Person:Amy Church (1)

After James was killed by the Indians, Mrs. Copus and her family of seven children were removed to Guernsey CO, OH by Joseph Archer and George Carrel. They were hauled through the forest to Clinton, Newark, Zanesville and Cambridge, by a yoke of cattle, in an ordinary cart. The journey consumed many days, during which most of the family were compelled, on little food, to walk over a rough path, wade small streams, encamp by the wayside, and always in fear of being pursued and captured by the savages.They returned in 1815, and found their cabin as they had left it. A few of the Greentown Indians had also returned and re-erected their cabins, but peace had come by that time, and changed somewhat, the savage nature of the Indian neighbors, with whom they ever after lived in peace and friendship. History of Richland CO, OH