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Presentation this Saturday.
I will be presenting "History and Records of Indiana's 'Gore'" on Saturday, March 7 at 10 AM at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Details on the Genealogy Center's website.
Feel free to share the newsletter with others interested in Southeastern Indiana.
Thanks,
Tina Lyons
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History of the Gore
Lochry's Defeat
After the French & Indian War, relations between the Native Americans and European settlers began to break down due to killings on both sides. In 1781, General George Rogers Clark requested that Colonel Archibald Lochry organize a militia to lead an expedition into Indian territory to devastate and weaken the Indians so that they would not bother the Western settlers.
The expedition was divided into two groups. Both groups started by moving down the Ohio River. One group led by General Clark would then go west and south to join forces from Kentucky to attack the Shawnee and Delaware. Lochry would lead the other group north against the Sandusky.
Lochry's group was delayed waiting for supplies (which never arrived). Lochry rushed to catch up to General Clark at Fort Henry in Wheeling, (West) Virginia but found that the General's troops had left 12 hours earlier. Since it was farming season, Clark could not risk waiting and losing his troops to desertion and they needed to return home to bring in their crops. Lochry was directed to follow Clark (who had taken all the supplies).
Lochry and his troops stopped near present day Aurora for food. A group of Mohawks, led by George Girty, attacked the militia. Unable to defend themselves (after using up all their ammunition) or escape, Lochry surrendered. Every man not killed was taken prisoner. Lochry and the wounded were massacred. The prisoners were taken to Montreal and sold to the British along the way.
Laughery Creek was named after Colonel Lochry (even though the spelling is different). It forms the boundry between Dearborn and Ohio Counties.
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Prenup in Switzerland County
David Hoge and Frances Colvin applied for a marriage license on 22 July 1840. The following day they were married, but not before signing a land agreement.
Frances (or Francis) secured a jointure, instead of a dower, in the agreement. "Immediately at the death" of David, Frances could enter into 9 acres of land of the north end of David's farm. The land would contain 1 1/2 acres of woodland and a "snug frame room sufficient for said Francis to live in." The land would be hers from David's death until her own death, when the land would revert to David's heirs. Frances would also receive $100 "in full satisfaction of dower and all other interest she may have in the real or personal estate of the said David."
Of course there were some conditions. If Frances ever eloped or left David's bed, the agreement would be void. (I guess if she eloped and married someone else the law would be after her for bigamy, too.)
An inventory of Frances' personal estate would be taken at the time of the marriage and it would all remain with her and pass to her heirs at her death.
The agreement was witnessed by John C. Brown, Justice of the Peace; Isaac Scott and John Boyd. [Switzerland County Deed Book I, page 168.]
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