Transcript:Current, Annie E. Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families/p013

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ter, Susie, Jacob Jones and his oldest children, Mary, aged twelve, and John aged eleven, Alexan- der Clegg, Nathan Worley and John Marsh went to the home of Jacob Farmer, expecting to hoe corn on the morrow. The house was surrounded by a band of twenty Indians and an attack was made about daylight on the morning of the 14th. Nathan Worley and Jacob Farmer were killed and Susie Farmer and Mary and John Jones cap- tured. Jacob Jones escaped by rushing out past the Indians, running first over the bank of the stream and then along the waters' edge under the protection of the bank. Three Indians fol- lowed him and finally forced him to leave the stream. He then ran up the hill along the fence of the clearing. The Indians at first hoped to catch him alive but finding that they could not do this without endangering their own lives, they each fired at him. One shot passed through his ear, another hit his belt and a third passed be- tween his legs. His escape was almost miracu- lous as he later stated that as he left the house no less than fifteen Indians shot at him. On the hill Jacob met Marsh who had gone out before the attack to hunt game for breakfast. Together