Person:Elizabeth Mouse (1)

Name	Elizabeth Mouse
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[2]	Abt 1751	South Branch, Pendleton, VA, United StatesSouth Branch VA United States
Marriage	Abt 1767	South Branch, Pendleton, VA, United StatesSouth Branch VA United States to Frederick Hevener
Death^[1]^[3]	22 Sep 1816	Brandywine, Pendleton, VA, United StatesBrandywine VA United States

Elizabeth Mouse was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

1 Elizabeth Mouse Taken Captive by Indians in 1758
2 Information on Elizabeth Mouse

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Elizabeth Mouse Taken Captive by Indians in 1758

Elizabeth Mouse is listed as being taken captive by Indians in the "Ft. Seybert Massacre" on 28 April 1758 in Augusta (later Pendleton) County, Virginia (later West Virginia), which is mentioned in the Indian Attacks of 1755-1758 in Augusta County of settlers killed or captured by "the enemy" (most likely Shawnee Indians being spurred on by the French) in Augusta County.

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Information on Elizabeth Mouse

It appears that 7 year old Elizabeth wasone of the children taken captive by the Shawnee ChieftainKillbuck. Elizabeth next appears 7 years later when on 5-21-1765, an Augusta County VA Court approved her choice of John Dunkle asher guardian. This John Dunkle was a neighbor of Nicholas Hevener and of Frederick, his son and Elizabeth's futurehusband, in the South Branch community. [{geni:about_me}]

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