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562: 618:, Thomas as a lieutenant under Colonel William Christian. On 6 October, William Ingles was setting up camp, and wrote jokingly to Preston that, as they had not seen any of the enemy, "we encamped on the forks of the river and looked on our Selves in Safe Possession of a fine Encampment and thought our Selves a terror to all the Indian Tribes on the Ohio and thus Luld in safety." On the battlefield, Ingles admired the courage of the Indians who "disputed the Ground with the Greatest Obstinancy, often Runing up to the Very Muzels of our Guns." He recalled seeing "many a brave fellow Waltirring in his Gore," and reported after the battle that they scalped twenty Indians on the field. In 1777 he was made colonel of the militia in 727: 159: 525:, and were kindly and hospitably received at the house of Colonel Ingles-- here we rested for an entire day...The Scenery about this house was romantic to a degree, the river very beautyfull, the hills well wooded, the low grounds well improved & well stocked, I thought...Mrs. Ingles had in her early years been carryed off with another young Woman by the Savages...however terror and distress had left so deep an impression on her mind that she appear'd absorbed in a deep melancholy, and left the management of household concerns, & the reception of Strangers to her lovely daughter. 322:, killing Eleanor Draper and her granddaughter, as well as Colonel James Patton and another neighbor, Caspar Barger. Shawnee warriors captured Mary as well as her two sons, Betty Draper, and a neighbor, Henry Leonard. William Ingles and John Draper were harvesting wheat in the fields until they saw the smoke from the burning cabins, but they arrived too late to help. William was pursued by Indians, but tripped and fell in the forest, and the Shawnee warriors ran past him without seeing him. 427:, and had known Thomas and his adoptive father. William hired Baker to find Thomas (now living on the upper Scioto River) and bring him back to Ingles Ferry. Baker was able to pay a ransom of $ 150 and bring Thomas back to Bedford County, but Thomas ran away and returned to his Shawnee family. In 1768, William Ingles and Baker traveled together to Lower Shawneetown and persuaded Thomas, now 17, to return with them to Virginia. After thirteen years among the Shawnee, Thomas had become fully 454:(1773-1774) against the Shawnee. He married Eleanore Grills in 1775 and settled in Burke's Garden, Virginia. In 1782, his wife and three children were kidnapped by Indians. Thomas came to rescue them and in the ensuing altercation, the two older children were killed. Eleanore was tomahawked but survived. Thomas rescued her and their youngest daughter. 502: 561: 269:
William's father Thomas was a wealthy merchant who owned a large, importing wholesale business and traded abroad with his own ships. He was born and raised in London and lived in Dublin between 1730 and 1740. Records show that Thomas and his sons were apparently imprisoned after a political dispute,
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taken from one of the Indians as a "small trophee of our Victory." Ingles requested permission to continue serving at Fort Hope, even though powder and shot were in short supply. In October 1763, Ingles was called to pursue a group of fifty (probably Shawnee) warriors who had attacked settlements at
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William and John Ingles traveled to Williamsburg to try and persuade the government to launch an attack on Shawnee villages in southern Ohio, where they believed that Mary Draper Ingles was being held prisoner. They returned unsuccessful in late November, when they learned that Mary had escaped and
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at the very start of Walker's trip west into what is now Kentucky. Walker wrote in his journal: "16th March 1750. We kept up...to William Englishes (Ingles). He lives on a small Branch and was not much hurt by the Fresh (spring floods)." In March, 1753, Thomas Ingles and his son William were listed
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attacked the fort. William's brother John Ingles is credited with shooting a scout from a tree, and then sounding the alarm that the fort was about to be attacked. He was killed and his wife Mary and their children were taken prisoner. William's brother Matthew Ingles fought hand-to-hand until his
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that was forty percent longer than the legally standardized chain, in order to complete their surveys. The same year, Ingles submitted a petition to the state legislature complaining about the surveying and land speculation practices of his former friend and military comrade William Preston. The
646: 751:. William Ingles was charged with treason and ordered to put up a bond of £100,000, a massive sum of money for that time. It is unknown if Ingles actually put up a bond or not, but he was not convicted. Soon after this, he resigned from the military, citing "physical infirmity". 245:, was captured by Shawnee warriors and held captive for months before escaping and walking several hundred miles to her settlement. William's sons, Thomas and George, were also held captive, although William was able to ransom his son Thomas in 1768. William Ingles established 498:. By 1780, William Ingles owned 907 acres, 67 cattle, and ten slaves, who ran his ferry, worked in his mills or in domestic capacities. The 1782 Montgomery County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List shows that he was assessed for taxes on 10 slaves, 51 horses and 67 cattle. 577:
were camped six miles away, with several women and children prisoners and horses loaded with stolen goods. Ingles assembled a group of sixteen or eighteen men and attacked the Indians' camp at dawn, killing seven of them, retrieving the goods and rescuing the captives.
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if it was revealed that he was unlicensed. Comparisons of Buchanan's and Preston's survey measurements with modern-day measurements show that both Preston and Buchanan underreported the acreage that they surveyed for James Patton, in order to reduce the amount of
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in 1763. On 13 September he reported to his commanding officer, William Preston, about a skirmish between Indians and his militiamen, who "all behaved like good soldiers." Several Indians were killed and the colonists captured thirty horses. Ingles sent Preston a
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to attack Lower Shawneetown in Ohio. On 13 March they were forced to turn back due to bad weather and lack of food. The expedition was a total failure, but it provided valuable experience for William and launched his military career.
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History of the Great Kanawha Valley (West Virginia): With Family History and Biographical Sketches: a Statement of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages. Westminster, Md: Heritage Books,
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Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774: Compiled from the Draper Manuscripts in the Library of the Wisconsin Historical Society and Published at the Charge of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American
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William Ingles died in 1782 (after the date of his will, 5 September) at age 53. Records indicate that he bequeathed some of his land to his youngest daughter, Rhoda, some to his daughter Susanna and her husband,
482:, which he named Fort Hope, to protect his family and neighbors. In 1766 he applied for a license to operate an ordinary (tavern) there. Construction of the Ingles Ferry Hill Tavern and blacksmith shop on the 746:
found most of the accused men guilty. Some were imprisoned in the Augusta County Jail or had their property confiscated, and a few were whipped. Preston ordered many of them to pay fines of £100 or join the
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in 1756. One source says that Matthew eventually became a sailor, never married and died at sea, while Matthew's nephew John Ingles wrote that, after escaping from Indian captivity, he died at Ingles Ferry.
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In November, 1746, "Thomas English" and "William English" are listed as members of a road construction crew in Augusta County, on the road "from the Ridge above Tobias Bright’s that parts the waters of
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Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr. "Ford, Fort and Bridge at the Wilderness Trail Crossing of the New River: Fort Frederick / Dunkard's Bottom." Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association, November 13, 2014
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in 1978. The original Ingles Ferry Tavern and a reconstruction of the Ingles home where William ingles died, with a stable and a family cemetery, can be seen at the Ingles Ferry historic Site in
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and were heading back to Ohio with three prisoners. Ingles' company of twenty men attacked them and killed several of the warriors before the Indians fled, abandoning their captives.
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had walked 500 to 600 miles, crossing numerous rivers, creeks, and the Appalachian Mountains to return home. William Ingles then went back to Williamsburg to try to convince
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published on 8 August 1755, announced Colonel James Patton's death at Draper's Meadow on "the last day of July." Preston's Register gives the date unequivocally as 30 July.
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rifle broke, then with a frying pan handle, killing two of his attackers. He was taken prisoner by the Shawnee, but years later was released or escaped. He died at
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Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1998
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William Ingles was appointed constable in 1750 and judge for Augusta County in 1769. He was a county sheriff in 1773, and served as a judge for
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Land grant 5 July 1774. "1000 acres in Abbs Valley on the waters of Blue Stone Creek." Ingles, William, grantee; Virginia Colonial Land Office
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Trans-Allegheny Pioneers (West Virginia and Ohio): Historical Sketches of the First White Settlers West of the Alleghenies, 1748 and After.
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Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of what it was by Nature, of what it was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men who Made it
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Trans-Allegheny Pioneers (West Virginia and Ohio): Historical Sketches of the First White Settlers West of the Alleghenies, 1748 and After
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Bernard Fisher, "Dunkard's Bottom" Historical Marker near Dublin, Virginia, in Pulaski County. Historical Marker database, April 5 2011
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Junius R. Fishburne, "Nomination form, Ingles Bottom Archaeological Sites," Virginia Department of Historic Resources, June 15, 1976
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Ann Brush Miller, Betty E. Spillman and Shirley P. Thomas, "Historic Roads of Virginia: FincastleCounty Road Orders, 1773-1776"
1858:, Ingles, William, grantee; Virginia Land Office Registry, Library of Virginia, Digital Archives & Manuscript Collections. 1781:. Ingles, William, grantee; Virginia Land Office Registry, Library of Virginia, Digital Archives & Manuscript Collections. 1299:
The Battle of Point Pleasant: A Battle of the Revolution, October 10th 1774: Biographical Sketches of the Men who Participated
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800
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In 1760, Ingles was at Ingles Ferry when he was informed that a party of eight or ten Indians who had raided settlements in
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side of the river was completed in 1772. Ingles was in charge of improving and maintaining the road leading to and from
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Pete Payette, "Robert Ewing's Fort," in North American Forts, Southwestern Virginia, American Forts Network, 2009
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In February, 1756, William Ingles joined a force of 220 militia and 130 Cherokee warriors as a lieutenant on the
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and George were born in 1751 and 1753. In February, 1754, William purchased 255 acres from James Patton.
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Land grant 10 November 1782. "400 acres on the east side of Woods River below the mouth of Middle River"
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Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Calendar Series, Volume I; Madison, WI, 1915
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in June 1756, but Mary persuaded her husband to move again, this time to Robert Ewing's Fort near the
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John D. Sinks, "Proving Service at the Battle of Point Pleasant for Sons of the American Revolution"
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Volume 2, Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover Stanard, editors. Virginia Historical Society, 1894
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On 30 July (or 8 July, according to John P. Hale and Letitia Preston Floyd) 1755, Shawnee warriors
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As early as 1760, William Ingles was making money ferrying troops across the New River during the
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Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Ann Brush Miller, Kenneth Madison Clark, and Thomas Llewellyn Samuel,
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Early Adventurers on the Western Waters: The New River of Virginia in pioneer days, 1745-1800
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to build a house with his uncle, John Ingles. On 16 March 1750, Ingles' home was visited by
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The Narrative of Col. John Ingles Relating to Mary Ingles and the Escape from Big Bone Lick
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Setting All the Captives Free: Capture, Adjustment, and Recollection in Allegheny Country
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In 1781, Ingles filed a lawsuit claiming that surveys conducted by Patton's son-in-law
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William made several trips to Ohio to negotiate for the release of his sons George and
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where in 1756, William purchased 900 acres of land that had been part of the German
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Other patents were approved in the months following Ingles' death. His son-in-law,
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Bernard Fisher, "Colonial Fort Marker," Historical Marker Database, May 30, 2011
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In August and September, 1780, 55 men were brought to trial over their alleged
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but by the fall of 1744 all of them had crossed the Atlantic and journeyed to
262: 1946:. Augusta County Historical Society, Staunton, Virginia. McClure Press, 1976. 1888:, Master's thesis, History Department, University of Richmond, August, 1983. 1546:"The Nigh and Best Way": The Early Development of Roads in Montgomery County" 718:, supported Ingles' claims and fought a lengthy legal battle on his behalf. 509:, where William Ingles and his wife Mary lived out their lives. Photo c.1890 295:
in the Augusta County court records as workers on a road construction crew.
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For many years Ingles attempted to patent his claim to his lands along the
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Gentry and Common Folk: Political Culture on a Virginia Frontier 1740–1789
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Patton owed. It seems likely that Buchanan and Preston used a fraudulent
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On January 20, 1775, William Ingles was one of the 15 signatories of the
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activities. William Ingles was accused of being one of the leaders of a
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The original Ingles Ferry Tavern, still standing near Radford, Virginia
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1814 map of Virginia showing "Inglish Fer" in the lower left quadrant.
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William and Mary left their homestead in Draper's Meadow and moved to
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William Ingles was among the founders of Draper's Meadow (present day
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Land grant 25 June 1780. "1000 acres on the waters of Elkhorn Creek"
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to the lower ford of Catabo Creek." In 1749, William Ingles went to
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Great Valley Patriots: Western Virginia in the Struggle for Liberty
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lawsuit was as yet unsettled by the date of Ingles' death in 1782.
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8th. In the Evening crossed over in a ferry the new river or great
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George A. Rawlyk, Robert McCluer Calhoon, Timothy M. Barnes, eds,
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A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory
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On 10 October 1774, Ingles and his son Thomas participated in the
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The Preston and Virginia Papers Draper Collection of Manuscripts,
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Evidence supports the July 30 date, as documents confirm that
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History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: 1748-1920
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1782 Montgomery County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List
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Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Point Pleasant 1774: Prelude to the American Revolution.
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Joseph A. Waddell, "Indian Wars in Augusta County," in
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Data for a Memoir of Thomas Ingles of Augusta Kentucky
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Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800,
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Colonial Days in the Land that Became Pulaski County.
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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871
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Manuscript held at the Boone County Public Library.
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He was eventually promoted to colonel in the 1809:"Wolf Hill Patent: Was Thomas Walker a Crook?" 1209:The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1899:"William Preston - Revolutionary (1779-1780)" 1189:"William Preston and the American Revolution" 1155:"The Draper's Meadows Settlement (1746-1756)" 1119:"The Draper's Meadows Settlement (1746-1756)" 974:Chalkley, L., Lockwood, M. S., Chalkley, L., 8: 1991:, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 1583: 1581: 1270: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1262: 1260: 1258: 1256: 1254: 1068:Chalkley, L., Lockwood, M. S., Chalkley, L. 649:A reconstruction of William Ingles' home at 642:, issued in 1774 by the British Parliament. 634:, addressed to Virginia's delegation at the 565:Woodcut showing the Battle of Point Pleasant 1751:Glanville, Jim. "The Fincastle Resolutions" 1677:Kegley, Frederick Bittle., Kegley, Mary B. 1493:. Michie Company, printers, 1901. 1238: 1236: 1234: 1232: 1063: 1061: 1059: 1057: 970: 968: 966: 964: 962: 742:plot. A committee headed by Ingles' friend 1821: 1819: 1817: 1433: 1431: 1429: 1098:"Doctor Thomas Walker's Journal 1750," in 33: 1875:Vol. 54, No. 3, August 1988, pp. 387–404. 1347: 1345: 1292: 1290: 1288: 1286: 1137: 1135: 1133: 1131: 533:took over the operation of Ingles Ferry. 2035:Irish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies 1843:Loyalists and Community in North America 992: 990: 988: 986: 1113: 1111: 1109: 1102:vol. 1, Abingdon, Virginia, 1929: 8-26. 1044: 1042: 905: 889:, and his son-in-law Bird Bowker Smith. 854: 213:(1729 – September, 1782), also spelled 1966:"National Register Information System" 1085:Augusta County Road Orders, 1745-1769, 935:(1886), Heritage Books, reprint, 2009. 925: 923: 921: 919: 917: 915: 913: 911: 909: 1628:, New River Historical Society, 2007. 1509:. Samuel M. Yost & Son. pp.  956:. 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(1992). 1242:Johnston, David Emmons. 1170:Floyd, Letitia Preston, 833:Battle of Point Pleasant 828:Draper's Meadow massacre 801:Pulaski County, Virginia 672:Burke's Garden, Virginia 608:Battle of Point Pleasant 585:and commanded a unit of 394:Bedford County, Virginia 339:, then commander of the 272:Augusta County, Virginia 194:Battle of Point Pleasant 19:Not to be confused with 1757:XIV:80 2010, pp 69-119. 772:, known by the name of 616:Colonel William Fleming 388:Rescue of Thomas Ingles 371:, close to present day 320:attacked Drapers Meadow 1903:The Smithfield Review, 1755:The Smithfield Review, 1599:Smith, Conway Howard. 1550:The Smithfield Review, 1302:. 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Index

William Inglis (British Army officer)
William Ingle
William Ingle (cricketer)
Dublin, Ireland
Ingles Ferry
Mary Draper Ingles
Thomas Ingles
Colony of Virginia
Virginia Regiment
French and Indian War
Sandy Creek Expedition
Lord Dunmore's War
Battle of Point Pleasant
Sandy Creek Expedition
Fincastle Resolutions
Virginia Regiment
Mary Draper Ingles
Ingles Ferry
Dublin, Ireland
Fort Vause
Augusta County, Virginia
New River
Roan Oak
Burke's Garden
Dr. Thomas Walker
Blacksburg, Virginia
Colonel James Patton
Thomas
attacked Drapers Meadow
Governor Robert Dinwiddie

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