Report of Indian Attack
Document 1790Miles Hart's house was attacked, several members of the family were killed or taken prisoner.
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jefferson County may 12 1790 Jolin Caldwell to Judge Innes “One Tuesday morning about eleven Indians attacked the house of Miles Hart on valley Creek a fork of (undecipherable) (undecipherable) and killed Heart and one of his children, and his wife and two more which includes the whole family were made prisoners”
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[Stifler County
May 12, 1790
John Colwell
to
Judge Innes—]
On Tuesday morning about eleven Indians attacked the House of Miles Hart on Valley Creek a fork of Nole Lin and killed Hart and one of his Children, and his Wife and two more, which includes the whole family were made Prisoners —
Type
Document Signed
Description
Miles Hart's house was attacked, several members of the family were killed or taken prisoner.
Date
05/12/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Jefferson County
Repository
Document number
1790051290001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Harry Innes
Jolin Caldwell
Indians
Indian Nation
Miles Hart
Notable locations
Jefferson County
frontier
territory
Valley Creek
Notable items
prisoner
attack
murder
house attacked
murder of family
prisoners
killed
Indian relations
Indian attack