Greenbrier County WV Archives Biographies.....Renick, Major William 1745 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 July 21, 2009, 11:49 am Author: Virgil A. Lewis Major William Renick: His ancestors were among those who fled from persecution in Scotland, and James Renick was the last martyr who yielded up his life rather than renounce his allegiance to his chosen church. The family first settled in Pennsylvania, but soon removed to Augusta county, Virginia, and settled where Swope's depot, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, now stands, and here, in 1745, William Renick was born. In 1757, the family was attacked by a band of Shawnee Indians ; Robert, the father, was killed and the wife and children carried into captivity, where soon after their arrival at the Indian town, Mrs. Renick gave birth to a child in a wigwam on the site where Chilicothe, Ohio, now stands. William remained in captivity, then returned to Virginia, and as we have seen, became one of the first settlers of the Greenbrier country. Additional Comments: From Greenbrier County in History of West Virginia by Virgil A Lewis 1889 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/greenbrier/bios/renick50gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wvfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb