Extract of a letter from General Twiggs to Governor Telfair
Document 1793General Twiggs describes Indian crimes in Green County to Governor Telfair.
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Georgia Washington County
Personally appeared before me Henry Carrel and being duly sworn, sayeth, that on the evening of the 1st inst: there were two horses stolen from Captain Stokes volunteer troop, stationed at the long Bluff, on the second the Captain with 13 men, this deponent being one, crafted the Oconee river and pursued as the trail of horses used by the appearance of the sign, there were four persons, we came up with them on the bank of the Oakmulgee and discovered three Indians fired on them the fire was returned, Captains Stokes rushed upon them and took the ground immediately, by the appearance of blood two were mortally wounded and one certainly killed in the river, we recovered our own two horses and no other. More rifles and one smooth bore Gun, with sundry other articles and returned to our station without damage except hunger and fatigue.
Henry Carrel
Sworn before me September 6th 1793
Jared Irwin J P
Taken from the files of the Executive
Attest
Wm Urquhart S E D
Extract of a letter from General Twiggs, dated the 4th inst
"The Indians came to a McDaniels on Green County and plundered his house of a number of articles, and to a McEllis and took and destroyed every thing in his house, and took off out of the neighbourhood 10 head of horses"
Colonel Milton pursued them over the Oakmulgee
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
General Twiggs describes Indian crimes in Green County to Governor Telfair.
Date
09/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Document number
1793090890055
Page start
199
Note
Extract enclosed in Telfair to Knox, 09/09/1793.This journal is enclosed in a statement relative to the South Western frontiers, as connected with the state of Georgia and the Creek Indians, the south Western territory of the United States and the Cherokees submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary at War, 12/99/1793.
Notable persons
Edward Telfair
General Twiggs
Colonel Mellen
Colonel Pugh
Notable locations
Green County, Georgia

