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Regarding the son of Jonathan Jennings' son who, as reported here, was killed on the river while enroute to Nashboro;
I have seen reports that this was Jonathan Jennings jr. and that he survived this ordeal. When the boat became hung up on the rocks, he and two others jumped overboard. One of the others, a slave drowned immediately, Jennings and the other young man were able to swim to shore, where they stole a canoe. They were captured soon afterwards, and taken to the Indian Village. The other young man was tortured and killed. Jennings was scalped, but before they killed him, he was ransomed by a trapper/trader living among the Indians. He was later transported overland to French Lick on the Cumberland (Nashboro).
Later that summer, Jonathan Jennings Sr. was out hunting, and was waiting at a pond for deer to arrive. Indians showed up first. He was mortally wounded, but made his way back home. There he made out his will, in which he named his son Jonathan, who had been scalped and was unable to provide for himself.
That fall, 1780, several families from French Lick travelled over 200 miles north to Ft Harrod in Kentucky for safety in greater numbers. Some went back to the Cumberland at a later time. The Jennings family remained in Kentucky.
Jonathan Jennings married Anne Wood and had a normal family. He became a Lieutenant in the Kentucky Militia. In 1800 and 1810, he was living in Gallatin County. He died there in May of 1816. I am trying to determine if he died as the result of combat with the Indians.
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