Person:Mary Daugherty (13)

Watchers
Mary Daugherty
m. Abt 1768
  1. Michael Daugherty1770 - 1830
  2. George D. DaughertyAbt 1773 - 1842
  3. Naomi Daugherty1774 -
  4. William Daugherty, Sr.1775 - 1852
  5. Sarah "Sally" Daugherty1776 - 1826
  6. Ellender Daugherty1777 -
  7. Samuel DaughertyAbt 1781 -
  8. Mary DaughertyAbt 1783 - Abt 1816
  9. Henry Daugherty1784 - 1846
  10. John Daugherty, Jr.1788 - 1856
  11. Robert Sylvester Daugherty, Sr.1791 - 1865
  • HWilliam CharlesAbt 1785 - Abt 1813
  • WMary DaughertyAbt 1783 - Abt 1816
m. 19 Oct 1811
Facts and Events
Name Mary Daugherty
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1783 Danville, Lincoln Co., KY.
Alt Birth? Abt 1793
Alt Birth? Abt 1793 Kentucky
Marriage 19 Oct 1811 (Old French Lick fort), Ind.to William Charles
Reference Number 242964
William Charles
Death? Abt 1816 French Lick, Orange Co., IN.
Alt Death? 1816 Old French Lick Fort, Indiana
Burial? 1816 Old French Lick Fort, Orange Co., IN.
Reference Number 21391

References:

1. Genealogy.com, LLC WFT, Vol. 53, Ed. 1, Tree #0683 2. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com Patterson-Magill-Daugherty Family Pedigrees.

3. Mary Dougherty, a daughter of John and Isabella Daugherty married William Charles in Harrison County, Indiana October 19,1811. William was the son of Joel Charles, who, with his family and several rangers, lived in the French Lick Fort in Orange County, Indiana. The Charles family came to Indiana from South Carolina in 1811.

4. In the spring of 1813, Indians attacked the Fort and William Charles was killed. Mary Daugherty Charles was on guard at the time of the ambush. After her husban's death, she wore the hat her husband was wearing at the time of the killing. The hat had three holes made from the blows of the Indian's tomahawk. Mary died in 1816, they say from grief over the loss of her husband. She and William are both buried near Old French Lick Fort. (Sources-History of Orange County, Indiana).