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Indian Massacre

Botetourt County · .9 mile north of Buchanan. · location approximate

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Near here was the Renick settlement, raided by the Shawnee Indians in 1757. Five settlers were killed and nine taken captive.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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