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In July 1755, a small outpost in southwest Virginia, at the present day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee Indian warriors, who killed at least five people including an infant child and captured five more. The Indians traveled back with their hostages to a Shawnee village in Kentucky. One of the captives, Mary Draper Ingles later escaped and returned home on foot through the wilderness. Although many of the actual circumstances of the incident, including the date of the attack is uncertain, the event remains a dramatic and inspirational story in the history of Virginia.
Source: Wikipedia
- Caspar Barger (brother of Phillip), killed
- Phillip Barger (brother of Caspar), killed
- James Ruben Cull, wounded
- Bettie (Robertson) Draper, captured
- Baby Draper (child of Bettie (Robertson) Draper), killed
- Elenor (Hardin) Draper (mother of Mary Ingles), killed
- Mary (Draper) Ingles, captured, escaped
- George Ingles (son of Mary Ingles), captured, died in captivity
- Thomas Ingles (son of Mary Ingles), captured, later ransomed
- Henry Lennard (or Leonard), captured
- Col. James Patton, killed