Indian Attacks

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Indian Attacks

Description

Murder of several whites and Negros in Jefferson County by Indians related; many instances in numerous accounts that have occurred on the frontier.

short description

Indian Attacks

year created

1790

month created

05

day created

13

author

Harry Innes

sent from location

Danville

recipient

Henry Knox

in collection

First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {reference microfilm}
Printed Versions

in publication

American State Papers

in image

NKZ07

note

Cited in Innes to Knox, 07/07/1790.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Judge Harry Innes
Indians
Indian Nation
savages
John Brown
whites
Negros
girls
woman
prisoner

notable location

Danville
Jefferson County
frontier
territory

notable item/thing

killed

notable idea/issue

scalping
murder
death
protection

document number

1790051340001

page start

1

transcription

Danville
May 13th 1790
Judge Innes to
the Secy of War
That you may have an idea of our unhappy Situation, I beg leave to refer you to a Letter I wrote on the 20th ultimo to the [undecipherable] John Browne, since which the Indians have killed two white men and two negroes in Jefferson County--in [undecipherable] two Girls--Scalped one woman, and made one other woman prisoner--

Item sets

Documents

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) NKZ07 (1 pages) Collection: First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {reference microfilm} P: 30
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: American State Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Harry Innes Danville [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]