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Mary Black (Gass)

Also Known As: "Polly"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle, VA, United States
Death: August 20, 1828 (67)
Madison, KY, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Gass and Sarah Gass
Wife of William Black
Mother of Anne Black; Eleanor McKinney (Black) and James Black
Sister of Thomas Gass; John Gass; Sarah Black; James Gass; Margaret Peggy Gass and 4 others
Half sister of Unk Gass

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About Mary Black

■MARY GASS, DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAPT. DAVID GASS, SR., WAS PRESENT AT FORT BOONESBORO DURING THE FAMOUS TEN-DAY SIEGE WITH THE INDIANS IN SEPT. 1778. DURING THIS ATTACK MARY AND HER SISTER, SARAH, (WHO LATER MARRIED WILLIAM'S BROTHER JOHN BLACK) HELPED MOLD THE BULLETS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE FORT.

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Mary Black's Timeline

1761
February 13, 1761
Albemarle, VA, United States
1795
August 27, 1795
Madison County, Kentucky, United States
1797
January 18, 1797
Madison, KY, United States
1798
December 29, 1798
Madison, KY, United States
1828
August 20, 1828
Age 67
Madison, KY, United States