Transcript:Current, Annie E. Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families/p012

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ed by scouts of the approach of the Indians and most of the people were sent to fort at Morgan- town, about seventeen miles away. Jacob Jones' wife was not in condition to travel. The children were sent to the fort and the father and mother resolved to stay in their cabin and, if necessary, die together. A scout by the name of Morgan who was watching the approach of the Indians, again warned them that the Indians were almost upon them and practically forced Jacob and his wife to set out for the fort. After proceeding for about five miles Dinah gave birth to William Jones. Morgan carried the new-born babe and the rifles, and Jacob, his wife, and the march to the fort was resumed. The rest of the journev through an untrod and unbroken forest and through creeks and rivers, may be left to the imagination. During the year 1775 or 1776 a fort was built on- ly a short distance from their home on the old Stattler farm, now owned by L. R. Shriver, and during the outbreak of 1777 the families resided at the fort and the men and children, who were old enough, went out in armed squads to cultivate their crops. On the evening of July 13, 1777, a party consisting of Jacob Farmer and his daugh-