Person:Molly Cartmill (1)

From Cartmill Family DNA site:

http://www.cartmill-genealogy.com/dna.html

5. Molly Cartmill - Molly and Peggy Cartmill were captured by Indians in September 1757. Their capture in 1757 and release in 1765 is documented in several sources.

a. ThePreston Register, a list of those killed, wounded or taken prisoner by Indians in Augusta County, VA 1754-1758. " September 1757 - - Sergeant Henry of Fort Dinwiddie killed. Cowpasture River: James Stuart killed and James Stuart, Jr., James McClung and two Cartmell children taken prisoner."

b. From Samuel Kercheval's 1833 book "A History of the Valley of Virginia". "Two of John Cartmell's daughters were taken by the Indians and remained with them several years. Their brother went to the Indian country, obtained their release and brought them home."

c. Molly and Peggy Cartmill can be found on the list of 205 Indian captives returned by Col. Henry Bouquet in 1765. When the French and Indian War ended in 1764, one of the conditions imposed on the Indians was that all white captives must be returned to civilization. In 1765 over 205 captives were returned to Col. Henry Bouquet, the officer that defeated the Indians. A large body of friends and relatives of captured people traveled with Col. Bouquet's troops as they went into the Indian country to find and release captives.

There are apparently no records indicating what became of Molly and Peggy Cartmill after they were released from Indian captivity.