Meet Thomas Bryan Martin and his loneliness
All we got left of Thomas Bryan Martin is a town named after him -- Martinsburg. But back then this man was big. If you wanted land, you...
Promised Land? Oh no. Not yet.
On 11 June 1760 the Virginia Council receives letters all saying no to the land promised in Lt Gov Dinwiddie's 1754 Proclamation. The...
The theatres of War in June 1760 . . . the South, the North, the West and "Pittsburg"
We've been tracking the Cherokee wars down south, where 2 expeditions are bound. Byrd expedition June 11, 1760 ". . . . a Letter from...
England pays Virginia
England promised the colonies it would pay something back for the upfront war expenses of the colonies. At a Council held June 25th...
Byrd is supposed to save this other Fort Loudoun in today's Tennessee
All these men were stationed in Fort Loudoun Winchester VA many times over 1758 to 1760. But now they are on an expedition to save...
Cherokees push back Montgomery
Montgomery destroyed the Lower Towns in early June 1760. In those towns were all the plunder taken from the white settlements earlier...
Winchester VA to Salisbury and Yadkin NC Connection
Salisbury and Yadkin were the "go to" areas of Daniel Boone and his dad Squire Boone. So too was it for thousands coming down the valley...
Attack some 40 miles south of Winchester in 1760
This Kercheval story is quite incredible. The horror captures the attention. So too does the rapid fire ability of an Indian using a...
Daniel Morgan steals a horse but didn't burn down a tobacco storage
Daniel Morgan is convicted of stealing a horse from none other than the famous Thomas Cresap. Some of the Ashby family testifies for...
First Blood in Montgomery's Expedition against the Cherokee Nation June 1760
June 1, 1760 before Noon Montgomery's troops reach Twelve Mile Creek in South Carolina. "Here it expected a Cherokee assault. Troops and...
