Ohio County WV Archives Biographies.....Mills, Thomas 
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Author: Virgil A. Lewis

/Thomas Mills Escape/. — July 30, 1783, Thomas Mills started on a fishing
excursion from Wheeling, in company with Henry Smith and Hambleton Kerr. The
last-named was one of the most efficient of Indian scouts. His father having
been killed by the Indians, the son swore vengeance on the race, and no Indian
was safe who crossed his path. When the fishing party were near Glenn's run,
they were fired upon by Indians. Smith was killed instantly, and Mills wounded
by fourteen bullets. Kerr was unhurt, and as rapidly as he could rowed the canoe
back to Wheeling. Mills recovered, and afterward located in Ohio, near Shade river.

Additional Comments:
"History of West Virginia" by Virgil A. Lewis 1889


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