[hennie pennie]

Were President Obama’s PAYNE ancestors at this battle, or is this too far south for them - apparently some CRABTREE family members fought at Point Pleasant - but I can’t find the genealogical tree which I once saw posted online.

[muawiyah]

Obama has "other" ancestors for whom this wasn't too far Souf'. Actually, this isn't terribly far (as inhabited places went in the good old days) from a Spanish/British boundary marker placed there by a Spanish nobleman (whose family still resides in a house on or near the Plaza Mayor (built in the 1600s).

At some point the Brits put an end to the scattered Spanish settlements hither and yon in that region ~ and might even have put an end to the Spanish themselves.

I don't think the "event" has any particular name, but this region was involved in quite an early war against the Brits and the Mingo may well have had knowledge of it!