OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 106 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 106 Today's Topics: #1 New OH Death Record (Ida Snyder) [marce@gru.net] #2 New OH Death Record (Howard McClel [marce@gru.net] #3 New OH Death Record (Samuel Mason [marce@gru.net] #4 New OH Death Record (Ida E. Stande [marce@gru.net] #5 New OH Death Record (Charles Harry [marce@gru.net] #6 New OH Death Record (Joseph Robert [marce@gru.net] #7 New OH Death Record (Etta Ella Har [marce@gru.net] #9 New OH Death Record (Joseph Albert [marce@gru.net] #10 New OH Death Record (Florence L. H [marce@gru.net] #11 New OH Death Record (Floyd D. Hart [marce@gru.net] #12 New OH Death Record (Florence O. H [marce@gru.net] #13 New OH Death Record (Henry Edward [marce@gru.net] #14 New OH Death Record (Lucille Cecil [marce@gru.net] #15 New OH Death Record (Dale Frank Wi [marce@gru.net] #16 Fw: Ohio Shawnees -- Part 5 ["Maggie" ] #17 Fw: Know Your Ohio- Ohio Shawnees- ["Maggie" ] #18 New OH Death Record (Etta Elizabet [marce@gru.net] #19 New OH Death Record (John Hartman) [marce@gru.net] #20 New OH Death Record (Neil V. McKay [marce@gru.net] #21 New OH Death Record (Arthur L. McK [marce@gru.net] #22 New OH Death Record (Martha Punten [marce@gru.net] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:18:44 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131318.g3DDIir31276@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Ida Snyder) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8353 Name of Deceased: Ida Snyder Spouse: Date of Death: 30 Oct 1967 County: Wood ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:29:52 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131329.g3DDTqd31328@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Howard McClellan Knedler) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8354 Name of Deceased: Howard McClellan Knedler Spouse: Date of Death: 31 Aug 1911 County: Clinton ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:35:10 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131335.g3DDZAG31363@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Samuel Mason Anderson) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8355 Name of Deceased: Samuel Mason Anderson Spouse: Margaret Date of Death: 22 Sept 1943 County: Clinton ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:49:13 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131349.g3DDnDq31491@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Ida E. Stander) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8356 Name of Deceased: Ida E. Stander Spouse: James Stander Date of Death: 13 Aug 1987 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:54:15 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131354.g3DDsFi31515@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Charles Harry Stander) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8357 Name of Deceased: Charles Harry Stander Spouse: Fairlean Cooley Date of Death: 10 Feb 1997 County: Crawford ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:06:29 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131506.g3DF6T532143@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Joseph Robert Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8358 Name of Deceased: Joseph Robert Hartman Spouse: Etta Eliz. Chambers Date of Death: 18 Oct 1923 County: Greene ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:13:24 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131513.g3DFDO232196@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Etta Ella Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8359 Name of Deceased: Etta Ella Hartman Spouse: Date of Death: 15 Feb 1921 County: Portage ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:23:14 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131523.g3DFNEm32261@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Joseph Albert Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8360 Name of Deceased: Joseph Albert Hartman Spouse: Flossie Date of Death: 18 Jan 1937 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:37:53 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131537.g3DFbrc32384@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Florence L. Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8361 Name of Deceased: Florence L. Hartman Spouse: Floyd Hartman Date of Death: 14 Apr 1978 County: Summit ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #11 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:43:44 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131543.g3DFhiB32456@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Floyd D. Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8362 Name of Deceased: Floyd D. Hartman Spouse: Date of Death: 28 Jun 1990 County: Lake ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #12 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:50:29 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131550.g3DFoT132520@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Florence O. Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8363 Name of Deceased: Florence O. Hartman Spouse: Date of Death: 29 Apr 1986 County: Lorain ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #13 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:57:03 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131557.g3DFv3i32592@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Henry Edward Day) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8364 Name of Deceased: Henry Edward Day Spouse: Nettie Hartman Skilton Date of Death: 23 Jan 1969 County: Portage ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #14 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:03:25 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131603.g3DG3PX32663@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Lucille Cecilia Yates) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8365 Name of Deceased: Lucille Cecilia Yates Spouse: Date of Death: 08 Jun 1963 County: Stark ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #15 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:12:02 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131612.g3DGC2432688@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Dale Frank Wilson) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8367 Name of Deceased: Dale Frank Wilson Spouse: Ruth Hartman Date of Death: 23 Aug 1978 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #16 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:11:51 -0400 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <01db01c1e306$4d6a3700$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Ohio Shawnees -- Part 5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- Contributed for use in USGebWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley March 31, 2002 ******************************************* Historical Collections of Ohio Know Your Ohio by Darlene E. Kelley Ohio Shawnee Indians Daniel Boone-- " Sheltowee " [ Big Turtle ] *********************************************** Ohio Shawnees -- part 5. Daniel Boone-- After Lt Gov. Henry Hamilton of Detroit had refused to pay for Boone's bounty, because Blackfish had refused to surrender him, Boone was taken back to Old Chillicothe and was adopted by Blackfish. Boone was exceedingly familiar and friendly with the Shawnees and was careful not to exceed many of them in their shooting; for there were no people more envious then they in this sport. He was admired for this behavior. The site of the Shawnee villiage was then moved to a broad cornfield on the outskirts of Xenia. Tukemas Pope, artist and chief of the 600 member Remnant Shawnee, once lived in nearby Dayton in a home resplendent of the their native American artifacts and paraphemlia. His group had decended from remnants of Tecumseh's band, which was defeated in the war of 1812. " Big Turtle " [ Boone ] was adopted for his bravery," Tukemas said. " He was stealing at Blue Licks, the Shawnee horses, when we caught him, but that was no big thing, as we stole horses constantly from the settlers and they would steal them back. That was just the way it was, part of the game." Daniel Boone obviously had an affinity with the Shawnee. He had known them all his life as they shared a love of the forest. the hunting, and freedom. Usually he was a loner, and that was alien to the Shawnees. So when they allowed Boone to hunt-- under supervision-- he began to hoard powder and lead, and began to mediate an escape. When a large war party gathered in June, Boone realized that the attack on Boonesborough was imminent. Slipping away from a hunting party, he covered 160 miles in four days and staggered into the settlement. By now, he looked more Indian than white. Of his family, he found only Jemima. Rebecca, thinking him dead, had already returned to North Carolina. Boone quckly saw to the repair and completion of Boonesborough's fortification and sent to nearby settlements and the Virginia Militia for help. In early September the 450 Shawnee and French Canadian force arrived on the north bank of the Kentucky. Stalling for time, Boone agreed to talk to Blackfish. After the formal greeting, Blackfish questioned Boone about why he had run away from the tribe, and he explained to him that he had wanted to see his wife and children. With this Blackfish assured him that all he had to do was to ask and he would have let him visit. The defenders parlayed and stalled for three days; Blackfish and his allies then suggested a peace treaty. Ostensibly shaking hands in friendship, the Indians seized eight Kentucky negotiators, who broke loose and dashed for the Fort. The seize of Boonesborough had begun. For days fierce rifle fire was exchanged. The Indians tried fire arrows and a tunnel into the Fort, but rain thwarted both efforts. Finally on the eighth day, dawned soggy, but quiet. Sometime in the night the Shawnee and French Canandians had stole away. Not many in history know that Daniel Boone was charged with Treason. I will attempt to explain what actually happened in the following paragraphs: Indian raids on the Fort had left its inhabitants wih insufficient food supplies. So Boone and a party of 26 other men needed to leave the fort to get food and salt ( to preserve the food ). Without those supplies, the people of Boonesborough could not survive the winter. On February 7, 1778, after Boone had killed a buffalo, he saw several Shawnee warriors closing in on him. The warriors were part of a larger war party led by Chief Blackfish. Their objectives were to avenge the death of Chief Cornsilk, who had been a moderate in his dealings with the encroaching Americans. Inconceivable to the Shawnee, Cornsilk, had been killed by the Americans. The Shawnee had been camped at Hinkerston Creek. The four warriors were scouting the area and were on their way back to the camp. They had found Boone's salt makers at the Blue Salt Licks. Their plan was to kill the salt makers, until they found and captured Daniel Boone. Later, Boone said he was unable to flee the warriors because he was in his mid-40s and could not run away fast enough. As Boone told the story at his trial, he devised a " stratagem" to save his men and the fort. He told Chief Blackfish he would convince his men to surrender as prisoners of war. More importatly, he told Blackfish, he would negotiate the surrender of the fort in the spring. Boone did indeed talk his men into surrendering. No shots were fired. One of Boone's men later wrote, " We were ordered by Colonel Boone to stack our guns and surrender, and so we did so." When the hunting party failed to return to the fort, scouts found tracks in the snow that told the story. All 27 men had been captured by the Shawnee, without a fight. It was this evidence, the lack of resistance, that ultimately made the inhabitants of Boonesborough suspicious. Why?-- Boone's fellow officers wondered. had the men failed to resist capture. To Captain Richard Callaway and others,the lack of a struggle indicated some kind of treachery. Amidst all the questions that were raised by the fort leaders, Rebecca Boone left Boonesborough. She returned to her family in Carolina. The Shawnee took the Americans to their camp at Chillicothe. The captives were forced to run the gauntlet. They were extremely upset with the terrible conditions that exsisted in thecamp. They were hungry. They became bitter. They believed they could have defended themselves against the Shawnee. Many were upset with Boone, the man who had convinced them to give in. The captives were well aware that Boone had loyalist relatives. Everyone knew that Rebecca's family had been the most prominent of all the Tory ( loyalists ) families to migrate to Kentucky. Everyone knew that in 1774 Daniel himself has accepted a captain's commission from the British-appointed Governor. The captives began to wonder, " Whose side was Daniel Boone really on ?" To make matters worse, once the Shawnee brought their captives to the British settlement at Fort Detroit, captives heard Boone talk to the British Lt. Governor. Boone was overheard hinting to Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton that the Americans inside Boonsborough were in bad shape and were ready to abandon the American cause. One of the captives, Andy Johnson, escaped. When he returned to Boonsborough, he confirmed the worst suspicions of the fort's leaders. Johnson reported that Boone was a Tory and had surrendered his men to the British. Worse, Johnson reported that Boone had taken an oath of allegiance to the British while Boone and his men were at Detroit. While the men were held as captives, several were adopted by Shawnee families. While it may seem strange to us, this ritual was very common during the Revoluntionary War, and before. Daniel Boone, who had become very fond of Chief Blackfish, was adopted by Blackfish. Because Boone wore a heavy pack and walked slowly, the Shawnee thought he resembled a turtle. That was the reason the Shawee name " Sheltowee " which meant " Big Turtle." In September of 1778, the Shawnee appeared outside the fort after Daniel had escaped and returned to Boonesborough. Chief Blackfish called for " Sheltowee " his son. Daniel Boone's actions immediately thereafter convinced some of his fellow officers that he was guilty of treason. Blackfish reminded Boone of the promises he had made to give up the fort. When Boone told Blackfish he was no longer in command of the fort that bore his name. Blackfish agreed to negotiate only if Boone and the other leaders agreed to talk in front of the fort, and not inside the fort. Everyone knew that agreeing to such a strategy would pose a significant risk for the Americans, as if they were outside the protection of the fort, what would stop the Indians from attacking. Boone's arguement in favor of negotiating outside the fort was to allow the people inside the fort to better prepare their defenses. So Boone convinced a delegation to meet with Blackfish outside the fort. Later, those actions formed part of the evidence against Boone. Duing the negotiations, the Shawnee attempted to take members of the negotiating team as prisoners. Fighting broke out between the fort and the Indians, and the Shawnee laid seige to Boonesborough. After ten days passed, the Shawnee grew restless. Seige warfare was not their normal way to conduct a battle. They withdrew and the fort was saved. To some, Daniel Boone was a hero. To others, he was a traitor. He was charged with treason and placed under house arrest. *********************************************** to be continued in part 6-- The Court Martial. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 4/2/02 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #17 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:14:32 -0400 From: "Maggie" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <01dc01c1e306$4de8dce0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Know Your Ohio- Ohio Shawnees- part 6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley April 1, 2002 ********************************************** Historical Collections of Ohio Know Your Ohio by Darlene E. Kelley Ohio Shawnee Indians Daniel Boone -- Court Martial *********************************************** Ohio Shawnees --part 6 Daniel Boone's Court Martial The trial was held at Logan's Station. Official records have disappeared, probably been destroyed by some well meaning friend of Boone who found the whole episode embarrassing. Even the one letter that Boone wrote to Rebecca about the charges was destroyed. On the other hand, a participant of the trial --the presiding judge, Daniel Trabue, wrote an account of the court martial nearly fifty years after it was over. What we know of the details of the court martial comes from that account. Trabue says that four charges were brought against Boone: 1- In order to save himself, after capture in February, 1778, he handed over his men against their consent, although the Indians were not going towards these men. 2 - As a prisoner, he consorted with the enemy, and at Detroit, did bargain with the British Commander that he would give up all the people at Boonesborough. 3 - On his return to the fort he had weakened the garrison by persuading a large number of men to leave the fort on foolish and perhaps treacherously conceived raid. 4 - He had exposed Boonesborough's leaders to a Shawnee ambush by agreeing to take all our officers to the Indian camp to make peace out of sight of the fort. If Boone was found guilty, he would hang. Daniel Boone was prosecuted by Col. John Bowman. His chief accusers were Capt. Richard Callaway from Boonsborough and Col. Benjamin Logan, the founder of Logan's Fort. Boone refused to be represented by a lawyer because, as he said at the time, he wanted to speak for himself. He did agree to accept advice and council from Samuel Henderson ( son of Boone's former employer, Judge Richard Henderson ) and James Harrod. Surprisingly, Boone did not dispute the facts. The main thrust of his defense was the interpretation of those facts. Capt Callaway's evidence pointed to Boone's conduct. He tried to prove Boone was guilty of treachery against his men and his fort. " Boone was in favor of the British governmemt. All his conduct proved it and he ought to be broak of his commission." was his retort. Boone's defense was relatively simple. " The fort was in bad order and the Indians would take it easy " and went on to say that he had told the Shawee and the British " tales to fool them ." The court took testimony from Captain Richard Callaway, the escaped captive Andrew Johnson and another escapee, William Hancock. Boone also testified. He told the court that he knew the salt makers and the fort could not withstand an attack by Blackfish and his men. He convinced Blackfish the fort was too strong to take at the time and , if the Chief waited, the fort's defenses would be weaker. He told Blackfish he would get the men to surrender if Blackfish agreed to treat them well. Boone told the same story regarding the British-- the Shawnee's allies. His objectives was to hold up any attacks on the fort and his men in order to buy time for his community. Some of the strongest evidence in Boone's favor appeared to be his genuine belief that his actions were the only way to save both the salt making party and the fort. He used this neutrality to help his immediate community. ( At the time, many people were more loyal to their immediate community the they were to either the American or the Loyalist cause.) The officers deciding Boone's fate, reached a quick decision. Not guilty. But the trial result was not an acquittal for Boone -- it was also a vindication. He was promoted to Major. Daniel Boone was crushed by this court martial. He did not even want to discuss it. He knew that people countinued to whisper about it and that was deeply troubling to him. One year after the trial, Daniel Boone left Boonesborough for good. Capt. Callaway was very upset with the verdict, although he did not have to fret about it very long. He died less than two years later, massacred by Indians as he worked his fields with his slaves. He was scalped and mutilated. A comtemporary witness. John Gass, reported that Callaway was the worst barbequed man he had ever saw. After he left Boonesborough, Daniel and his wife Rebecca evetually moved to Missouri. The Spanish governor gave him 850 acres of land where he and his son Nathan built a home. Boone was appointed a judge for the Femme Osage district. When he was 50 years old, a book was published by John Filson. Although the book was written in 1784, six years after the trial, it did not mention the court martial. The theory was that how could anyone think he was on the side of the Shawnee when the Indians had killed two of his sons and one of his brothers. According to Filsons account, he quoted Boone; " My footsteps have been marked with blood, and therefore I can truly subscribe to its original name. Two darling sons, and a brother, have I lost by savage hands, which have taken from me forty valuable horses, and abundance of cattle. Many a dark and sleepless nights have I been a companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun. and pinched by the winter's cold, an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness. But now the scene is changed: peace crowns the sylvan shade." Peace, indeed , did crown the last years of Daniel Boone's life. He lived to be 86 years old. He and Rebecca were buried in Missouri. About twenty five years after his death, officials of Kentucky disinterred both bodies and buried then again in a cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Although Blackfish denied this burial as true, it turns out the old Indians claim proved true for Daniel in death as it did in life. " We have given you a fine land, but I believe you will have much trouble in settling it. Use it well " Sheltowee." ******************************************* The Ohio Shawnees were not well treated in their plight in using their Ohio lands. The Americans and the British were consistantly using the Shawnee tribes for their own purposes. The purpose of trade and greediness of land, became a downfall. Hunting and fishing, trapping, once theirs alone, became encroached. There was little fighting in Ohio during King George's war ( 1744-48 ), but there was increasing competition for it trade. The French, British, and the vast migrations of Americans needing lands were hurtful. There were plans of extinction, when Amherst wrote the commander at Fort Pitt, suggesting he deliberately attempt to infect the Shawnee by besieging his fort with gifts of small pox infected blankets and handkerciefs. This commander, Capt Simon Ecuyer took this as an order and did exactly that. It proved particularly effective because the Ohio tribes had little immunity having missed the 1757-58 epidemic among the French allies. Before it had run its course, the epidemic had killed thousands, including British colonists. Forced to leave, this time by American settlement. the Ohio Shawnees first moved to Missouri and then to Kansas, the main body finally settled in Oaklahoma after the Civil war. The Ohio Shawnees, who were at one time large and important, who were located in a large arc stretching from Sandusky River to northeastern Ohio and down the Ohio River, with a combined population approaching 10,000 with 2,000 warriors were now near extinction in numbers. They had nearly nowhere left to go. *********************************************** --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 4/2/02 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #18 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:18:49 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131618.g3DGInX32731@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Etta Elizabeth Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8368 Name of Deceased: Etta Elizabeth Hartman Spouse: Date of Death: 19 Mar 1922 County: Portage ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #19 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:23:25 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131623.g3DGNPg00305@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (John Hartman) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8369 Name of Deceased: John Hartman, Jr Spouse: Date of Death: 27 Jun 1965 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #20 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:28:33 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131628.g3DGSXV00339@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Neil V. McKay) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8370 Name of Deceased: Neil V. McKay Spouse: Jessie Hartman Date of Death: 05 Aug 1969 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #21 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:36:13 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131636.g3DGaDt00423@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Arthur L. McKay) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8371 Name of Deceased: Arthur L. McKay Spouse: Date of Death: 13 Jun 1967 County: Cuyahoga ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #22 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:40:05 -0600 From: marce@gru.net To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200204131640.g3DGe5V00486@worldgenweb.rootsweb.com> Subject: New OH Death Record (Martha Puntenney) The following has been added to The BMD Project. For more information, click on the link provided. Record URL: http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D&id=8372 Name of Deceased: Martha Puntenney, Mrs. Spouse: James Puntenney Date of Death: 29 Nov 1885 County: Adams -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #106 *******************************************