It sounds like she was a fairly popular high school girl. His father-in-law with his family, including the family of Montgomery's son-in-law, Joseph Russell, followed Logan to Kentucky in 1779 and made a settlement 12 miles from "Logan's Fort." Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Also I can't seem to find any record of William Jr's Children, though being that they were born into an Indian tribe this is not necessarily surprising. Just "gray hair." When Logan heard of the massacre, he was led to believe that Capt. Pike County, Kentucky Tourism has a driving map for it. Logan was chief of the Mingo Indians, a multi-tribal confederation allied to the Six Nations. ", McKee had responded appropriately and energetically to the dangerous situation. My cousin said to google and that is how I came upon this conversation. Her children's father was John Gibson, a prominent trader in the region. Following a prevailing Native American practice, the young man who would become Logan the Mingo took the name "James Logan" out of admiration for his father's friend.[4]. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Porcelain Dolls: The Stacy Moody Story, on YouTube, a short, well-made documentary from 2016 in which Stacy speaks at length on camera. Answering the Call to Serve: Camp Logan, Houston, Texas 1917-1919. Maybe the trauma of everything has blocked some memories? John Petty or Sogogeghyata, was the youngest of his brothers and bore the name of a Shamokin Indian Trader. If anyone has any further information, please email me at azapcic@yahoo.com. And the ex-wife, Nicole Gee, is standing by her former lover. Going to have to call my dad about this in the morning, he currently lives in that city. I walk two miles to town (Corydon) every time there is a baseball game. His next brother was known as Tah-gah-jute, Sayughtowa, "The Beetling Brow", or James Logan. His mother was Neanoma a Cayuga, and step-mother was Tutelo. Guess I found my rabbit hole for the night. My mother was a daughter of the Seneca Chief Cornplanter. Camping for the night a short distance from their destination, Myers and the two men were wakened later that evening by the loud rattling of a bell attached to one of their horses. A well-known orator, Logan advocated for peaceful relations with encroaching white settlers. Ashley, who didn't get along with her stepdad because of his rules, said he had money in his house. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Mingo in Baker's cabin were all murdered, except for the infant mixed-race child, who was spared with the intention of giving her to her father. The reason for this massacre was the resistance attempts by the residents of the city. Cornplanter Reservation, Penn October 9, 1915 On October 5, 1878, still in the midst of unpacking their belongings, the Dowdy family was going about their normal day. Logan meets with the surviving family members . Logan the Orator (c. 17231780) was a Cayuga orator and war leader born of one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. He led raids throughout the upper Ohio Valley and into the Monongahela Valley. A few details seem to be off in the 1950 article but this not surprising because the 1950 report was written before the web and the author may not have had access to the more accurate account in the "WVgenWeb.org" link. I remember Philip Tome, the great elk and panther hunter, who lived a mile up the river. The 68 counts against Christopher Harris and 71 against his brother include first-degree murder, attempted murder, variations of those charges and attempted sexual assault. Gross, at Fort Augusta, who has done so much to honor Shikellamy's memory. LINCOLN, Ill. (CBS/AP) Indictments released Wednesday claim two brothers, Christopher and Jason Harris, armed with a tire iron broke into a family's home in Beason, Ill. to rob them and assault a teenage girl before beating five people to death. Michael Myers of Washington County, Pennsylvania, to guide them over to the west side of the Ohio River where they wished to travel up Yellow Creek and examine some land a few miles from the stream's confluence with the Ohio. display: none; My e-maIL IS CHERYL.HANCE@GMAIL.COM. John Cole, 40, will serve a minimum term of 29 years in . Baker and the Mingos had lived peacefully ever since Logan's arrival. Once caught, Chief Logan took the young Spicer children back to the cabin, where it was discover that the youngest Spicer child was still alive. [citation needed] Arthur Lawson was killed in a 1945 motor accident (age 31), leaving a wife and four children. While hiding in a hollow overnight, the surviving Spicer children were threatened that if they cried for help Chief Logan would kill them as well. The most surprising part of the story is that the victims were known quite well to Christopher Harris. On January 6, LaToya, Ashley, Ricky, and Ray were hanging out and in need of cash, according to Beadles. The Rolla Board of Education is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Tori Snitker as the next Lead Principal of Rolla Junior High School, effective July 1. Please follow up with me on this at :themorganza@yahoo.com, Apparently the THE CHARLEROI MAIL Friday, June 9, 1950Made a similar connectionhttp://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?411,309032. His actions against settlers on the frontier helped spark Dunmore's War later that year. Word of the murders raced through the western border settlements and with it the fear of Indian retaliation. Jason Harris also is charged with obstructing justice by burning his brother's clothes, hiding a stolen computer and lying to police. I'm Candace (username Omiakron). I have not been able to locate the first wife of my 3rd G.G. However, many people familiar with the incident (including George Rogers Clark) knew that the Greathouse brothers and their men were the ones who had killed the party. Hed been a Logan County deputy sheriff for a year longer than Stacy had been alive. After dealing with his fathers estate, he did return to the Mingo and married a woman of the tribe. In the linked documentary, Stacy says she just never thought to call 911, which sounds plausible to me. Audio of mother's 999 call after Logan Mwangi's disappearance. McKee assured his guests that the incident was the act of "a few rash and inconsiderate White People, and not by the intention or Knowledge of any of our Wise People"; he promised them that Dunmore, after he learned of the murders, would surely take every step to rectify the situation. Matewan Massacre. It would appear from the linked article that she called her step sister, who then came to the house and the step sister called police. The shot was a signal for Greathouse and the others to come out of hiding and attacked the remainder of the Mingos. This historical marker was erected in 1979 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. William was the "White Renegade" man involved with the massacre of the Crow sisters. A mother, stepfather and a teenager have been given life sentences for murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi and dumping his body in a river. I too am interested in hearing more about the Spicers, if anyone would like to get in touch with me please leave a reply! I was very excite to find this history along with the info about the tribe. I wish I knew your name. The incident began on May 1, when two men asked Capt. It stayed in the McKee family through E(dgar) M(cKee) Lackey ownership in 1898, or for about 150 years. She has said she doesn't believe he could have killed her family. Hi, Betsy is my 4th GrGrandmother. He was born in Georgia in 1905. Lament. Some see it as evidence of Stacy's collusion in the murders - either with Scott, or with Jon. Chief Logan then divided his plunder, hiding the excess in the surrounding woodlands and made for the Ohio River. Possibly 5th or 6th generation. While alive, Betsy visited William and the Mingo often and was treated as tribal royalty. It was the noise from their frightened pleas that alerted the Mingo warriors to their whereabouts. Hello. Today, he agreed to change his plea to guilty - on the five year anniversary of the Rhoden family massacre, in order to take the death penalty for himself off the table. Logan was not at the Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774), the only major battle of Dunmore's War. LAPLACE - Ashen-faced and visibly shaken, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Wayne L. Jones stepped up to an array of microphones Thursday and announced the arrest of 35-year-old Garyville resident David Logan Roy in the slayings of his wife, Melissa, and the couple's three children - ages 9 years, 2 years and 10 months. Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter I wonder if you know of a way to obtain a copy. John was the oldest of the siblings. Funeral of the slain Lawson family in Germanton, North Carolina, in 1929. Posthumously it was speculated that he had impregnated his eldest daughter (Marie, 16). The brothers pleaded not guilty to all the charges during a Wednesday court appearance. Thank you for sharing this; as sad as it is I still love learning about the history of my state. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, NearNewell in Hancock County, West Virginia , Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2011, Logan Massacre. Listen to the harrowing tale of the Duperrault Family Massacre. Today, it is open for burials only for direct descendants of W. D. Browder, owing to limited plot availability. I did, however, learn some new uses of the word sh#t. Following the battle, Dunmore's army marched into the Ohio Country and compelled the Ohio Indians to agree to a peace treaty. You can check out the ghosts of the Hatfields and McCoys in both West Virginia and Kentucky. Great post! I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. I am Afro-American, my father's name is Mr. Buford Mason Spicer. Myers shot and killed the Indian. display: block; watch "park south freestyle" music video https://youtu.be/q_xnx_-nqiothe killer clowns came back.. **security footage**they came back subscribe htt. In 1911, Charles Lawson[1] married Fannie Manring, with whom he had eight children. . During the four years he'd lived in the area, he had consistently tried to maintain peace. Scholars agree that Logan Elrod was a son of Chief Shikellamy, an important diplomat for the Iroquois Confederacy. Topics and series. Check out this public letter to Stacy from Jody Arlington, written two weeks after the murders. Betsy and William were horrified, and Betsy notes that it was an image forever frozen in her memory. He became a leader within the Mingo and helped to establish a Mingo Settlement with farms. The action insulted Tomlinson, and when the Indians discharged their weapons at a target, he grabbed his rifle and shot Petty as he stood in the doorway. It was a hot and humid summer day on June 5, 1774, when William Spicer was chopping wood outside his cabin near a stream that flowed into the Big Whitely Creek, a mile south of Willow Tree in Greene Township. That is SUPER interesting, I've never heard of the Logan Family before. The bodies of the Mingo victims were mutilated. Hello, I am searching for my 4th great grandfather. Andrew Sheeley The Logan Cemetery as it appears today north of Interstate 44. my email is: patison@ncidata.com if anyone would like to get in contact with methank you, Please e mail at ptknight@live com nona spicer was my great great grabdmother. According to tradition, Logan refused to attend the negotiations and instead made a speech that became legendary: I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. definitely ties the Mingo Chief John Logan, as the leader of the Roberts massacre. The Logan Cemetery as it appears today north of Interstate 44. . What's your mother's name if you don't mind I can look and see if it's in the book other than that I haven't made any copies yet but soon as I do I can email them to you or if you want to get ahold of me here's my email address joxbowen@gmail.com, If you send me your contact info I will email you what i have on the lineage between the Bowen Spicer's written in my family book. She is the second member of the Wagner family to admit a role in the death of eight . My takeaway is that Stacy is horribly traumatized and had nothing to do with it, and that Scott most likely did it. She was not at the Gee home at the time of the deaths and has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Logan the Orator was a Cayuga orator and war leader born of one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. Their youngest, 3-year-old Tabitha, survived the attack in the family's Beason, Ill., home and was taken to a hospital. Jake Gyllenhaal flaunted his seriously ripped physique on Friday when he filmed a shirtless scene for the Road House remake.. Is it possible he didn't/wasn't (and wasn't involved in the murders), but saw a vulnerable teen girl he could exploit to have a relationship with after he got to know her because of investigating the murders? The dark hole of Topix has quite a few opinions that it was Stout, framing Scott. When my grandfather was old he came to this Reservation, where he lived with my father until his death. The Mingo people laughed at the sight of the young girl attacking a grown woman and held the event as a great act of heroism. I and several other pastors went with our districts missions director to lead a conference for the Assemblies of God church of Thailand. -- The grandparents of the lone teenage survivor of a Houston massacre are "in awe" of her courage that allowed her to call the police . Low 38F. But fifteen to twenty Mingos under Logan set off for the Ohio Valley to seek retribution for the loss of their family and friends.". Thank you! .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { MORE ON CRIMESIDEROctober 8, 2009 - Nicole Gee Defends Ex-Husband Christopher Harris, Accused of Killing Her FamilySeptember 22, 2009 - Beason, Illinois Killer Slays Five but a Child Survives, Trending News The day before the book was to be published, the author received a phone call from Stella Lawson, a relative who had already been interviewed for the book. I can't square it with Scott's innocence either. The Shawnees and Mingos had often disagreed over policy in the Ohio Country, yet Michael Creasap's adventuring and the Yellow Creek murders had been enough to bring the two tribes together for a council along the Scioto River.