pendleton. The defense > of Fort Upper Tract was intrusted to Captain James Dunlap who had commanded > a detachment in the Big Sandy Expedition. A band of French and Indians > appeared in the Valley and on April 27, 1758, they captured and burned the > fort, killing twenty-two persons, including Dunlap himself. No > circumstantial account of the disaster seems to have been written and we > have no assurance that any of the defenders were spared. If the massacre was > complete, it would go far to explain the silence of local tradition. So > exceedingly little, in fact, has been handed down in this way that some > Pendleton people have thrown doubt on the existence of the fort, to say > nothing of the burning and killing. There is documentary proof, however, on > all these points. > The tragedy of Fort Seybert took place on the following day, April 28, 1758. > In this case our knowledge is more complete. There were survivors to return > from captivity and relate the event. The account they gave us has been kept > very much alive by their descendants in the vicinity. Yet these divergences > are not very material, although in the course of a century and a half, some > variations have crept into the narrative. Through a careful study and > comparison of the various sources of information, it is possible to present > a fairly complete account of the whole incident. > The attacking party was composed of about 40 Shawnees, led by Killbuck. > There is a vague statement that a Frenchman was among them. This force was > doubtless in contact with the one that wrought the havoc at Upper Tract. But > since the recollections of Fort Seybert are nearly silent as to anything > that happened at Upper Tract, it is probable that Killbuck took an > independent course in returning to the Indian Country. The only mention of > Upper Tract in the Fort Seybert narrative is that "an express" was sent > there for aid, but turning back after coming within sight of the telltale > column of smoke from the burning buildings. > The number of persons "Forting" in the Dyer Settlement was, perhaps, forty. > Very few of these were men, several having gone across the Shenandoah > Mountain the day previous. Some of the women of the settlement appear, also, > to have been away. There was a fog shrouding the bottoms of the South Fork > on this fateful morning and the immediate presence of the enemy unsuspected. > Eastward from the site of the stockade the ground falls rapidly to the level > of the river bottom. At the foot of the slope is a damp swale through which > was then flowing a stream crossed by a log bridge. A few yards beyond was > the spring which supplied water for the fort. A willow cutting was > afterwards set near the spring which grew into a tree, four and a half feet > in diameter and dried up the fountain. A woman going there for water was > unaware, at the time, that an Indian, supposed to be Killbuck himself, was > lurking under the bridge. The "brave" did not attempt a capture probably > because the bridge was in sight of the Fort and also within easy shooting > range. > The wife of Peter Hawes, daughter of Roger Dyer, went out with a bound-boy > named Wallace to milk some cows. While following the path toward the present > post office, they were surprised and captured by two Indians. Mrs. Hawes is > said to have had a pair of sheep shears in her hand and to have attempted to > stab one of the savages with the ugly weapon. It may have been the same one > who had attempted to tease her and whom Mrs. Hawes, collecting all of her > strength, pushed over the bank. Reappearing after this unceremonious tumble, > the maddened Redskin was about to dispatch her but was prevented by his > laughing companion, who called him a "squaw man." Bravery, wherever shown, > has always been admired by the American Native. > William Dyer, Roger's son, had gone out to hunt and was waylaid near the > Fort. His flintlock refused to prime and he fell dead, pierced by several > balls from the Indian guns. The presence of the enemy now being known, > Nicholas Seybert, a son of the Captain and about 15 years of age, took his > station in the upper room of the Fort and mortally wounded an Indian who had > raised his head from behind the cover of a rock in the direction of the > spring. > This seems to be the only loss that the enemy sustained. It is said that a > horseman was riding toward the Fort but, hearing the firing and knowing that > something was wrong, he hastened to spread the alarm among the more distant > settlers. > Killbuck called upon the defenders to give up, threatening no mercy if they > did not but good treatment if they did. Captain Seybert took the > extraordinary course of listening to this deceitful parley. Whether the > fewness of adult men or a shortage in supplies and ammunition had anything > to do with his resolve is not known. A thoroughly vigorous defense may not > have been possible but there was nothing to lose in putting up a bold front. > Voluntary surrender to a savage foe is almost unheard of in American Border > Warfare. There was the more reason for resisting to the very last extremity, > since Killbuck was known to have an unenviable name for treachery in > warfare. It is certain that the commander was remonstrated with but, with > what looks like a display of German obstinacy, he yielded to the demand of > the enemy which included the turning over of what money the defenders > possessed. > Just before the gate was opened an incident occurred which might have saved > the day. Young Seybert had taken aim at Killbuck and was about to fire when > the muzzle of his gun was knocked down, the ball only raising the dust at > Killbuck's feet. Accounts differ as to whether the aim was frustrated by the > boy's father or by a man named Robertson. Finding the surrender determined > upon, the boy was so enraged that he attempted to use violence upon his > parent. He did not, himself, surrender but was taken prisoner by being > overpowered by the savages. > As the Indians rushed through the gate, Killbuck dealt the Captain a blow > with the pipe end of this tomahawk, knocking out several teeth. After the > inmates were secured and led outside, the fort was set on fire. A woman > named Hannah Hinkle, perhaps bedfast at the time, perished in the flames. > Taking advantage of the confusion of the moment, the man Robertson managed > to secrete himself and, as the savages withdrew, he hurried toward the > river, followed a shelving bluff so that his footsteps might the less easily > be traced, and made his way across the Shenandoah Mountain. He was the only > person to effect his escape. > The captives appear to have been halted on a hillside about a quarter of a > mile to the west. Here, after some deliberation on the part of the victors, > they were gradually separated into two rows and seated on logs. One row was > for captivity and the other for slaughter. On a signal the doomed persons > were swiftly tomahawked and their scalped and bleeding bodies left where > they fell. Mrs. Hawes fainted when she saw her father sink under the blows > of his executioner and to this circumstance she may have been indebted for > her exemption. James Dyer, a tall, athletic boy of fourteen years broke away > and, being a good runner, attempted to reach a tangled thicket on the river > bank a half mile eastward and the same distance above the present post > office. He almost succeeded in reaching and crossing the river but was > finally headed off and retaken. > It was now probably past noon and the Indians, with their convoy of eleven > captives and their own wounded comrade, borne on an improvised litter, began > the climbing of South Fork Mountain. A woman whose given name was Hannah had > a squalling baby. An Indian seized the infant and stuck its neck in the fork > of a dogwood. The mother found some consolation in the belief that her child > was killed by the blow and not left to a lingering death. Greenwalt Gap, > nine miles distant was reached by nightfall by taking an almost air line > course regardless of the nature of the ground. Here the disabled Indian > died, after suffering intensely from a wound in the head. He was buried in a > cavern 500 feet up the mountain side. Until about sixty years ago portions > of the skeleton were still to be seen. The next halt was near the mouth of > the Seneca and without pursuit or mishap, the raiding party returned to its > village near Chillicothe, Ohio. > The people slain in the massacre were seventeen, some accounts putting the > number at twenty-one or even more. Among them were Captain Seybert, Roger > Dyer and the bound boy Wallace, whose yellow scalp was afterwards recognized > by Mrs. Hawes. It is the brunette captive that Indians have preferred to > spare. Including William Dyer, the four names are the only ones remembered. > It is worthy of note that apart from Seybert and the two Dyers, none of the > heads of families in the region around appear to be missing. Possible > exceptions are John Smith, William Havener and William Stephenson. The > infant son of William Dyer was with his mother's people east of Shenandoah > Mountain. > Of the captives the only remembered names are those of Nicholas Seybert, > James Dyer, the wives of Peter Hawes and Jacob Peterson and a Havener girl. > The girl either escaped or was returned and counseled settlers to be more > careful in the future in exposing themselves to the risk of capture. A brave > took pity on Mrs. Peterson and gave her a pair of moccasins to enable her to > travel with greater comfort. It is not remembered whether any of the > captives returned, except the two boys mentioned, Seybert and Dyer and the > Havener girl. > As the party was about to cross the Ohio, young Seybert remarked upon a > flock of wild turkeys flying high in the distance. "You have sharp eyes," > observed Killbuck. "Was it not you that killed our warrior?" "Yes, and I > would have shot you, too, if my gun had not been knocked down." "You little > devil," commented the chief, "if you had killed me my warriors would have > given up and come away. Brave boy! You'll make a good warrior. But don't > tell my people what you did." Several years after his return the young man > sold his father's farm to John Blizzard and he made a new home on Straight > Creek. Some of his descendants still live in the vicinity. > James Dyer was among the Indians for about two years. He sometimes > accompanied a trading party on a visit to Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh. On his > last trip he resolved to attempt to escape. He eluded the Indians and > slipped into a cabin of a trader and the woman within hid the boy behind a > large closet and chest, piling over him a mass of furs. In trying to find > him the Indians came into the hut and threw off the skins, one by one until > he could see the light through the opening among them but fortunately, for > his purposes, the Indians thought it not worth while to make the search > complete. After remaining a while at the old home in Philadelphia, the young > man returned to Fort Seybert and for more than forty years was one of the > most prominent citizens of the county. > James Dyer is said to have been instrumental in effecting the rescue of his > sister Sarah Hawes by her brother-in-law, Matthew Patton. Her captivity > lasted three and a half years. > A complete account of this tragedy may be found in a pamphlet by Mary Lee > Keister Talbot entitled ""The Dyer Settlement and the Fort Seybert > Massacre." > The following version of the rescue of Mrs. Hawes is given in an article by > Mrs. Alonzo D. Lough, in "The Moorefield Examiner" of Moorefield, West > Virginia. > When Matthew Patton took his cattle to market at Pittsburgh, the dealer to > whom he sold them told him an Indian tribe there had a "red headed woman" > among them. Mr. Patton suspected that this was his wife's sister and had the > dealer to arrange for her to come into his store, where he concealed her > behind his counter, and covered her with furs. The Indians began to search > for her and entered the store, and as in searching for her brother, threw > off part of the covering hides. Thoroughness not being characteristic of > Indian habits, they ceased in both searches, before uncovering the > fugitives. That night Mr. Patton accompanied by Mrs. Hawes, left Pittsburgh > secretly and traveled until daylight when he hid her in the top of a fallen > tree. Night came on and Mr. Patton rejoined her and they traveled again. > After that he provided her with other clothes instead of her Indian apparel > and they traveled by day until their return. Mrs. Hawes had been with the > Indians seven years and had traveled to the Great Lakes and over much of the > prairie of the middle west. > The sale of personal property of James Dyer in 1807, netted $1975. Inventory > included 8 horses, 65 cattle, 62 hogs and 23 sheep. There were 15 books, a > Bible going for $9 and a copy of Johnson's Dictionary at $3.33. The > furnishings of the house amounted to $189, including a clock selling for $60 > and a desk at $25. We here have a man who read books, was considered rich > and owned the best furnished dwelling in the county. Roger's estate, in > 1810, brought $6403.33.

>From A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia by Oren F. Morton, Franklin, West Virginia, February 23, 1910 Fort Seybert Massacre A most severe blow now befell the west settlements of Pendleton. The defense of Fort Upper Tract was intrusted to Captain James Dunlap who had commanded a detachment in the Big Sandy Expedition. A band of French and Indians appeared in the Valley and on April 27, 1758, they captured and burned the fort, killing twenty-two persons, including Dunlap himself. No circumstantial account of the disaster seems to have been written and we have no assurance that any of the defenders were spared. If the massacre was complete, it would go far to explain the silence of local tradition. So exceedingly little, in fact, has been handed down in this way that some Pendleton people have thrown doubt on the existence of the fort, to say nothing of the burning and killing. There is documentary proof, however, on all these points. The tragedy of Fort Seybert took place on the following day, April 28, 1758. In this case our knowledge is more complete. There were survivors to return from captivity and relate the event. The account they gave us has been kept very much alive by their descendants in the vicinity. Yet these divergences are not very material, although in the course of a century and a half, some variations have crept into the narrative. Through a careful study and comparison of the various sources of information, it is possible to present a fairly complete account of the whole incident. The attacking party was composed of about 40 Shawnees, led by Killbuck. There is a vague statement that a Frenchman was among them. This force was doubtless in contact with the one that wrought the havoc at Upper Tract. But since the recollections of Fort Seybert are nearly silent as to anything that happened at Upper Tract, it is probable that Killbuck took an independent course in returning to the Indian Country. The only mention of Upper Tract in the Fort Seybert narrative is that "an express" was sent there for aid, but turning back after coming within sight of the telltale column of smoke from the burning buildings. The number of persons "Forting" in the Dyer Settlement was, perhaps, forty. Very few of these were men, several having gone across the Shenandoah Mountain the day previous. Some of the women of the settlement appear, also, to have been away. There was a fog shrouding the bottoms of the South Fork on this fateful morning and the immediate presence of the enemy unsuspected. Eastward from the site of the stockade the ground falls rapidly to the level of the river bottom. At the foot of the slope is a damp swale through which was then flowing a stream crossed by a log bridge. A few yards beyond was the spring which supplied water for the fort. A willow cutting was afterwards set near the spring which grew into a tree, four and a half feet in diameter and dried up the fountain. A woman going there for water was unaware, at the time, that an Indian, supposed to be Killbuck himself, was lurking under the bridge. The "brave" did not attempt a capture probably because the bridge was in sight of the Fort and also within easy shooting range. The wife of Peter Hawes, daughter of Roger Dyer, went out with a bound-boy named Wallace to milk some cows. While following the path toward the present post office, they were surprised and captured by two Indians. Mrs. Hawes is said to have had a pair of sheep shears in her hand and to have attempted to stab one of the savages with the ugly weapon. It may have been the same one who had attempted to tease her and whom Mrs. Hawes, collecting all of her strength, pushed over the bank. Reappearing after this unceremonious tumble, the maddened Redskin was about to dispatch her but was prevented by his laughing companion, who called him a "squaw man." Bravery, wherever shown, has always been admired by the American Native. William Dyer, Roger's son, had gone out to hunt and was waylaid near the Fort. His flintlock refused to prime and he fell dead, pierced by several balls from the Indian guns. The presence of the enemy now being known, Nicholas Seybert, a son of the Captain and about 15 years of age, took his station in the upper room of the Fort and mortally wounded an Indian who had raised his head from behind the cover of a rock in the direction of the spring. This seems to be the only loss that the enemy sustained. It is said that a horseman was riding toward the Fort but, hearing the firing and knowing that something was wrong, he hastened to spread the alarm among the more distant settlers. Killbuck called upon the defenders to give up, threatening no mercy if they did not but good treatment if they did. Captain Seybert took the extraordinary course of listening to this deceitful parley. Whether the fewness of adult men or a shortage in supplies and ammunition had anything to do with his resolve is not known. A thoroughly vigorous defense may not have been possible but there was nothing to lose in putting up a bold front. Voluntary surrender to a savage foe is almost unheard of in American Border Warfare. There was the more reason for resisting to the very last extremity, since Killbuck was known to have an unenviable name for treachery in warfare. It is certain that the commander was remonstrated with but, with what looks like a display of German obstinacy, he yielded to the demand of the enemy which included the turning over of what money the defenders possessed. Just before the gate was opened an incident occurred which might have saved the day. Young Seybert had taken aim at Killbuck and was about to fire when the muzzle of his gun was knocked down, the ball only raising the dust at Killbuck's feet. Accounts differ as to whether the aim was frustrated by the boy's father or by a man named Robertson. Finding the surrender determined upon, the boy was so enraged that he attempted to use violence upon his parent. He did not, himself, surrender but was taken prisoner by being overpowered by the savages. As the Indians rushed through the gate, Killbuck dealt the Captain a blow with the pipe end of this tomahawk, knocking out several teeth. After the inmates were secured and led outside, the fort was set on fire. A woman named Hannah Hinkle, perhaps bedfast at the time, perished in the flames. Taking advantage of the confusion of the moment, the man Robertson managed to secrete himself and, as the savages withdrew, he hurried toward the river, followed a shelving bluff so that his footsteps might the less easily be traced, and made his way across the Shenandoah Mountain. He was the only person to effect his escape. The captives appear to have been halted on a hillside about a quarter of a mile to the west. Here, after some deliberation on the part of the victors, they were gradually separated into two rows and seated on logs. One row was for captivity and the other for slaughter. On a signal the doomed persons were swiftly tomahawked and their scalped and bleeding bodies left where they fell. Mrs. Hawes fainted when she saw her father sink under the blows of his executioner and to this circumstance she may have been indebted for her exemption. James Dyer, a tall, athletic boy of fourteen years broke away and, being a good runner, attempted to reach a tangled thicket on the river bank a half mile eastward and the same distance above the present post office. He almost succeeded in reaching and crossing the river but was finally headed off and retaken. It was now probably past noon and the Indians, with their convoy of eleven captives and their own wounded comrade, borne on an improvised litter, began the climbing of South Fork Mountain. A woman whose given name was Hannah had a squalling baby. An Indian seized the infant and stuck its neck in the fork of a dogwood. The mother found some consolation in the belief that her child was killed by the blow and not left to a lingering death. Greenwalt Gap, nine miles distant was reached by nightfall by taking an almost air line course regardless of the nature of the ground. Here the disabled Indian died, after suffering intensely from a wound in the head. He was buried in a cavern 500 feet up the mountain side. Until about sixty years ago portions of the skeleton were still to be seen. The next halt was near the mouth of the Seneca and without pursuit or mishap, the raiding party returned to its village near Chillicothe, Ohio. The people slain in the massacre were seventeen, some accounts putting the number at twenty-one or even more. Among them were Captain Seybert, Roger Dyer and the bound boy Wallace, whose yellow scalp was afterwards recognized by Mrs. Hawes. It is the brunette captive that Indians have preferred to spare. Including William Dyer, the four names are the only ones remembered. It is worthy of note that apart from Seybert and the two Dyers, none of the heads of families in the region around appear to be missing. Possible exceptions are John Smith, William Havener and William Stephenson. The infant son of William Dyer was with his mother's people east of Shenandoah Mountain. Of the captives the only remembered names are those of Nicholas Seybert, James Dyer, the wives of Peter Hawes and Jacob Peterson and a Havener girl. The girl either escaped or was returned and counseled settlers to be more careful in the future in exposing themselves to the risk of capture. A brave took pity on Mrs. Peterson and gave her a pair of moccasins to enable her to travel with greater comfort. It is not remembered whether any of the captives returned, except the two boys mentioned, Seybert and Dyer and the Havener girl. As the party was about to cross the Ohio, young Seybert remarked upon a flock of wild turkeys flying high in the distance. "You have sharp eyes," observed Killbuck. "Was it not you that killed our warrior?" "Yes, and I would have shot you, too, if my gun had not been knocked down." "You little devil," commented the chief, "if you had killed me my warriors would have given up and come away. Brave boy! You'll make a good warrior. But don't tell my people what you did." Several years after his return the young man sold his father's farm to John Blizzard and he made a new home on Straight Creek. Some of his descendants still live in the vicinity. James Dyer was among the Indians for about two years. He sometimes accompanied a trading party on a visit to Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh. On his last trip he resolved to attempt to escape. He eluded the Indians and slipped into a cabin of a trader and the woman within hid the boy behind a large closet and chest, piling over him a mass of furs. In trying to find him the Indians came into the hut and threw off the skins, one by one until he could see the light through the opening among them but fortunately, for his purposes, the Indians thought it not worth while to make the search complete. After remaining a while at the old home in Philadelphia, the young man returned to Fort Seybert and for more than forty years was one of the most prominent citizens of the county. James Dyer is said to have been instrumental in effecting the rescue of his sister Sarah Hawes by her brother-in-law, Matthew Patton. Her captivity lasted three and a half years. A complete account of this tragedy may be found in a pamphlet by Mary Lee Keister Talbot entitled ""The Dyer Settlement and the Fort Seybert Massacre." The following version of the rescue of Mrs. Hawes is given in an article by Mrs. Alonzo D. Lough, in "The Moorefield Examiner" of Moorefield, West Virginia. When Matthew Patton took his cattle to market at Pittsburgh, the dealer to whom he sold them told him an Indian tribe there had a "red headed woman" among them. Mr. Patton suspected that this was his wife's sister and had the dealer to arrange for her to come into his store, where he concealed her behind his counter, and covered her with furs. The Indians began to search for her and entered the store, and as in searching for her brother, threw off part of the covering hides. Thoroughness not being characteristic of Indian habits, they ceased in both searches, before uncovering the fugitives. That night Mr. Patton accompanied by Mrs. Hawes, left Pittsburgh secretly and traveled until daylight when he hid her in the top of a fallen tree. Night came on and Mr. Patton rejoined her and they traveled again. After that he provided her with other clothes instead of her Indian apparel and they traveled by day until their return. Mrs. Hawes had been with the Indians seven years and had traveled to the Great Lakes and over much of the prairie of the middle west. The sale of personal property of James Dyer in 1807, netted $1975. Inventory included 8 horses, 65 cattle, 62 hogs and 23 sheep. There were 15 books, a Bible going for $9 and a copy of Johnson's Dictionary at $3.33. The furnishings of the house amounted to $189, including a clock selling for $60 and a desk at $25. We here have a man who read books, was considered rich and owned the best furnished dwelling in the county. Roger's estate, in 1810, brought $6403.33.

Thanks for your mail. I had it mentally pictured in another location. With your directions, I located it on my map. I have to go to Franklin next month, so I'll take a little side-trip. Thanks again, Curt ----- Original Message ----- From: <ManxLass@aol.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:43 PM Subject: Re: Fort Seybert Indian massacre > Curt -- > > Yes, there is a roadside sign for Fort Seybert. Last summer I was driving > west on Rt. 33 from Brandywine and saw one sign at Oak Flat. Turning north > there, go a few miles and there is another marker just a few hundred yards > from where the fort was. > > Judy Corrin > >

I, too, would like to see the information. Why not post it to the list? Thanks. dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 ---------- >From: "nanny" <nanny@eurekanet.com> >To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Fort Seybert Indian massacre >Date: Wed, Jul 7, 1999, 1:36 PM > >Hi, I am interested. My Jane Dyer(married James Campbell) >was daughter of James DYER s/o Roger DYER. >Emolene Lynch > >---------- >> From: Billie Jo Runyon <billiejo@gte.net> >> To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Fort Seybert Indian massacre >> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:12 AM >> >> I have typed the account of the Fort Seybert massacre from the History of >> Pendleton Co if anyone is interested in me posting it. I also have a >small >> book on "The Fort Seybert Massacre" authorized by the Roger Dyer Family >> Association if anyone is interested.....Billie Jo >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: O Slush <ojfwb@webtv.net> >> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 PM >> Subject: Date of Fort Seybert Indian massacre? (+ some Pendleton >> Co,surnames) >> >> >> > Hello Curt, >> > >> > Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian >> > massacre. >> > >> > As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) >might >> > I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the >> > CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? >> > >> > Regards and many thanks, >> > >> > Otis Slusher (in Florida) >> > >> > PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, >> > s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in >> > Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - >> > Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, >> > Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 >> > Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). >> > >> > Children of Elijah and Susan: >> > >> > i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in >> > ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 >> > in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. >> > >> > ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?. >> > >> >

Curt -- Yes, there is a roadside sign for Fort Seybert. Last summer I was driving west on Rt. 33 from Brandywine and saw one sign at Oak Flat. Turning north there, go a few miles and there is another marker just a few hundred yards from where the fort was. Judy Corrin

Hi, I am interested. My Jane Dyer(married James Campbell) was daughter of James DYER s/o Roger DYER. Emolene Lynch ---------- > From: Billie Jo Runyon <billiejo@gte.net> > To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fort Seybert Indian massacre > Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:12 AM > > I have typed the account of the Fort Seybert massacre from the History of > Pendleton Co if anyone is interested in me posting it. I also have a small > book on "The Fort Seybert Massacre" authorized by the Roger Dyer Family > Association if anyone is interested.....Billie Jo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: O Slush <ojfwb@webtv.net> > To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 PM > Subject: Date of Fort Seybert Indian massacre? (+ some Pendleton > Co,surnames) > > > > Hello Curt, > > > > Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian > > massacre. > > > > As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) might > > I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the > > CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? > > > > Regards and many thanks, > > > > Otis Slusher (in Florida) > > > > PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, > > s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in > > Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - > > Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, > > Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 > > Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). > > > > Children of Elijah and Susan: > > > > i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in > > ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 > > in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. > > > > ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?. > > >

Please do send the Fort Seybert information. Both of my parents ancestors were there at that time! Christine Talbot VA

At 09:41 AM 7/7/99 EDT, you wrote: >Who were the parents of William (Bill) Harper, born March 20, 1814, the >husband of Eliza Bradley? I have seen his parents listed as Peter and >Susannah Simmons Harper by some and John Adam and Margaret Wamsley Harper by >others. >Thanks, Wanda in Virginia > > Please send this answer to the list as I have a strong interest in this line as well. Thank you! Jill Kokomo, IN winger@iquest.net

While the subject of Mallow is about, does anyone know the cause of Michael Mallow's death? Does anyone know Legal talk and can translate this? In Chalkey's Chronicles: NOVEMBER 21, 1772. (463) Michael Mallo vs. Valentine Maleer.--Abates by plaintiff's eath ---does this mean he was killed or killed someone? According to Allegheny Passage by Emmert Binttinger pg 123 "Michael may have been a fairly youthful man at the time of his death, because two of his children, Michael and Barbara were bound over on May 20 1777 to John Bright and to Jacob Havener respectively." ---does anyone know any more details about these childen or why they were bound over? Also pg 122 "wife Mary was unable to administer her husband's estate" ---- Chalkey's says "refused to administer" does anyone know the reason why? Can anyone shed a lettle more light on the life and death of Michael Mallow? Elaine

I think that would be a welcome posting on the Pendleton Co. page. Is the site of Fort Seybert marked with a roadside marker or sign? ----- Original Message ----- From: Billie Jo Runyon <billiejo@gte.net> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:12 AM Subject: Fort Seybert Indian massacre > I have typed the account of the Fort Seybert massacre from the History of > Pendleton Co if anyone is interested in me posting it. I also have a small > book on "The Fort Seybert Massacre" authorized by the Roger Dyer Family > Association if anyone is interested.....Billie Jo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: O Slush <ojfwb@webtv.net> > To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 PM > Subject: Date of Fort Seybert Indian massacre? (+ some Pendleton > Co,surnames) > > > > Hello Curt, > > > > Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian > > massacre. > > > > As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) might > > I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the > > CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? > > > > Regards and many thanks, > > > > Otis Slusher (in Florida) > > > > PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, > > s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in > > Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - > > Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, > > Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 > > Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). > > > > Children of Elijah and Susan: > > > > i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in > > ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 > > in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. > > > > ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?. > > > >

I have typed the account of the Fort Seybert massacre from the History of Pendleton Co if anyone is interested in me posting it. I also have a small book on "The Fort Seybert Massacre" authorized by the Roger Dyer Family Association if anyone is interested.....Billie Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: O Slush <ojfwb@webtv.net> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 PM Subject: Date of Fort Seybert Indian massacre? (+ some Pendleton Co,surnames) > Hello Curt, > > Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian > massacre. > > As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) might > I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the > CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? > > Regards and many thanks, > > Otis Slusher (in Florida) > > PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, > s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in > Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - > Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, > Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 > Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). > > Children of Elijah and Susan: > > i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in > ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 > in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. > > ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?. >

Who were the parents of William (Bill) Harper, born March 20, 1814, the husband of Eliza Bradley? I have seen his parents listed as Peter and Susannah Simmons Harper by some and John Adam and Margaret Wamsley Harper by others. Thanks, Wanda in Virginia

Chapter 3. The date would have been April 28, 1758, according to the footnote. ----- Original Message ----- From: O Slush <ojfwb@webtv.net> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 11:15 PM Subject: Date of Fort Seybert Indian massacre? (+ some Pendleton Co,surnames) > Hello Curt, > > Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian > massacre. > > As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) might > I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the > CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? > > Regards and many thanks, > > Otis Slusher (in Florida) > > PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, > s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in > Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - > Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, > Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 > Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). > > Children of Elijah and Susan: > > i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in > ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 > in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. > > ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?. >

Hello Curt, Thanks for positing the information on the Fort Seybert/Sivert Indian massacre. As I had a COWGER (m SLUSHER) relative (b at Fort Seybert in 1837) might I ask what the date of the massacre was and wat chapter in the CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE the posting was taken from? Regards and many thanks, Otis Slusher (in Florida) PS. To all others, seek any information/connections to Elijah COWGER, s/o George COWGER and Elizabeth JUDY, who was blvd born 20 Jan 1837 in Fort Seybert, Pendleton Co, VA/WVA and d 15 Jul 1913 Fort Seybert - Elijah m 14 Nov 1878 in ? to Susan Rebeca SLUSHER, d/o my GGGGFather, Alfred SLUSHER and GGGGMother Nancy Ann SKIDMORE. - Susan b 29 Dec 185 Moorefield,Hardy Co VA/WVA - d 2 Feb 1907 in ? (prob Fort Seybert). Children of Elijah and Susan: i. Nora COWGER b 25 Sep 1879 in WVA (prob Ft Seybert) - d 3 Jun 1963 in ? - m 14 Oct 1900 in ? to Ira S. POPE, s/o ? and ? - Ira b 18 Jan 1873 in ? - d 13 Feb 1960 in ?. ii. Grace K. COWGER b 6 May 1879 - d ?.

The full text of this book can be found at the Hacker's Creek site : http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/ >From CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, Alexander Scott Withers : "On the south fork of the South Branch of Potomac, in , what is now the county of Pendleton, was the fort of Capt. Sivert. In this fort, the inhabitants of what was then called the "Upper Tact,: all sought shelter from the tempest of savage ferocity; and at the time the Indians appeared before it, there were contained within its walls between thirty and forty persons of both sexes and of different ages. Among them was Mr. Dyer, (the father of Col. Dyer now of Pendleton) and his family. On the morning of the fatal day, Col. Dyer and his sister left the fort for the accomplishment of some object, and although no Indians had been seen there for some time, yet did they not proceed far, before they came in view of a party of forty or fifty Shawanees, going directly towards the fort. Alarmed for their own safety, as well as for the safety of their friends, the brother and sister endeavored by a hasty flight to reach the gate and gain admittance into the garrison; but before they could effect this, they were overtaken and made captives. The Indians rushed immediately to the ford and commenced a furious assault on it. Capt. Sivert prevailed (not without much opposition.) on the besieged, to forbear firing 'till he should endeavor to negotiate with, and buy off the enemy. With this view, and under protection of a flag he went out, and soon succeeded in making the wished for arrangement. When he returned, the gates were thrown open, and the enemy admitted. No sooner had the money and other articles, stipulated to be given, been handed over to the Indians, than a most bloody tragedy was begun to be acted. Arranging the inmates of the fort, in two rows, with the space of about ten feet between them, two Indians were selected; who taking each his station at the head of a row, with their tomahawks most cruelly murdered almost every white person in the fort; some few, whom caprice or some other cause, induced them to spare, were carried into captivity, -- such articles as could be well carried away were taken off by the Indians; the remainder was consumer, with the fort, by fire." ----- Original Message ----- From: MLS <autolycous@excite.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:32 PM Subject: Fort Seybert--Howdershell > Ok, you guys, I've got a little tale that was told to me by my g-aunt. I'm > wondering if maybe someone else has heard anything similar. > > "One of the Howdershell women was kidnapped along with another woman named > Calger from a place called Fort Seybert, WVa. There was either 5 or 7 women > kidnapped. The indians took them to Chilcothey(sp?), Ohio. The Calger > woman and Howdershell woman escaped, came home. The Howdershell woman had a > baby by the indian. She named him Henry Howdershell." > > This may be the same Henry Howdershell who was the father of my > gg-grandmother, Mahala Josephine Howdershell b. abt 1858 in Pendleton Co. > Her mother was Elizabeth DERM. (Of course this info was given to me and I > have yet to prove it.) I believe the indians my aunt spoke of were Seneca. > > Any ideas? Anyone? > Just the tiniest clue would be much appreciated. > Thanks, > Michele, VA > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ >

Ok, you guys, I've got a little tale that was told to me by my g-aunt. I'm wondering if maybe someone else has heard anything similar. "One of the Howdershell women was kidnapped along with another woman named Calger from a place called Fort Seybert, WVa. There was either 5 or 7 women kidnapped. The indians took them to Chilcothey(sp?), Ohio. The Calger woman and Howdershell woman escaped, came home. The Howdershell woman had a baby by the indian. She named him Henry Howdershell." This may be the same Henry Howdershell who was the father of my gg-grandmother, Mahala Josephine Howdershell b. abt 1858 in Pendleton Co. Her mother was Elizabeth DERM. (Of course this info was given to me and I have yet to prove it.) I believe the indians my aunt spoke of were Seneca. Any ideas? Anyone? Just the tiniest clue would be much appreciated. Thanks, Michele, VA _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

I purchased the "map software" today and it looks good. However, does anyone have any information on a list of all (most likely an impossibility) cemeteries in the US. I have found several listings on the net, but only for localities. Look at the Barnes & Noble site with no luck. Also called a funeral home to see if they had such a list. The answer was no, but they did have a list of all funeral homes. Larry

Have you tried http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html You plug in the state/county/and cemetery as the feature.....You can work from this to search for the actual address. Hope it helps, Michele ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:30:25 EDT, LRiffey007@aol.com wrote: > I purchased the "map software" today and it looks good. However, does anyone > have any information on a list of all (most likely an impossibility) > cemeteries in the US. I have found several listings on the net, but only for > localities. Look at the Barnes & Noble site with no luck. Also called a > funeral home to see if they had such a list. The answer was no, but they did > have a list of all funeral homes. > > Larry > _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

Looking for any information on a Alfred Pete Bennett Family, born 9 - 21- 1908 Randolph County, married a Geneva Arbogast , married 1933 in Randolph County Bob

I also quote various sources in cases of conflicting information. It is the key to objectivity ‹ and truth. I'm always astonished what some people feel they are communicating when they list no source ‹ just a bunch of names. As a retired newspaper and magazine editor, I also am conscious of the possibility of errors in all records, including public records. Many people feel if they got it from a public record it has to be right. Well, if they quote the public record, the information will be accurate, even factual. But it still will not necessarily be truthful, unless the record is accurate. This is fundamental. I know it is preached on this list. I believe, therefore, the information generally is better on this list, even if there may be fewer submissions. dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 ---------- >From: "Billie Jo Runyon" <billiejo@gte.net> >To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Heveners, Mallow, etc. >Date: Mon, Jul 5, 1999, 8:30 PM > >Daniel and others.......kind of like you the only "real" information I have >is from books of others. And they didn't give sources, except perhaps lumped >at the end of the book. But I feel that Louise Morrison (whose book I have) >and Dennis Hevener probably did a lot of research. So, we'll just have to >try and sort it out. But when we get back that far, sometimes it is really >hard. And when you can't physically travel to all these places, it is really >hard. > >When I have a difference of opinion on birth or death, I enter both and give >the source. Hoping to someday find which one is right or at least to know >that it is one or the other. > >I also have part of a book by Rick Toothman in 1995 -- Pendleton County >(West) Virginia Deedbook Records, 1788-1813. The pages I have concern the >Mallow and Voltz (Fultz) families. > >Billie Jo > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: HAMRICK,DANIEL <dhamrick@neo.rr.com> >To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 4:48 PM >Subject: Heveners, Mallow, etc. > > >> My knowledge of the families of Hevener, Mallow, Seibert, etc. is >> limited in terms of genealogy of the 18th and part of the 19th centuries. >> The sources of the knowlege include the Hevener Books by Dennis >Hevener, >> about whom I've written, and the late Annie Ruckman Hogan of Monterville, >an >> outstanding family researcher who shared the Riggleman family line with >me. >> Among others! >> That is why I took pains to quote the book because I do not have >> additional information to use to check facts by. Therefore, too, I >> appreciate your voluminous offering, which I will try to digest this >month. >> It sounds like you are light years ahead of me on these lines. >> My interest lies in the fact that I have two Hevener lines. One is my >> great-grandmother, Margaret Daff Hevener, through her marriage to Peter >> Hamrick, his second marriage. She was first married, according to my >> information, to William Amos Hevener, son of Reuben Hevener and Sarah >> Folks. >> (I do have a great deal of information on the descendants of William >> Amos and Margaret Daff Hevener.) >> The other is a great-great grandmother, Julia Ann Hevener, daughter >of >> George Hevener and Kathryn Fulks, born in 1800 and 1803 respectively. >> I appreciate not only your information but your inquiries because I >> believe information always needs verified. But I cannot presently go >beyond >> these two sources. >> >> dhamrick@neo.rr.com >> Dan Hamrick >> 402 23rd Street NW >> Canton OH 44709 >> >> >