On Sept. 14, 1936, Wylie L. Crow of Richhill Township gave the author the folloring information regarding the Massacre of the 3 Crow sisters on "May 1, 1791".
Susan "18", Katherine "16", Elizabeth "22" and Christina "8", Crow left their home on Crow Run for a days visit with an aged couple living near the site of Ryersons Station.
Their Brother Michael had left home earlier that day in search of a strong horse, but finding no trace of it he started his return trip down the creek and met his sisters near the mouth of Wharton Run. After talking with them a few minutes he left, but before he had passed from sight Two Indians and a white man, said to be named ""spicer", sprang from behind the rocks, seized the girls and led them onto the higher bank, where they questioned them about the settlers who lived nearby. After partly answering their questions, the girls started to leave but the Indians attacked 3 of them. Christina escaped into the bushes and made her way home where she reported the horrible affair.
The parents Jacob and Susan Crow and the following children: Frederick, Martin, Peter, Michael, and marry, walked up Stone-Coal Run to Lindleys Fort near the present town of Prosperity, where they remained from Sunday evening "May 1", untill Tuesday morning, "May 3". Fully believing that all the girls were dead. But on the way back from the Fort, it was discovered that hone of the sisters was still living.
The family brought the 3 girls home and burried Susan and Katherine in the graveyard near the home on May 3. Elizabeth died the following day and was burried beside her sisters on May 5.
More About Jacob Crow: Fact 1: 1750, Came to America -.
More About Jacob Crow and Susannah [Secris]: Marriage: 1760, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Children of Jacob Crow and Susannah [Secris] are:
George Fredrick Crow, b. July 26, 1762, York County, Pennsylvania, d. March 1824, Monroe county Ohio.
+Peter Crow, b. 1763, Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, d. November 25, 1826, Marshall County, West Virginia.
+Martin Crowe, b. May 13, 1765, Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, d. September 27, 1837, Noble County, Ohio.
John Crow, b. 1767, Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, d. August 1789, Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Elizabeth Crow, b. 1769, Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, d. May 04, 1791, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania.
Michael Crow, b. 1771, Rich Hill Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, d. May 08, 1852, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Susannah Crow, b. 1773, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania, d. May 01, 1791, Pennsylvania.
Katherine Crow, b. 1775, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania, d. May 01, 1791, Pennsylvania.
Christina Crow, b. November 17, 1783, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania, d. August 27, 1853, Noble County, Ohio.
Esther Crow, b. 1785, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania, d. September 09, 1853, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania.
Lydia Crow, b. 1786, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
Mary Crow, b. March 15, 1787, Wheeling Creek, Green, Pennsylvania, d. January 27, 1866.
Jacob Crow (b. 1732, d. August 18, 1822)
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