William Barber BASKERVILLE

Abt 1750 - Deceased

• Name	William Barber BASKERVILLE  [1]
  Born	Abt 1750	, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Deceased
  Person ID	I9872	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	John BASKERVILLE,   b. Abt 1722, , York, Virginia, USA ,   d. Deceased, , , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F3833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Early History of Middle Tennessee By Edward Albright, 1909 Chapter 27 Events Of 1786 Population Of Settlement Increases Indians Renew Hostilities Defeated Creek Attack Death Of Colonel Donelson Sumner County Organized This year, despite frequent attacks from the enemy, the population of the settlement was largely increased by immigration from beyond the mountains. A new station was established by John MORGAN, who built a fort in Sumner County at the mouth of Dry Fork Creek, two and a half miles northwest of Col. Anthony BLEDSOE'S Station at Greenfield, and near the present site of Rogana. This fort was also in the midst of a beautiful body of land, formerly the property of William BASKERVILLE, but now owned by Dr. Jesse JOHNSON. The Indians were again on the warpath, however, and the first act in the annual tragedy was the murder of Peter BARNETT and David STEEL by a party of Cherokees on the waters of Blooming Grove Creek, below Clarksville, in Montgomery County. Near the same place a few days later the Indians captured William CRUTCHER, and sticking a rusty hunting knife into his body, went on their way, leaving him by the roadside to die of pain and neglect. When they were gone CRUTCHER crawled to the cabin of a neighboring settler, where he was nursed back to life. He continued for many years thereafter a valued citizen of the settlement.

  
  

• Sources

  [S750] William and Mary College Quarterly, Tyler, Lyon G, President of William and Mary College, (1892-present), 227-229. according to the will of John Baskerville