Lewis Wetzel, Famous Indian Fighter; 1763-1808?
Quote:THE FREEPORT PRESS
Pub. Oct. 5, 1882
Harrison Co., OH
J. W. WESTLAKE of Burr's Miles, Belmont county, has in his posession the rifle formerly owned by the famous Indian fighter, Lewis Wetzel.
It was this rifle that he used to shoot four Indians in his running fight at St. Clairsville in 1782.
Quote:C.B. Allman's book 1939 - Lewis Wetzel Indian Fighter has stories in it about the above subject families traveling from PA to W.Va. and settling in and around what is now Wheeling, W.Va. Has anyone any information on these families other than what I read in this book? I believe the Eberly's in this wagon train led by Lewis Wetzel to have been John Eberly (b. 1755 Durlach, Lanc Co, Pa d. 1823 in Cumberland Co, Pa.) wife - Elizabeth(Bricker)Eberly (b.1759 Cocalico, Pa d. 1823 in Cumberland Co, Pa) m: Nov 1776 in Lancaster Co, Pa so believe this wagon train took place around 1777-1780.
I can come up with all kinds of information on Wetzel, but haven't found anything in MASS.
Are you sure about the Mass connection?
Lewis Wetzel's father was John Wetzel; From Germany.
There is a county in W.Virginia named Wetzel after him.
The Book by C.B Allman, "Lewis Wetzel Indian Fighter"
Was a scout for "General Mad Anthony Wayne" During the Revolutionary War.
And was sopposed to live around the area of Wheeling Creek, VA
From Ancestory.com, I run a search all the way back to 1700, to see what might come up....
Quote:Family Data Collection - Individual Records Record about Lewis Ludwig Wetzel
Name: Lewis Ludwig Wetzel
Parents: John Wetzel , Mary Bonnett
Birth Place: Shenandoah, South Branch Cedar Creek, VA
Birth Date: August 1763
Death Place: Adams Co, MS
Death Date: 1808
Quote:The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794)
By: William Hintzen
The bloody war for the Eastern Frontier. Actually the opening of the Eastern Frontier was more bloody and more prolonged by far than the better known Western Frontier. Here are the heroes of Fort Henry (now Wheeling, West Virginia) and Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh)Â…Lewis Wetzel (Deathwind) and his brothers, Daniel Boone, Jonathan Zane, Betty Zane, Simon Kenton, Sam McCulloch, George Rogers Clark, Mad Anthony Wayne and their foes, the Girty brothers and many others. History at its most exciting!
Quote:During the next several years Levi was in various military or militia battles. He possibly
trained under Samuel Brady and Lewis Wetzel and became a "Spy" with General Anthony Wayne, who became known as "Mad Anthony".
You'll find this link a good one:
http://www.wvculture.org/History/journal_wvh/wvh50-5.html
Quote:Lewis Wetzel was one of the most colorful characters on the American frontier. He was a famous Indian fighter and guide who was born in August 1764 on the South Branch of the Potomac River in present day West Virginia. In 1769, his father relocated his family to Wheeling Creek.
http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Wetzel/wethistory.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/pioneer/chap12.html
Ok, I'm done searching...lol,
I'll look again, if you want some more information, through Ancestry...but you need to figure out why or what the connection to Mass is? I still haven't found one. One of the links has him listed as Dutch?
Have fun!