

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...

Byrd & Montgomery Expeditions in May 1760 heading towards the Cherokee Homelands
Colonel William Byrd III does not want to do this. He doesn't have the supplies needed, nor enough men. This Fort Loudoun in what is now...


FREDERICK COUNTY RESOLVES 1774
On June 8, 2024 the James Wood II Chapter of the SAR Sons of the American Revolution will observe the Frederick County Resolves on the...


Cherokee War - Will Virginia help the other Fort Loudoun in today's Tennessee?
Colonel William Byrd III, Lt Col Adam Stephen, Major Andrew Lewis were all the top leaders involved in a future expedition towards the...


Fort Loudoun Day 18 May 2024
Why and When is Fort Loudoun Day observed? Fort Loudoun day is usually celebrated on a Saturday closest to 18 May, because it was 18 May...

The Cherokee War May 1760, VA and SC and England
The Cherokee War. Britain is sending Montgomery. South Carolina is sending some troops with the British troops. And Virginia is sending...

The Pig
From April through out the summer this pig sits out on a corner of the lot at Washington's Office Museum 32 W Cork St Winchester, VA...

100th Apple Blossom, Faires from before it & me grateful for it all
Pictures Courtesy of Clifford Dove Photography. Last planned treatment, the 6th treatment of R-CHOP was taken for diffused large B-Cell...