Wow, what history, RC. Sad re: the father who was killed and the mother who was kidnapped. Was she ever rescued? Sometimes some of us forget the courage and bravery AND RISK TAKING that our forefathers took on. Thanks again for posting it, format and all : )
His father, my 5th great, was killed while trying to rescue them both, he’d gotten the militia to mount a rescue mission, it was commanded by Hugh Waddell. My 4th, his son, was rescued. They never found his mother. Speculation is that she herself was Cherokee, otherwise they’d have just killed her and her son.