John B. McClelland was an officer in the American Revolutionary War. He was captured by American Indians during the Crawford Expedition (Raid of Sandusky) and tortured to death at the Shawnee town of Wakatomika, which is currently located in Logan County, Ohio. John Slover, one of the guides on the Crawford Expedition, saw McClelland's body at Wapatomica. The Indians had painted his body black, cut him with their tomahawks, burnt holes with loads of gunpowder into it. His body was cruelly mangled; the blood mixed with gunpowder and was rendered black. McClelland's body, along with the body of William Harrison, Colonel Crawford's son-law and the body of young William Crawford, the colonel's nephew, was dragged approximately two hundred yards outside of the town. The corpses were given to the dogs, except their limbs and heads, which were mounted on poles.
A government-issued marker honoring Lt. Col. John B. McClelland has been installed where his wife, Martha Dale McClelland; son, John B. McClelland; and daughter-in-law, Rachel Orr McClelland are buried, at this cemetery.
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A government-issued marker honoring Lt. Col. John B. McClelland has been installed where his wife, Martha Dale McClelland; son, John B. McClelland; and daughter-in-law, Rachel Orr McClelland are buried, at this cemetery.
SOURCE; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John B. McClelland was an officer in the American Revolutionary War. He was captured by American Indians during the Crawford Expedition (Raid of Sandusky) and tortured to death at the Shawnee town of Wakatomika, which is currently located in Logan County, Ohio. John Slover, one of the guides on the Crawford Expedition, saw McClelland's body at Wapatomica. The Indians had painted his body black, cut him with their tomahawks, burnt holes with loads of gunpowder into it. His body was cruelly mangled; the blood mixed with gunpowder and was rendered black. McClelland's body, along with the body of William Harrison, Colonel Crawford's son-law and the body of young William Crawford, the colonel's nephew, was dragged approximately two hundred yards outside of the town. The corpses were given to the dogs, except their limbs and heads, which were mounted on poles.
A government-issued marker honoring Lt. Col. John B. McClelland has been installed where his wife, Martha Dale McClelland; son, John B. McClelland; and daughter-in-law, Rachel Orr McClelland are buried, at this cemetery.
SOURCE; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A government-issued marker honoring Lt. Col. John B. McClelland has been installed where his wife, Martha Dale McClelland; son, John B. McClelland; and daughter-in-law, Rachel Orr McClelland are buried, at this cemetery.
SOURCE; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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