John Thomas Williams was one of the earliest settlers in the Greenbrier Valley. He came to America in 1736 and settled near Warm Springs, VA. He married Mary McCoy, daughter of James and Jane McCoy. In 1758 he was a ranger who kept a lookout for hostile Indians. By the early 1760’s he had built a cabin and was living south of present day Williamsburg, WV near the resurgence of Sinking Creek.
In July 1763 when the Shawnee Indians attachked the Clendenin and Muddy Creek settlements, they killed John Thomas Williams. The Shawnee took his wife Mary, daughter Nancy (age 4) and son David (age 2) captive to their village on the Sciota River in Ohio.
In July 1763 when the Shawnee Indians attachked the Clendenin and Muddy Creek settlements, they killed John Thomas Williams. The Shawnee took his wife Mary, daughter Nancy (age 4) and son David (age 2) captive to their village on the Sciota River in Ohio.
John Thomas Williams was one of the earliest settlers in the Greenbrier Valley. He came to America in 1736 and settled near Warm Springs, VA. He married Mary McCoy, daughter of James and Jane McCoy. In 1758 he was a ranger who kept a lookout for hostile Indians. By the early 1760’s he had built a cabin and was living south of present day Williamsburg, WV near the resurgence of Sinking Creek.
In July 1763 when the Shawnee Indians attachked the Clendenin and Muddy Creek settlements, they killed John Thomas Williams. The Shawnee took his wife Mary, daughter Nancy (age 4) and son David (age 2) captive to their village on the Sciota River in Ohio.
In July 1763 when the Shawnee Indians attachked the Clendenin and Muddy Creek settlements, they killed John Thomas Williams. The Shawnee took his wife Mary, daughter Nancy (age 4) and son David (age 2) captive to their village on the Sciota River in Ohio.
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