Indian and Settler Conflict

Indian and Settler Conflict is a Virginia historical marker in Dickenson County, dedicated 2000.

Haysi, VA, 24256

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In August 1792, during a period of frontier unrest, Indians attacked the home of David Musick and his wife, Annie, near Honaker in Russell County. They killed Musick and captured his wife and their five children, Abraham, Elijah, Samuel, Elexius, and Phoebe. The prisoners were marched to present-day Dickenson County at the junction of Russell Fork and Russell Prater Creek. Nearby a company of militiamen attacked the Indians and the surviving Musick family members escaped. During the skirmish one Indian was killed and another was wounded. The remainder retreated westward.

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1794 · Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Kentuckey. (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)
1818 · Kentucky. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Kentuckey, 1796, covering the location of Indian and Settler Conflict, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Kentuckey, 1796, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Indian and Settler Conflict

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