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Isaiah Prickett

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Isaiah Prickett

Birth
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Death
10 Sep 1774 (aged 16–17)
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Marion County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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On the evening of Sept. 10, 1774, Jacob Prickett's son Isaiah, a private in the community militia, and Susan Oxx set out in search of a lost cow. When they didn't return a search party was sent out. What they found was sobering. Young Isaiah was found murdered and scalped. Susan was nowhere to be found and had been taken into captivity.
On the evening of Sept. 10, 1774, Jacob Prickett's son Isaiah, a private in the community militia, and Susan Oxx set out in search of a lost cow. When they didn't return a search party was sent out. What they found was sobering. Young Isaiah was found murdered and scalped. Susan was nowhere to be found and had been taken into captivity.


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