Indian-Settler Conflicts

Indian-Settler Conflicts is a Virginia historical marker in Tazewell County, dedicated 2001.

Business Rte. 19, 2 miles west of Tazewell

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During Dunmore's War (1774) and the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) conflicts between Indians and colonists often intensified as European powers encouraged Indians from the Ohio region to attack frontier settlers. Tensions also sometimes increased when settlers moved into lands that were once Indian territory. Nearby to the south, an early conflict occurred in the upper Clinch River Valley, when Indians attacked and killed John Henry, his wife and their children on 8 Sept. 1774. Additional conflicts took place during this period, including a March 1782, Indian attack on the house of James Maxwell that killed two of his daughters.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

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1776 · Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possédent sur… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower left sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower left sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1916 · Pounding Mill, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Map Of Virginia (lower left sheet), 1807, covering the location of Indian-Settler Conflicts, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of Virginia (lower left sheet), 1807, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Indian-Settler Conflicts

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