Transcript:Current, Annie E. Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families/p011

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the place he selected was then on the extreme frontier. They started out in life poor and cast their lot in the wilderness across the mountains from the scenes of their youth; they brought with them nothing, but at the close of their lives they were well-to-do and were loved and respect- ed by all. Their adventures, struggles and hard- ships if fully described would require volumes. Fights with Indians and hunting expeditions are still being told over and over again, but they left as a legacy to their children something far better than the land which they pre-empted, or tales of adventure — purity of character, strong, vigorous healthy bodies, piety honesty and frugality. These are the traits which have made their chil- dren and their children's children leaders and bulwarks of society in the communities in which they have lived and still live.

The assetts of those times, however, consisted in adventure and the bare necessities of life. Con- stant vigilance was the law of life and the rifle was as essential as any article of apparel. Always in danger, they suffered from three well-organ- ized raids of the Indians, 1774, 1777 and 1778.

In the outbreak of 1774 the settlers were warn-