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Historical Highway MarkersIndian and Settler ConflictL-10
On 18 Dec. 1742, the first known clash between Indians and colonial settlers in Rockbridge County took place near the mouth of the Maury River. Iroquois en route south from Pennsylvania encountered pioneers led by Capt. John McDowell. Although accounts differ on how the conflict arose, it resulted in the deaths of more than seventeen Indians and settlers including McDowell. To avert a war, Lieutenant Governor George Thomas, of Pennsylvania, mediated the conflict in 1744 with the Treaty of Lancaster. It was decided that Lieutenant Governor William Gooch, of Virginia, would pay the Iroquois a reparation of 100 pounds.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: James W. McClung, Historical Significance of Rockbridge County Virginia (Staunton, Va.: McClure Company, Inc., 1939), 9; Morton, Oren F., A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia (Staunton, Va.: The McClure Co., Inc., 1920), 64-65; Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book: 1778-1997 (Summerville, Wv.: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1997), 8; A Treaty with the Indians of the Six Nations. In the Court-House in the Town of Lancaster, on Friday, the Twenty Second of June, 1744… (Microfilm at the Library of Virginia Fiche 131 Evans 5416). |