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Stukely Harding

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Stukely Harding

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30 Jun 1778 (aged 23)
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West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Stukely and Benjamin Harding were the first victims of the invasion of Wyoming in the summer of 1778. "On June 30, as they were returning from their corn field, some miles up the river from Fort Jenkins, where the family had taken refuge, they were assaulted by an advanced party of Indians, whom they, being armed, fought as long as they could raise a hand, but were overpowered, shot, speared, tomahawked, scalped and had their throats cut. Their bodies were found, taken to the fort, now West Pittston, and buried. In after years their brother, Elisha Harding, erected to their memory a monument with this inscription, 'Sweet be the sleep of those who prefer Death to Slavery.'"
Stukely and Benjamin Harding were the first victims of the invasion of Wyoming in the summer of 1778. "On June 30, as they were returning from their corn field, some miles up the river from Fort Jenkins, where the family had taken refuge, they were assaulted by an advanced party of Indians, whom they, being armed, fought as long as they could raise a hand, but were overpowered, shot, speared, tomahawked, scalped and had their throats cut. Their bodies were found, taken to the fort, now West Pittston, and buried. In after years their brother, Elisha Harding, erected to their memory a monument with this inscription, 'Sweet be the sleep of those who prefer Death to Slavery.'"

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