Person:Elizabeth Montgomery (10)

Watchers
Elizabeth Montgomery
d.Bef 1796
  1. Alexander MontgomeryAbt 1744 - 1778
  2. William Montgomery, aka "Black Billy"Bet 1749 & 1765 - 1794
  3. John MontgomeryBet 1750 & 1760 - 1781
  4. Anne Montgomery1752 - 1825
  5. Jane MontgomeryAbt 1763 -
  6. Elizabeth MontgomeryAbt 1768 - Bef 1796
  7. Thomas MontgomeryAbt 1760 - Abt 1799
  8. Robert Montgomery
  9. Mary MontgomeryAbt 1760 -
Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Montgomery
Alt Name Betsy _____
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1768 possibly Augusta County, Virginia
Residence[1] Abt 1780/81 Logan's Fort, Kentuckyage 12 - survived an Indian attack on her family
Death? Bef 1796
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References
  1. Waddell, Joseph A. (Joseph Addison). Annals of Augusta County, Virginia: with reminiscences illustrative of the vicissitudes of its pioneer settlers biographical sketches of citizens locally prominent, and of those who have founded families in the southern and western states : a diary of the war, 1861-'5, and a chapter on reconstruction by Joseph Addison Waddell. (Staunton, Virginia: C.R. Caldwell, 1902)
    480.

    ... Early one morning in March, 1780, [William] Montgomery, on going to the
    door of his cabin, was shot and killed by Indians, as was a negro boy by his side.
    Mrs. Montgomery and her youngest child were at Logan's, and her sons Thomas and
    Robert, were absent "spying." Her daughter Jane managed to close the door and
    keep out the savages, while William, a brother of Jane, who lived in an adjoining
    cabin, firing his gun through the opening, killed one Indian and wounded another.
    John, another brother, was shot dead in his bed. While this was going on, Betsy
    Montgomery, some twelve years of age, climbed out of a chimney and fled to
    Pettit's Station, two and a half miles off, with the news of the assault.
    Though pursued by an Indian, she arrived in safety. All the survivors of the
    family then at home, except young William and Jane Montgomery, were marched off
    by the Indians as prisoners. The savage who had pursued Betsy returned after his
    comrades had left and was shot by William from his cabin. ...