Welsh Cemetery / Pontiac's War
N 37° 47.296 W 080° 28.896
17S E 545644 N 4182449
A two sided sign telling us of the massacres that occurred near here.
Waymark Code: WMKQWN
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2014
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Welsh Cemetery
In this cemetery are buried pioneer settlers, including Ann (McSwain) Clendenin Rogers, the heroine of the Clendenin massacre by Shawnee Indians. July 13, 1763, and the siege of Fort Donnally in 1778, by over 200 Indians.
Pontiac's War
Massacre of white families on Muddy Creek and of the Clendenins near here by a band of Shawnee Indians led by Chief Cornstalk, in 1763 completed the destruction of the early settlement on the Greenbrier Vally.
Marker Number: None shown on marker
Marker Title: Welsh Cemetery / Pontiac's War
Marker Location: North / West of Route 35
County or Independent City: Lewisburg, WV
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Historic Commission, 1963
Web Site: Not listed
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