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Title
Indian Troubles in 1763
Subject
French and Indian War
Description
Hostilities with the Indians again arose in the summer of 1763. Cornstalk, the Shawnee chief, raided English settlements in western Virginia while Pontiac besieged Detroit. July massacres at Tull’s Hill (Bedford County), Muddy Creek (Cumberland County), Clendenin (Greenbrier County), and Kerr’s Creek (Rockbridge County) persuaded Lieutenant Governor Francis Fauquier to call out 1000 rangers to protect the frontier. He asked William Phillips of Edgelawn to form a company which grew to 27 men and officers. Among them was Charles Barret who later acquired the Edgelawn property. Phillips was an experienced ranger. Eighteen years earlier he had served in Capt. Joseph Fox’s rangers at the time of Braddock’s defeat.
Phillips’ rangers served in Augusta County under Col. Andrew Lewis who had 450 men to protect the borderlands from Lord Fairfax’s Line to the North Carolina line. By the end of July, Indians had captured all British forts west of the Alleghenies except Detroit, Fort Pitt, and Fort Niagara. Col. Henry Bouquet threw together a hastily organized force, including 250 men from Lewis’ command that may have included Phillips’ Louisians, to relieve the forts. In early August Bouquet defeated the Shawnee and their allies near Bushy Run in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Phillips’ rangers were released in March 1764 having served about nine months.
Phillips’ rangers served in Augusta County under Col. Andrew Lewis who had 450 men to protect the borderlands from Lord Fairfax’s Line to the North Carolina line. By the end of July, Indians had captured all British forts west of the Alleghenies except Detroit, Fort Pitt, and Fort Niagara. Col. Henry Bouquet threw together a hastily organized force, including 250 men from Lewis’ command that may have included Phillips’ Louisians, to relieve the forts. In early August Bouquet defeated the Shawnee and their allies near Bushy Run in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Phillips’ rangers were released in March 1764 having served about nine months.
Creator
Dr. Thomas P Myers
Source
Old Home Places of Louisa County, Revisted
Publisher
Louisa County Historical Society
Date
1763
Contributor
Louisa County Historical Society
Rights
All Rights Reserved.