Wetzel, George b. 1761 South Branch Cedar Creek, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA d. 19 Jun 1786 Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Wetzel, George

1761 - 1786 (25 years)

Name	Wetzel, George [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Birth	1761	South Branch Cedar Creek, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 9]
	South Branch of Cedar Creek
Gender	Male
Birth	Abt 1761	Dunmore, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA [4]
	DUNMORE CO., VA
Death	Abt 1782	Captina Island, Marshall, West Virginia, USA [4]
	age ~21 KILLED BY INDIANS IN VA ACROSS THE OHIO FROM MARIETTA, WASHINGTON CO, OH
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Death	1782	Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [10, 11, 12, 13]
	by Indians two miles from Fish Creek, near Middlebourne, WV...
	Hintzen: "... the facts remain: George Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1782, Captain John Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1786. When Draper traveled to Wheeling in 1845 to interview Lewis Bonnett, Jr., personally, he had written down Bonnett's version of the death of George Wetzel as follows: 'George Wetzel, Old John Wetzel, Martin and Lewis, and Miller most likely, went down the Ohio on a hunt. While paddling along near shore, they were fired on by Indians in ambush, and George Wetzel mortally wounded; and he said, 'All lie down-- I'll paddle the canoe around the point of yonder island-- I'm a dead man anyway.' The others did as he ordered. The Indians kept firing into the boat as long as it was within their reach, killing a dog in the boat, and one bullet barely grazed Martin on the shoulder. Martin and Lewis loaded as they lay, and shot at the Indians, and most likely with good effect. George soon got the canoe beyond reach-- and soon died; was buried at the head of Captina Island; died that night. A very handsome young man, very clever and beloved.'" ____________ 20230319GHLn- An Account of the Death of George Wetzel Posted 07 Jul 2019 by ranee53 John Green, presumed to be the oldest son of Regnal Green, was born February 6, 1765 in Berkeley county Virginia. Here he grew to manhood and by the year 1784, when just 19 years old we can place him in Ohio County West Virginia. This is about the same time that kinsman Allen Metcalf moved to Ohio County. John may have been among the many young men who left to seek their fortune in the western frontier. He probably served as border patrol since there was still a great deal of animosity between the frontiersmen and Native Americans as can be seen in the following narrative: "In the spring of the year 1784, before Fort Harmer was built or any settlements made by the whites, between Baker's Station and the mouth of the Big Kanawa, a party of young men left the post in a large canoe on a trapping and hunting expedition. It was composed of Lewis and George Wetzel, John Greene, Hamilton Kerr, and one other man. They dropped down the river as low as Muskingum Island, where they encamped. The next day at evening they went over to the mouth of the Muskingum, and set their traps for beaver, returning to the island as a safe place for their camp, against the attack of Indians. The following morning they went down again, and thirty or forty rods above the mouth, landed two of their party to reconnoiter, and examine the woods for signs of an enemy, while the other three remained in the canoe, and went to the Muskingum to examine their traps. They directly discovered that several of them were missing, and immediately concluded that a party of Indians had discovered their marks, and stolen them. George Wetzel soon returned to the canoe, and reported that he had seen no Indians, but plenty of signs of bears, which had been wallowing and tearing down the weeds in several places. This confirmed their suspicions that they were in the vicinity of a large party of Indians. Taking George on board, they pushed up the Ohio, and had proceeded twenty or thirty rods on their return when four Indians stepped on the bank, and from behind trees fired upon the men in the canoe. George Wetzel was shot through the head and fell dead into the boat. Kerr was shot in the left arm above the elbow, splintering the bone, and received a bullet at the same time through the fleshy portion of his side. His dog, a noble, large animal standing by his master was also killed. The other two men escaped injury; and pushing out into the stream before they could reload, were soon out of danger. John Greene, who rambled farther into the woods than George, had returned to within a few rods of the bank, when the Indians fired, and hearing the report of their rifles, rushed up to see what his comrades had shot at. As he approached within twenty yards of the bank, he saw an Indian behind a tree, in the act of pushing down a bullet in his rifle. Comprehending at once the condition of the parties, he instantly raised his piece, fired, and the Indian fell dead, tumbling headlong down the bank, near the brink of which he was standing, and rolled close to the water's edge. The other Indians, hearing the report of a shot, and seeing their dead companion, came rushing upon their new enemy before he could reload. His only safety was now in flight; and running toward the swamp a short distance back from the river, in the windings and turnings of the pursuit, counted not less than ten or twelve Indians, whom the shots and the war-cry of the savages had called into the chase. After wading in the water for some time, and seeing no chance for escape by flight, he secreted himself under the tops of a fallen tree, whose leaves and branches, sheltered him from observation. As a further precaution, he buried himself beneath the water, leaving only so much of his face uncovered as allowed of respiration. This was a common mode of eluding pursuit, practiced by the natives, as well as cunning white men. The Indians, a few rods behind, traced him by the turbid appearance of the water, and walked directly on the trunk, beneath whose top he lay concealed. Looking up through his leafy covert, he plainly saw his enemies, peering into every crevice, and behind every twig for their victim, vociferating in angry tones their vengeful thoughts, and pointing with their gun-sticks to the recent signs of his flight. Greene lay perfectly quiet, hardly daring to breathe, fearing lest even the beating of his heart should agitate the water; watching with intense anxiety their movements, until finally, to his great relief, they gave up the search as hopeless. As soon as the darkness of night concealed his movements, he left his watery bed, wet, weary and hungry. Having a long journey before him, he instantly commenced his march for home, thankful that he had been able to escape the scalping-knife of his foes. He traveled across ridges, the nearest route, well known to the hunters of that day. In the course of his journey he passed no less than three deserted Indian camps, so recently left that the fire was still burning, without being discovered. So rapid was his march, that he reached Baker's before his companions in the canoe who pushed up stream as rapidly as they could, and buried the dead man on an island twenty-five miles above Marietta, now known as Williamson's". (Memoirs of the Early Pioneers of Ohio; Hildreath; 1852; State of Ohio Library). An Account of the Death of George Wetzel ranee53 originally shared this on 07 Jul 2019 Linked to George Wetzel Saved by Comments
ancestry.com	20250225GHLn- Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848 Draper MSS Series E - Brady & Wetzel Papers 3E 050-057 Interview questions from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848 Re: The Wetzels When he lived on South Branch, did he take any part in the Old French and Indian War? 1st: Captain John Wetzel, Sr. - what [were] his age, size, appearance and character? Did his widow marry again; if so, to whom? And when did she die? Was it not on the East Side of Wheeling Creek [that] Capt. Wetzel lived? 2nd: Martin Wetzel - At the time he was captured, was [he] going to Morgan’s or Ryerson’s Stations? Some say one, some say the other. And was it to Riddles’ Station that he was escaped? George Edgington says that Martin was taken before Lewis & Jacob were; & it would seem likely, otherwise Martin would have aided in the cropping [farm work(?)]* After Lewis & Jacob returned from their captivity, they made a solemn oath to wage war against the Indians. *News (?) for George Williams Clark says it was summer of 1778; Lewis, being born in 1764 made him then 14 & Jacob 12 - Which is what Senator Brady states. His [Lewis Wetzel] looks were more romantic then reality. Let me know about it. It must have been June or July that the boys were taken, as [they were] corn hoeing. Was your father [Lewis Bonnett, Sr.] or any of the Wetzels [serving] under the Wheeling Militia, and on McCutcheon’s [Expedition?] 4th: 1781 - You seem to think it an error that either of the Wetzel boys killed an Indian Chief on Brodhead’s Coshocton Expedition: I can only say that Dr. Doddridge[1] has so stated it, without specifying which one it was; that the Chief had come to make peace, was talking with Brodhead, then one of the Wetzels came up behind with a concealed Tomahawk and killed him. Col. McDonald, in speaking of the affair, says it was Martin Wetzel who did it.[2] It seems to me, there must be some foundation for it, or two such authorities, spending all their lives on the frontier, wouldn’t have made such a statement. But I am persuaded that both McDonald & you are mistaken about Martin Wetzel being in that company, for I have among Col. Sheppard’s old papers his orderly book for that campaign, giving the name and rank of every man in his regiment: neither Martin Wetzel, nor your father’s name appear; but John Wetzel Sr., George & Lewis Wetzel were out-if ANYONE “Hawked” [Tomahawked] the Chief, it must have been either George or Lewis Wetzel, and not Martin. 5th: I suspect it was General Hand’s Squaw Campaign, as it was called, in February or March, 1778, that your father and Martin Wetzel went on, as Colonel Sheppard and a body of the Wheeling militia were along. If so, then Martin, I suspect, was captured shortly after his return. Give this matter your best reflection, and let me know your final opinion. 6th: 1782-March: were any of the Wetzels, or your father in Colonel Williamson’s Morovian Campaign? 7th: 1782-George Wetzel was killed while Crawford’s Campaign was carried on, in May 1782; so says George Edgington. In the notes I took of you at Mrs. Gingers (?), you agreed with Edgington as the time and also that Lewis Wetzel and one [man named] Miller were along. If Lewis had not been along, I should say he would have gone out with Col. Crawford, and this will satisfactorily account for his not being on that important Campaign. And when the Wetzels returned from this hunting trip from down the Ohio, then it was that Miller [that] came in from Crawford’s Defeat and got Lewis to go with him and find his horse. Both Edgington and George Wetzel [son of John Wetzel, Jr.] say Lewis was along when George was killed. Think the matter over and tell me the result. George Wetzel [John Wetzel Jr.’s son] told me it was on Pusley (?) Island that his Uncle George was buried. Was it so? And who was this Miller who was with the Wetzels? 8th: 1782-Was the Thomas [?] Miller who got killed while after his horse with Lewis Wetzel, related in any way to the Thomas Mills who was so badly wounded the following summer when fishing in a canoe above Wheeling &who died but a few years since? 9th: About 1784-Lewis & some person recuing a girl at the mouth of Short Creek. Old John Caldwell used to state it, and said the girl’s name was Kennedy, whose folks lived on Little Wheeling. Some accounts say it was at the mouth of Captina [Creek] that the girl was rescued-but if taken on Little Wheeling, then I should think the Indians would most naturally steer for the Ohio in the direction of Short Creek. _________ these were three Indians & a white renegade named Peter Spicer? Tax your memory further about his matter. One of the Indians of this party shot left-handed & all ____ was killed. Another account I have says the girls name was Rose McColloch [?]. 10th: Abt. 1786-Dr. Hildreth told me a narrative he had from an old man named Wiser; that when Captain [John] Wetzel was killed, that Lewis at that time was in Baker’s Station & pursued the Indians, and coming up in sight of [these] Indians, as, he thought, with a white woman prisoner & shot as he supposed, the Indian, but it turned out that he killed the white woman, as the Indians had taken her bonnet from her & put it on his own head to keep the rain off. Lewis now dogged the Indians, creeping up to their camp at night and killing one, and then managed to kill three. I have no faith in the story, unless you are able to corroborate it & give the particulars. 11th: Jan 1785-there was a treaty made at Fort McIntosh, and it must have been at that treaty that Lewis met some of his old Indian friends and went to their town with them and stayed some time. Let me know about it. 12th: You say it was 1787 that Lewis Wetzel, on McMahon’s Expedition [McMahon’s Reward Expedition] and killed the Indians. Colonel McDonald says 1787 or 1788. I shall adopt the former. How many men were in the McMahon party and what year was it? You speak elsewhere of McMahon’s Expedition to White Eyes Plains; was this the one of 1787, when Lewis killed the Indian? If not, give me the details. You intimated that you sent an account of the White Eyes Plains Expedition to Mr. Darby. I never before heard anything of it. Let me beg that you will not be content with simply sending such narratives to him; the best way of my getting them is to send to me directly. 13th: Old Mr. Burkham told me it was about 1785 that Lewis Wetzel found a camp of 3 Indians and killed them all; but made no mention of one escaping. Col. McDonald gives no date-says Lewis found the Indian Camp near the waters of the Muskingam, killed three, and the fourth one escaped. You think it was about 1787 or 1788-that he killed two Indians and the third escaped. I suspect you are nearest to right as to the year; and the chief point in doubt is, whether two or three Indians were killed. I have given you all the materials, so as to enable you to think the matter over; let me know if your opinion remains the same. Also, whether you think this affair was before or after McMahon’s Expedition when Lewis W. killed the Indians with his knife. 14th: You told me that Lewis Wetzel was apprehended for his and Dickenson’s killing the Indian while going down the river on a flat boat: Other accounts I have state that he had stopped for the night at his old friend, Hamilton Kerr’s below Marietta; perhaps on an Island, and was taken in the night. It seems to me, it is a mistake about his killing two Indians after he got the rifle from Isaac Williams. Please think this matter over. You say it was William Minor, a trader who went to [New Orleans] that effected Lewis Wetzel’s release, and I suppose you allude to General Minor. Edgington says it was David Bradford who fled to that country after the Whiskey War [the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791] and was nam of consequence; perhaps both aided. Let me know about it. Mrs. [Lydia Boggs] Cruger said that when Lewis returned from New Orleans and started off again, he took with him some hard money that his old mother had accumulated. Was it so? 15th: In the years 1789-1790-Lewis seems to have been engaged in his difficulties, such as killing the Indians and was chiefly in Kenton, Ohio. And in the spring of 1791, he was in the Beaver Blockhouse Affair with Captain Brady. I conclude it must have been shortly after this that he went down the Mississippi and got imprisoned. 16th: George Wetzel [son of John, Jr.] told me he was on the opinion [that] Lewis Wetzel, after he went down the river the last time, lived mostly with one “Sicks” [Philip Six, his cousin], a relative who resided some 60 miles from Natchez and thinks he died there. I merely thought I would mention it to you. 17th: I have seen some things stted about Lewis Wetzel’s personal appearance; that he was pitted from smallpox, that he took some pride in combing his hair, which was long, and when combed out, reached to the calves of his legs, that his ears were clit, like Indians, and he were something in them. Were these things so? 18th: Jacob Wetzel-You make a bare allusion to Jacob Wetzel and Alex Mitchell killing an Indian. Was Peter Crowe of the party? When did it happen, and what were all the particulars? 19th: A story lately made its appearance-Jacob Wetzel had his dog with him, in the fall of 1790, close by Fort Washington _______ _________, when he encountered an Indian and both fired, Wetzel’s charge partially disabling his antagonist’s arm, when a personal scuffle ensued, and the Indian threw Wetzel and would have stabbed him, but that Wetzel’s dog seized the Indian and held him in check till Wetzel killed him with his knife. Do you know any of this? 20th: John Wetzel Jr.-tell me the full particulars of the affair, when John Wetzel was of the party, when Thomas Biggs, Joseph Hedges, and John Linn were killed-when, where, and how it happened, and if you recollect who composed the balance of the party. I think I have been told that these men went out with a larger party under Captain Wm. McColloch’s caravan, found an Indian camp, and did not attack it-proved to be ten Indian __________, when these others went towards home, Wetzel and this party stayed behind and recovered/secured several horses from the Indian Camp and made off and were attacked when encamped. 21st: Colonel McDonald says that John Wetzel and _______ Dickenson started to get an Indian prisoner-waylaid on an Indian path, and, seeing two Indians, Wetzel shot one, while Dickenson seized the other-the two bound him and started on their return; after a while, the Indian, stubborn and refused to go on any further, saying that they might kill him, as he knew they designed to burn him. After all their persuasion to get him along, had to kill him. Colonel McDonald does not say where the affair happened. Is their any truth in it? If so, when did it occur? 22nd: You give me an interesting narrative of John Wetzel, Peter Crowe, and George McCulloch going to an Indian town, being followed by dogs, etc. I expect what you say is, in the main, correctly remembered by you, except that instead of Crowe and McCulloch being his companions, Captain Brady and John Williamson were the ones. It happened in 1791 or 1792-I think in the summer of the latter year. All the old persons whom I have seen; Colonel Archibald Woods, George Edgington, etc., all agree that Brady and Williamson were the two with John Wetzel, and that Sandusky was the place they ventured into. I hope upon reflection that you will be able to agree with them. 23rd: Captain Lewis Bonnett, Sr.-Tell me as precisely as you can, the date of your father’s birth and death-who his parents were; the particulars of the part he took in Braddock;s Defeat; whether he was on Colonel Bouquet’s Campaign in 1764; and whether your mother ws connected with the Waggoners [who] had a fort somewhere on South Branch, and how her father was killed? 24th: Captain Brady, on some occasion, made a great leap across some stream to escape Indians: do you [know] where this occurred? 25th: Isaac Meeks, William McIntyre, James Lemon [Simon?], Henry Hoyland (?) and Conrad Stoup, were prominent men in the Wheeling region: Tell me what you can of their history-whether they left any descendants. 26th: Tell me somewhere near the time of Major Rose’s death; as near as you can recollect. 27th: If you know of any of Peter Spicer’s depredations or any facts as to where & when he died, etc., let me know them fully. I rather suspect it was in 1774, when the people fled from Wheeling, that the Spicer family was attacked or not in 1777. There was a Miss McClure taken with Peter Spicer. Do you know what became of her? [1] From Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars: Of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, Etc.; by Joseph Doddridge; publ. 1824 by Jos. Doddridge & Wellsburg, Virginia Gazette. 20250225GHLn- https://archive.org/details/notesonsettleme00lindgoog/page/n10/mode/2up [2]This is actually very unlikely, as this subject is discussed rather intensely in William Hintzen’s Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley, publ. 1999 by the Jesse Stuart Foundation. Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848 Interview 1848 Description Draper MSS Series E - Brady & Wetzel Papers 3E 050-057 Interview questions from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848 Re: The Wetzels wenderful35 originally shared this on 3 Mar 2017 Linked to Captain John WETZEL George Wetzel Lewis L. Wetzel Pvt. Martin Wetzel Saved by (10 of 168) wenderful35 Sherrie Mazon sarahjrust DianneNeal84 carissa hurley lcplgibbs DebbieDeem03 lightbrownie Bobbie Jean Rentz Janamie Comments Goodrich_Sheila 7 years ago I'm so intrigued with the Wetzel family! I'm a descendent of Nathan Goodrich john c wetzel
DAR	Indiana, USA [3]
	DAR Indiana: Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.357: WETZEL, Capt. John
	Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Description: The Family Data Collection - Individual Records database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease 20200323HAv- re-named from: Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.357: WETZEL, Capt. John
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Name	George /WHETZEL WETZEL [9]
Death	19 Jun 1786	Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13]
	Hintzen: "... the facts remain: George Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1782, Captain John Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1786. When Draper traveled to Wheeling in 1845 to interview Lewis Bonnett, Jr., personally, he had written down Bonnett's version of the death of George Wetzel as follows: 'George Wetzel, Old John Wetzel, Martin and Lewis, and Miller most likely, went down the Ohio on a hunt. While paddling along near shore, they were fired on by Indians in ambush, and George Wetzel mortally wounded; and he said, 'All lie down-- I'll paddle the canoe around the point of yonder island-- I'm a dead man anyway.' The others did as he ordered. The Indians kept firing into the boat as long as it was within their reach, killing a dog in the boat, and one bullet barely grazed Martin on the shoulder. Martin and Lewis loaded as they lay, and shot at the Indians, and most likely with good effect. George soon got the canoe beyond reach-- and soon died; was buried at the head of Captina Island; died that night. A very handsome young man, very clever and beloved.'" This is the date on his father's tomb stone; cf Bill Wetzel's note, same manner of death, but in 1782
Burial	Aft 19 Jun 1786	Captina Island, Marshall, West Virginia, USA [12]
	"... the facts remain: George Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1782, Captain John Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1786. When Draper traveled to Wheeling in 1845 to interview Lewis Bonnett, Jr., personally, he had written down Bonnett's version of the death of George Wetzel as follows: 'George Wetzel, Old John Wetzel, Martin and Lewis, and Miller most likely, went down the Ohio on a hunt. While paddling along near shore, they were fired on by Indians in ambush, and George Wetzel mortally wounded; and he said, 'All lie down-- I'll paddle the canoe around the point of yonder island-- I'm a dead man anyway.' The others did as he ordered. The Indians kept firing into the boat as long as it was within their reach, killing a dog in the boat, and one bullet barely grazed Martin on the shoulder. Martin and Lewis loaded as they lay, and shot at the Indians, and most likely with good effect. George soon got the canoe beyond reach-- and soon died; was buried at the head of Captina Island; died that night. A very handsome young man, very clever and beloved.'" at the head of Captina Island
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Person ID	I57137	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	WETZEL, Johann Martin WHETZELL Capt, b. 15 Oct 1723, Switzerland d. 19 Jun 1786, Captina Creek, Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Bonnett, Mary Catherine, b. 1735, Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. Jun 1805, Sand Hill, Marshall, West Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1756	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18]
	Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth: Lancaster Co, PA 1733 Marriage: Rockingham Co, VA 1756 Death : 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Description: The Family Data Collection - Individual Records database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease or, moved to Rockingham Co, VA after wedding
Issue, jt	"mother of 7 children"
		Headstones & HOmestead, WETZEL, Capt.John & Mary BONNETT
SAR jt	SAR # 91974, #98978, #94708 by Charles & Robert Messerly & Charles Robert Wetzel [19, 20, 21]
	U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Captain John Wetzel Sr Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr SAR Membership: 91974 Birth Date: 1733 Birth Place: Holland Death Date: 1786 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Spouse: Mary Bonnett Children: Martin Wetzel U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ezekiel C Whetzel by Charles Robert Wetzel, construction engineer: 107 Circle Drive Marietta, OH 45750 Name: Ezekiel C Whetzel SAR Membership: #98978 Birth Date: 24 Jun 1819 Birth Place: Ohio, West Virginia Death Date: 27 Jan 1892 Death Place: Clarington, Ohio Father: George Whetzel Mother: Priscilla Caldwell Whetzel Spouse: Mary Osborne Whetzel Children: Singleton Whetzel
Family ID	F40239	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - DUNMORE CO., VA - Abt 1761 - Dunmore, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA
	DAR - DAR Indiana: Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.357: WETZEL, Capt. John - - Indiana, USA
	Death - 19 Jun 1786 - Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA

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		Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.357: WETZEL, Capt. John 20200323HAv- re-named from: Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.357: WETZEL, Capt. John.jpg (!!!) to: DARoster_Rev anc of IN p357 WETZEL, Cpt John.jpg p.357 WETZEL (Whetzel), JOHN, b. 1733, Switzerland, d. 11 June 1786, Wheeling, Va., now W. Va., m. 1754, Mary (Marie) Bonnett. SERVICE: Loyal…
		Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.358: WETZEL, Capt. John 20200323HAv- re-named from: Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p.358: WETZEL, Capt. John cont.jpg (!!!) to: DARoster_Rev anc of IN p358 WETZEL, Cpt John.jpg DESCENDANT: ROBERTS, Mary Ellen Roark, No. 450390 p.357 WETZEL (Whetzel), JOHN, b. 1733, Switzerland, d. 11 June 1786, Wheeling, Va.,…
		WETZEL, John Capt family TTW#5_2 anc_libbystiff1 20250303GHLn- TTW#5pg02 8/23/2019 10:20:28 AM LI libbystiff1 originally shared this on 23 Aug 2019 ... Ruhama was the daughter of William Shepherd and a niece of Col. David Shepherd who built Fort Shepherd (present day Elm Grove, WV) and who commanded Fort Henry during the Siege of 1777.
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Notes

never married- Allman

I'm sorry, I put the date of Georges death as 1786 when I should have put 1782. Many sources claim that George was killed the same time as his Father John but the most reliably (sic) information that I can find indicates that George was not with his Father when his Father was killed but had already been killed (in 1782) by Indians in basically the same way his Father had been killed.
-- Bill Wetzel, #193, 23.03.00
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GEDCOM: 491539 Hans Martin Wetzel b1700-

iii. GEORGE WETZEL, b. 1761, Rockingham, Virginia; d. 1792.
Notes for GEORGE WETZEL: REFN24
While on a trip with John Senior, his brothers Martin and Lewis, and a man named Miller, George was shot while they were traveling on the river in a canoe. He told everyone to lie down and he would paddle to shore because he was dying anyway. They made it and he died shortly thereafter. From the book "Recollections of Lewis Bonnett Jr. (1778-1850) and the Bonnett and Wetzel families".
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But wait... not married?- jcw 15.12.2010-
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Hints on George Wetzel: son of Capt. John Wetzel and father of Peter Wetzel

The following document states that Peter Wetzel, Sr. from Wythe, VA was the grandson of Captain John Wetzel.
The Biographical Record of DeWitt County, Illinois, Illustrated.
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901.
Submitted by Judy Simpson

GEORGE WETZELL. (Volume 1, Page 367)

Among the well-known and respected citizens of Farmer City, Illinois, is George Wetzell, the efficient and enterprising editor and proprietor of the Farmer City Sun, having occupied this position since October 1, 1899, succeeding Devore & Lawrence.

The birth of Mr. Wetzell occurred near Abingdon, Virginia, October 9, 1857, and he is a son of Jefferson Wetzel, who was born in Wythe county, Virginia, June 30, 1832. The Wetzel family traces its ancestry far back to one John Wetzel, who came to America either from Germany or Switzerland, and was the first settler in what is now the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. He was a farmer and was killed by the Indians, his son Lewis avenging his father’s death by slaying the murderer. The children of John were as follows: Martin, Lewis, Jacob, John, George, Susan and Christina.

George Wetzel, who was the great-great-grandfather of our subject, removed to Maryland and little is known of him in the family, except that he left a son, Peter. Peter Wetzel was a farmer in southwestern Virginia and operated a mill in Wythe county. His children were Michael, Elizabeth, George, John, Peter and Jessie. He died at the age of seventy years. George Wetzel, the grandfather of our subject, removed to DeWitt county, Illinois, in 1852, coming by team to Farmer City. By trade he was a cooper, and also engaged in farming in connection with work at his coopering. The grandmother of our subject was Margaret, a daughter of Michael Commany, who was born in Virginia. The family born to these grandparents included these children: Henry, Isaac, Solomon, Martin, Annie, Catherine, Rebecca, Margaret, Jefferson, Ambrose, George, David and Michael. During the war of 1812 Grandfather Wetzel started to join the army, but peace was declared before he reached the seat of war. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but later became a Republican, while the religious connection of the family was with the Lutheran church.

Jefferson Wetzel, the father of our subject, was educated in the public schools and engaged in farming. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Drum Corps, and later organized a brass band. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade and followed that in connection with farming. His marriage was to Miss Catherine Christ, who was born in Virginia, and was a daughter of Daniel and Amanda (Minnick) Christ. The children of this marriage were as follows: William A., who married Ella Cummings, lives in Salt Lake City; David C. was a minister in the Christian church, but is now deceased, his death occurring in San Francisco; Benjamin F.; George W., of this sketch; Anna Belle, married C. F. Holmes, of Piatt county; Laura M. married A. G. Albright; Vinnie R. married Harry R. Bates, of Seattle, Washington; Nettie F. is deceased; Della Maud is also deceased; and Pearl married L. S. Webb.

Mr. Wetzell has been senior vice-commander of the G. A. R. post and has filled with efficiency several political offices, notably that of tax collector. Formerly he was a Whig, but is now an ardent and active Republican, and has done some excellent reportorial work on the Bloomington, Illinois, newspapers. For many years he has been an elder in the Christian church, and has been long connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held high office.

It was in 1859 that George Wetzell, our subject, accompanied his parents to Farmer City and as early as his fourteenth year began a career which has been one of considerable prominence. Under John S. Harper, who was one of the earliest publishers in this city, he served an apprenticeship, graduating into a first-class printer, skilled not only in the mechanical part of the business, but comprehending with ability and intelligence to other branches of the newspaper work. In 1881 he went to Bloomington and there became the foreman of the Bloomington Daily Leader, remaining for a period of four years, going from there to Greenview, Manard county, to establish the Greenview Mail, which for four years was one of the brightest little journals of that part of the county. Returning to Bloomington he became associated with the Bloomington Pantagraph and remained in that city for eleven years, leaving that well-known journal to purchase his present newspaper in this city.

Fraternally Mr. Wetzell is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he is independent and at the present time he is serving as a member of the Farmer City school board. He is recognized as a man of ability and has increased the patronage of his paper in a remarkable degree since taking charge. Liberal-minded and careful, it has been the aim of Mr. Wetzell to furnish the news to the residents of Farmer City in agreeable form, to mold public sentiment in the direction of progress and improvement, to advance the interests of worthy enterprises in their midst and to give them a paper worthy of their support.

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Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848

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Interview questions from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848
Re: The Wetzels

When he lived on South Branch, did he take any part in the Old French and Indian War?

1st: Captain John Wetzel, Sr. - what [were] his age, size, appearance and character? Did his widow marry again; if so, to whom? And when did she die? Was it not on the East Side of Wheeling Creek [that] Capt. Wetzel lived?

2nd: Martin Wetzel - At the time he was captured, was [he] going to Morgan’s or Ryerson’s Stations? Some say one, some say the other. And was it to Riddles’ Station that he was escaped? George Edgington says that Martin was taken before Lewis & Jacob were; & it would seem likely, otherwise Martin would have aided in the cropping [farm work(?)]*

After Lewis & Jacob returned from their captivity, they made a solemn oath to wage war against the Indians.

*News (?) for George Williams Clark says it was summer of 1778; Lewis, being born in 1764 made him then 14 & Jacob 12 - Which is what Senator Brady states.

His [Lewis Wetzel] looks were more romantic then reality. Let me know about it. It must have been June or July that the boys were taken, as [they were] corn hoeing. Was your father [Lewis Bonnett, Sr.] or any of the Wetzels [serving] under the Wheeling Militia, and on McCutcheon’s [Expedition?]

4th: 1781 - You seem to think it an error that either of the Wetzel boys killed an Indian Chief on Brodhead’s Coshocton Expedition: I can only say that Dr. Doddridge[1] has so stated it, without specifying which one it was; that the Chief had come to make peace, was talking with Brodhead, then one of the Wetzels came up behind with a concealed Tomahawk and killed him. Col. McDonald, in speaking of the affair, says it was Martin Wetzel who did it.[2] It seems to me, there must be some foundation for it, or two such authorities, spending all their lives on the frontier, wouldn’t have made such a statement. But I am persuaded that both McDonald & you are mistaken about Martin Wetzel being in that company, for I have among Col. Sheppard’s old papers his orderly book for that campaign, giving the name and rank of every man in his regiment: neither Martin Wetzel, nor your father’s name appear; but John Wetzel Sr., George & Lewis Wetzel were out-if ANYONE “Hawked” [Tomahawked] the Chief, it must have been either George or Lewis Wetzel, and not Martin.

5th: I suspect it was General Hand’s Squaw Campaign, as it was called, in February or March, 1778, that your father and Martin Wetzel went on, as Colonel Sheppard and a body of the Wheeling militia were along. If so, then Martin, I suspect, was captured shortly after his return.

Give this matter your best reflection, and let me know your final opinion.

6th: 1782-March: were any of the Wetzels, or your father in Colonel Williamson’s Morovian Campaign?

7th: 1782-George Wetzel was killed while Crawford’s Campaign was carried on, in May 1782; so says George Edgington. In the notes I took of you at Mrs. Gingers (?), you agreed with Edgington as the time and also that Lewis Wetzel and one [man named] Miller were along.

If Lewis had not been along, I should say he would have gone out with Col. Crawford, and this will satisfactorily account for his not being on that important Campaign. And when the Wetzels returned from this hunting trip from down the Ohio, then it was that Miller [that] came in from Crawford’s Defeat and got Lewis to go with him and find his horse. Both Edgington and George Wetzel [son of John Wetzel, Jr.] say Lewis was along when George was killed. Think the matter over and tell me the result.

George Wetzel [John Wetzel Jr.’s son] told me it was on Pusley (?) Island that his Uncle George was buried. Was it so? And who was this Miller who was with the Wetzels?

8th: 1782-Was the Thomas [?] Miller who got killed while after his horse with Lewis Wetzel, related in any way to the Thomas Mills who was so badly wounded the following summer when fishing in a canoe above Wheeling &who died but a few years since?

9th: About 1784-Lewis & some person recuing a girl at the mouth of Short Creek. Old John Caldwell used to state it, and said the girl’s name was Kennedy, whose folks lived on Little Wheeling. Some accounts say it was at the mouth of Captina [Creek] that the girl was rescued-but if taken on Little Wheeling, then I should think the Indians would most naturally steer for the Ohio in the direction of Short Creek. _________ these were three Indians & a white renegade named Peter Spicer?

Tax your memory further about his matter. One of the Indians of this party shot left-handed & all ____ was killed. Another account I have says the girls name was Rose McColloch [?].

10th: Abt. 1786-Dr. Hildreth told me a narrative he had from an old man named Wiser; that when Captain [John] Wetzel was killed, that Lewis at that time was in Baker’s Station & pursued the Indians, and coming up in sight of [these] Indians, as, he thought, with a white woman prisoner & shot as he supposed, the Indian, but it turned out that he killed the white woman, as the Indians had taken her bonnet from her & put it on his own head to keep the rain off. Lewis now dogged the Indians, creeping up to their camp at night and killing one, and then managed to kill three. I have no faith in the story, unless you are able to corroborate it & give the particulars.

11th: Jan 1785-there was a treaty made at Fort McIntosh, and it must have been at that treaty that Lewis met some of his old Indian friends and went to their town with them and stayed some time. Let me know about it.

12th: You say it was 1787 that Lewis Wetzel, on McMahon’s Expedition [McMahon’s Reward Expedition] and killed the Indians. Colonel McDonald says 1787 or 1788. I shall adopt the former. How many men were in the McMahon party and what year was it?

You speak elsewhere of McMahon’s Expedition to White Eyes Plains; was this the one of 1787, when Lewis killed the Indian? If not, give me the details. You intimated that you sent an account of the White Eyes Plains Expedition to Mr. Darby. I never before heard anything of it. Let me beg that you will not be content with simply sending such narratives to him; the best way of my getting them is to send to me directly.

13th: Old Mr. Burkham told me it was about 1785 that Lewis Wetzel found a camp of 3 Indians and killed them all; but made no mention of one escaping. Col. McDonald gives no date-says Lewis found the Indian Camp near the waters of the Muskingam, killed three, and the fourth one escaped. You think it was about 1787 or 1788-that he killed two Indians and the third escaped. I suspect you are nearest to right as to the year; and the chief point in doubt is, whether two or three Indians were killed. I have given you all the materials, so as to enable you to think the matter over; let me know if your opinion remains the same. Also, whether you think this affair was before or after McMahon’s Expedition when Lewis W. killed the Indians with his knife.

14th: You told me that Lewis Wetzel was apprehended for his and Dickenson’s killing the Indian while going down the river on a flat boat: Other accounts I have state that he had stopped for the night at his old friend, Hamilton Kerr’s below Marietta; perhaps on an Island, and was taken in the night. It seems to me, it is a mistake about his killing two Indians after he got the rifle from Isaac Williams. Please think this matter over.

You say it was William Minor, a trader who went to [New Orleans] that effected Lewis Wetzel’s release, and I suppose you allude to General Minor. Edgington says it was David Bradford who fled to that country after the Whiskey War [the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791] and was nam of consequence; perhaps both aided. Let me know about it.

Mrs. [Lydia Boggs] Cruger said that when Lewis returned from New Orleans and started off again, he took with him some hard money that his old mother had accumulated. Was it so?

15th: In the years 1789-1790-Lewis seems to have been engaged in his difficulties, such as killing the Indians and was chiefly in Kenton, Ohio. And in the spring of 1791, he was in the Beaver Blockhouse Affair with Captain Brady. I conclude it must have been shortly after this that he went down the Mississippi and got imprisoned.

16th: George Wetzel [son of John, Jr.] told me he was on the opinion [that] Lewis Wetzel, after he went down the river the last time, lived mostly with one “Sicks” [Philip Six, his cousin], a relative who resided some 60 miles from Natchez and thinks he died there. I merely thought I would mention it to you.

17th: I have seen some things stted about Lewis Wetzel’s personal appearance; that he was pitted from smallpox, that he took some pride in combing his hair, which was long, and when combed out, reached to the calves of his legs, that his ears were clit, like Indians, and he were something in them. Were these things so?

18th: Jacob Wetzel-You make a bare allusion to Jacob Wetzel and Alex Mitchell killing an Indian. Was Peter Crowe of the party? When did it happen, and what were all the particulars?

19th: A story lately made its appearance-Jacob Wetzel had his dog with him, in the fall of 1790, close by Fort Washington _______ _________, when he encountered an Indian and both fired, Wetzel’s charge partially disabling his antagonist’s arm, when a personal scuffle ensued, and the Indian threw Wetzel and would have stabbed him, but that Wetzel’s dog seized the Indian and held him in check till Wetzel killed him with his knife. Do you know any of this?

20th: John Wetzel Jr.-tell me the full particulars of the affair, when John Wetzel was of the party, when Thomas Biggs, Joseph Hedges, and John Linn were killed-when, where, and how it happened, and if you recollect who composed the balance of the party. I think I have been told that these men went out with a larger party under Captain Wm. McColloch’s caravan, found an Indian camp, and did not attack it-proved to be ten Indian __________, when these others went towards home, Wetzel and this party stayed behind and recovered/secured several horses from the Indian Camp and made off and were attacked when encamped.

21st: Colonel McDonald says that John Wetzel and _______ Dickenson started to get an Indian prisoner-waylaid on an Indian path, and, seeing two Indians, Wetzel shot one, while Dickenson seized the other-the two bound him and started on their return; after a while, the Indian, stubborn and refused to go on any further, saying that they might kill him, as he knew they designed to burn him. After all their persuasion to get him along, had to kill him. Colonel McDonald does not say where the affair happened. Is their any truth in it? If so, when did it occur?

22nd: You give me an interesting narrative of John Wetzel, Peter Crowe, and George McCulloch going to an Indian town, being followed by dogs, etc. I expect what you say is, in the main, correctly remembered by you, except that instead of Crowe and McCulloch being his companions, Captain Brady and John Williamson were the ones. It happened in 1791 or 1792-I think in the summer of the latter year. All the old persons whom I have seen; Colonel Archibald Woods, George Edgington, etc., all agree that Brady and Williamson were the two with John Wetzel, and that Sandusky was the place they ventured into. I hope upon reflection that you will be able to agree with them.

23rd: Captain Lewis Bonnett, Sr.-Tell me as precisely as you can, the date of your father’s birth and death-who his parents were; the particulars of the part he took in Braddock;s Defeat; whether he was on Colonel Bouquet’s Campaign in 1764; and whether your mother ws connected with the Waggoners [who] had a fort somewhere on South Branch, and how her father was killed?

24th: Captain Brady, on some occasion, made a great leap across some stream to escape Indians: do you [know] where this occurred?

25th: Isaac Meeks, William McIntyre, James Lemon [Simon?], Henry Hoyland (?) and Conrad Stoup, were prominent men in the Wheeling region: Tell me what you can of their history-whether they left any descendants.

26th: Tell me somewhere near the time of Major Rose’s death; as near as you can recollect.

27th: If you know of any of Peter Spicer’s depredations or any facts as to where & when he died, etc., let me know them fully. I rather suspect it was in 1774, when the people fled from Wheeling, that the Spicer family was attacked or not in 1777. There was a Miss McClure taken with Peter Spicer. Do you know what became of her?

[1] From Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars: Of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, Etc.; by Joseph Doddridge; publ. 1824 by Jos. Doddridge & Wellsburg, Virginia Gazette.
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[2]This is actually very unlikely, as this subject is discussed rather intensely in William Hintzen’s Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley, publ. 1999 by the Jesse Stuart Foundation.

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Captain John Wetzel*

Birth: 1733 - Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 Jun 1786 - Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Marriage: 1756 - Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Mary Bonnett*
F: Johannes Martin Wetzel*

M: Maria Barbara Geist*

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Name: John Wetzel
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara
Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA
Birth Date: 1733
Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA
Marriage Date: 1756
Death Date: 1786

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Birth: 1733 - Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 Jun 1786 - Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Marriage: 1756 - Rockingham, Virginia, USA
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WETZEL (Whetzel), JOHN, b. 1733, Switzerland, d. 11 June 1786, Wheeling, Va., now W. Va., m. 1754, Mary (Marie) Bonnett.
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GEORGE WETZEL 1761-1782
BIRTH ABT 1761 • DUNMORE CO., VA
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GEORGE WETZEL 1761-1782
BIRTH ABT 1761 • DUNMORE CO., VA
DEATH ABT 1782 • KILLED BY INDIANS IN VA ACROSS THE OHIO FROM MARIETTA, WASHINGTON CO., OH

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The Wetzels In Marshall County.
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Captain John Wetzel, Sr. and Mary Bonnett Wetzel with their children, Martin, Christina, George, and Lewis left the South Branch of the Potomac in search of new opportunities. They settled along Big Wheeling Creek, which is now the Sand Hill District, in Marshall County. Later Fort Wetzel was built on this location..
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The wagon train also included the ZANES, who established Wheeling, the BONNETTS, the EBERLYS and the ROSENCRANZE families who all settled in this area. History records show that all these men and sons were to become notable scouts and Indian fighters in the settlement of the Frontier..
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Three more children were born to the Wetzel's after they settled in the Big Wheeling Creek area. They were; Jacob, Susannah, and John Jr..
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Captain John Wetzel and his son Martin were in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Martin was one of the soldiers who survived the Foreman Massacre near McMechen and was among the defenders of Fort Henry in 1777. Martin, his brother Lewis, and his dad Captain John Wetzel, were also among the defenders in the second attack on Fort Henry on September 11 - 13, 1782, against the British and the Indians, which is known as the last battle of the Revolutionary War. In 1782, Martin and Lewis were among the defenders of Fort Beeler against the Mohawk and Shawnee Indians..
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Jacob became sheriff of Ohio County, Virginia in 1803 and in 1818, his family became the first settlers of Morgan County, Indiana..
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Captain John Wetzel, Sr. was wounded by Indians near Captina in 1787 as he and a companion were paddling a canoe up the Ohio River returning from Middle Island Creek. He died soon after reaching the fort at Baker's Station, and he is buried there. His marker has been moved about two miles south to a road side park on W.Va State route 2..
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Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man..
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The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians..
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The prize of Lewis Wetzel's scalp by the Indians was never achieved. While he was visiting a cousin in Natchez, Mississippi in 1808 he contacted a fever and died at the age of 44..
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His remains were returned in 1942 to the McCreary Cemetery, located in Marshall County two miles from the Wetzel homestead, where his mother and brothers Martin and John Jr., are also buried. Compiled by Gerald T. Plants.
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From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984..
Reference: http://www.lindapages.com/marshall/wetzel.htm.

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The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin (David Daniel Louis Bonnett)

The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin, Vol. 18, pp. 1-7, 1994. With the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France in 1686, the persecution of protestants began, many of whom fled to neighboring countries.
Daniel Bonnet is given as father of Jacques and Jean Pierre Bonnett.

The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin, Vol. 18, pp. 1-7, 1994. Records of the Reformed Church at Friedrichstal, near Karlsruhe, Germany, list families for Jacques Bonnet and Jean Pierre Bonnet, both sons of Daniel.
Jackson County, West Virginia, Past and Present, 1990, pp. 127-128. David Daniel (Louis) Bonnette (born 1655) and wife Christi Causine lived in Thronque, France, between 1681 and 1686. Protestant, they fled from Piemont, Italy (now known as the area of Dauphine, Southern France), to avoid persecution. David was in Morlheim, Germany, in 1699, but subsequently settled in Friedrichstal Baden, Germany, where he raised his family. There were two sons, Jeanne Coliver Bonnette and Jean Jacques Bonnette.

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[S1392] William Leslie Wetzel, GEDCOM: Wetzel 491539 Hans Martin b1700.
4. JOHN2 WETZEL (HANS MARTIN1) (3) facts
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4. JOHN2 WETZEL (HANS MARTIN1) was born 1733 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 1786 in (W)VA. He married MARY BONNET 1756 in Maryland or Rockingham, VA, daughter of JEAN BONNETT and ANN DESREUX. She was born 1735 in Chester, PA, and died 1805. Notes for JOHN WETZEL: REFN21 Some sources list Johns Year of Birth as 1729 Notes for MARY BONNET: REFN22 Children of JOHN WETZEL and MARY BONNET are:
7. i. MARTIN3 WETZEL, b. Abt. 1757, Rockingham, Virginia; d. 1829, Sand Hill, Marshall County, VA (WV).
8. ii. CHRISTINA WETZEL, b. 1759.
iii. GEORGE WETZEL, b. 1761, Rockingham, Virginia; d. 1792.
Notes for GEORGE WETZEL: REFN24 While on a trip with John Senior, his brothers Martin and Lewis, and a man named Miller, George was shot while they were traveling on the river i n a canoe. He told everyone to lie down and he would paddle to shore because he was dying anyway. They made it and he died shortly thereafter. From the book "Recollections of Lewis Bonnett Jr. (1778-1850)" and the Bonnett and Wetzel families.
iv. LEWIS LUDWIG WETZEL, b. August 1763, Lancaster County, PA; d. 1808, Rosetta, Mississippi. Notes for LEWIS LUDWIG WETZEL: REFN25 More About LEWIS LUDWIG WETZEL: Burial: 1808, Relocated in 1942 to McCreary Cemetery, Moundsville, WV
v. JACOB WETZEL, b. 16 September 1765; m. RUHAMA SHEPARD. Notes for JACOB WETZEL: REFN26 Jacob and Cyrus were the first settlers of Morgan County, Indiana Notes for RUHAMA SHEPARD: REFN286 More About RUHAMA SHEPARD: Burial: 08 December 1795
vi. SUSANNAH WETZEL, b. 1767; m. NATHAN GOODRICH. Notes for SUSANNAH WETZEL: REFN27 Notes for NATHAN GOODRICH: REFN287
9. vii. JOHN WETZEL JR, b. 1770, Dunkard Creek, Shenandoa, VA; d. Abt. 1817, Canton, Ohio.
[S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 05 alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt BONNETT WETZEL (6) facts .... (.
alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt Martin, b 1757 Christiana, b 1759 George, b 1761 Jacob, b September 16, 1765 Susannah, b 1767 John, Jr., b. 1770. says Lewis was born in Lancaster Co, his older brother Martin born in Rockingham Co, VA birthday for John: 06 Feb 1797
[S1959] William Hintzen, Hintzen, William, The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794), 081 consolidated 20190307HAv- 11 citations, (1) ... (18) links.
In 1770,... John moved his family to the Monongahela country, probably somewhere in the vicinity of Dunkard Creek, a (West) Virginia tributary of the Monongahela which enters that river just inside the Pennsylvania line. It was there that his seventh and last child, the fifth of the Wetzel boys, John, Jr., was born in October 1770.
[S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, Trader Family Tree - SheilaTraderStanton59 / Mary Bonnett Wetzel acs- K OK 20200721HAv-.
Mary Bonnett (43) facts
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BIRTH 1735 • Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania,
DEATH JUNE 1805 • Wheeling Creek, Ohio, West Virginia,

Jean Jacques Bonnet immigration

In 1733, the Jean Jacques Bonnett family started out from Friedrichstal, Germany, looking forward to a prosperous life. There was the father, Jean Jacques, who preferred to be called Jacob and was 31 years old, Marie Desreux Bonnett the mother, also 31 and the four children Margaret 8, Susanna 4, Christina 2, and the baby John Simon 9 months. [BonE1] There had been another child named John Isaac but he was no longer with them. His loss was part of the reason Marie was willing to leave her home. We cannot imagine what the trip was like for the family. However, when the ship Elizabeth arrived in Philadelphia on the 27th of August 1733 a saddened family of four disembarked. The two middle children, Susanna and Christina, had died en route.

Having no choice but to continue, they went on and settled in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Five more children were born here -- Elizabeth, Mary, Lewis, Samuel and Susannah. Jacob Bonnett is listed for a survey of 400 acres in December of 1737. A land certificate for property in the Monocacy was issued and he received another one on the west bank of Hunting Creek below its fork. Marie died there and was followed by her husband in 1752. They are both buried in the Chester County Cemetery.

Their sons Samuel and Lewis then lead the family on to Virginia around 1753/54.

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Lewis, Mary's brother

Lewis Bonnett was born in 1737 at Paoli, Pennsylvania, and came to Wheeling Creek in 1764 with his brother-in-law, John Wetzel and other pioneer settlers and started homesteading on Wheeling Creek near the site now occupied by Britt Run school. John Wetzel settled about 7 miles further up the creek on what is now known as the E. J. Wilson farm.

Lewis sold out his land on Big Wheeling Creek in 1773 or 1775 and moved to the Monongahela country. Some years later he moved back to the old homestead on Big Wheeling Creek in 1781 or 1782 and resided at the old home-place until his death in 1808. His mortal remains are buried on the farm he tilled and ploughed. His son, Lewis Bonnett, jr., was born March 13, 1778 in the Monongahela country. The senior Lewis Bonnett had three sisters, the oldest being Catharine who married John C. Sickes, the second, Mary married Captain John Wetzel and the third sister, Susannah, never married, but remained an old maid and died in Shenandoah county, Virginia.

French Émigrés

The Bonnetts were of French extraction, having emigrated to the American colonies from French Flanders. French thrift and belief in close family ties characterized the Bonnett relationship. When the elder Lewis was 18 years old he enlisted in the Virginia Rangers and was under George Washington at Braddock's defeat. When quite young, he married Elizabeth Waggoner, who was also of French descent.

The historic barn and house built by Lewis Bonnett on the land he secured by a tomahawk right from the King of England's representatives in 1770, are still standing and are occupied today by the Messrs. Britt. Captain Bonnett brought an old distiller from Germany and the underground tunnel leading from the distillery to the creek is one of the landmarks of the old place.

On the exterior of the old house now owned by the Britts, may be seen, intact, the old ladder used to mount to the second floor. When the Buchanan brothers built the old stone house they expected to do much entertaining so they selected that crest of land for the house site due to the beauty of the scene. In its day, the old stone house was considered one of grandeur and style.

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Mary Bonnett Wetzel acs- K OK 1735-1805
BIRTH 1735 • Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania,
DEATH JUNE 1805 • Wheeling Creek, Ohio, West Virginia,
[S1953] Jill Alexander, e-mail: Jill Alexander-, *.
John Wetzel died in his home, along with his wife and three children, when Indians invaded the home (1786) slaughtering them and taking their scalps. However, four survived. Lewis and Jacob were in the house but spared because the Indians found them smart and active and, therefore, useful and took them prisoners. Martin, who had been out hunting, and John, who had been on an errand, were captured later. All four eventually escaped.
[S1442] Ancestry.com Wetzel Surname Message Board:, #193, 23.03.00 Bill Wetzel, George Wetzel died 1782 not 1786.
I'm sorry, I put the date of Georges death as 1786 when I should have put 1782. Many sources claim that George was killed the same time as his Father John but the most reliably (sic) information that I can find indicates that George was not with his Father when his Father was killed but had already been killed (in 1782) by Indians in basically the same way his Father had been killed.
[S1959] William Hintzen, Hintzen, William, The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794), 202.
George Wetzel (3) facts
"... the facts remain: George Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1782, Captain John Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1786. When Draper traveled to Wheeling in 1845 to interview Lewis Bonnett, Jr., personally, he had written down Bonnett's version of the death of George Wetzel as follows: 'George Wetzel, Old John Wetzel, Martin and Lewis, and Miller most likely, went down the Ohio on a hunt. While paddling along near shore, they were fired on by Indians in ambush, and George Wetzel mortally wounded; and he said, 'All lie down-- I'll paddle the canoe around the point of yonder island-- I'm a dead man anyway.' The others did as he ordered. The Indians kept firing into the boat as long as it was within their reach, killing a dog in the boat, and one bullet barely grazed Martin on the shoulder. Martin and Lewis loaded as they lay, and shot at the Indians, and most likely with good effect. George soon got the canoe beyond reach-- and soon died; was buried at the head of Captina Island; died that night. A very handsome young man, very clever and beloved.'"
"... the facts remain: George Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1782, Captain John Wetzel was killed by Indians in 1786. When Draper traveled to Wheeling in 1845 to interview Lewis Bonnett, Jr., personally, he had written down Bonnett's version of the death of George Wetzel as follows:
'George Wetzel, Old John Wetzel, Martin and Lewis, and Miller most likely, went down the Ohio on a hunt. While paddling along near shore, they were fired on by Indians in ambush, and George Wetzel mortally wounded; and he said, 'All lie down-- I'll paddle the canoe around the point of yonder island-- I'm a dead man anyway.' The others did as he ordered. The Indians kept firing into the boat as long as it was within their reach, killing a dog in the boat, and one bullet barely grazed Martin on the shoulder. Martin and Lewis loaded as they lay, and shot at the Indians, and most likely with good effect. George soon got the canoe beyond reach-- and soon died; was buried at the head of Captina Island; died that night. A very handsome young man, very clever and beloved.'"
[S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 108/109.
"John Wetzel, Sr., and his sons, Martin, Lewis, George, and two other men whose last names were Scott and Miller, were returning from the Wetzel farm near Middlebourne, in Tyler Co, WV, in June 1786. They were attacked by the Indians two miles above Fish Creek and ordered to land on the Ohio shore. This they refused to do and the Indians fired on them, wounding John, Sr., mortally, and shooting his son George through the body, and the same bullet that went through George's body killed a dog that was in the canoe. George told the others to lie down in the canoe for, 'I am a dead man anyhow.' They all did so, but Lewis, and he kept firing at the Indians until they were out of gun shot. Another gullet from the Indians' guns went through the side of the canoe, lodged against Martin's shoulder, cut a hole in his shirt, left a dent in the flesh that turned black, but did not have force enough to enter. John Wetzel, Sr., died soon after landing on the Virginia side of the river, and George succumged that night. They were buried side by side on the bank of Grave Yard Run near Baker's Station in Franklin District, Marshall Co, WV in coffins made of hickory bark. A common sandstone marked the graves, bearing the inscriptions: 'J.W. 1787; G.W. 1787' "-- note this error-- footnote 2: Settlement Book 1, p. 35, Ohio Co. Records in the Courthouse at Wheeling, WV gives the appraisement of John Wetzel's personal property as of August 19, 1786. --footnote 1: Another version says that George Wetzel was killed in 1782 while on a trapping expedition down to the Muskingum, and was buried in the sand at the head of Middle Island. The above is the true account. George Wetzel to Lyman C. Draper, ... [Is this George Wetzel, his uncle? my gr6?grandfather??
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"John Wetzel, Sr., and his sons, Martin, Lewis, George, and two other men whose last names were Scott and Miller, were returning from the Wetzel farm near Middlebourne, in Tyler Co, WV, in June 1786. They were attacked by the Indians two miles above Fish Creek and ordered to land on the Ohio shore. This they refused to do and the Indians fired on them, wounding John, Sr., mortally, and shooting his son George through the body, and the same bullet that went through George's body killed a dog that was in the canoe. George told the others to lie down in the canoe for, 'I am a dead man anyhow.' They all did so, but Lewis, and he kept firing at the Indians until they were out of gun shot. Another gullet from the Indians' guns went through the side of the canoe, lodged against Martin's shoulder, cut a hole in his shirt, left a dent in the flesh that turned black, but did not have force enough to enter. John Wetzel, Sr., died soon after landing on the Virginia side of the river, and George succumged that night. They were buried side by side on the bank of Grave Yard Run near Baker's Station in Franklin District, Marshall Co, WV in coffins made of hickory bark. A common sandstone marked the graves, bearing the inscriptions: 'J.W. 1787; G.W. 1787' "-- note this error-- footnote 2: Settlement Book 1, p. 35, Ohio Co. Records in the Courthouse at Wheeling, WV gives the appraisement of John Wetzel's personal property as of August 19, 1786. --footnote 1: Another version says that George Wetzel was killed in 1782 while on a trapping expedition down to the Muskingum, and was buried in the sand at the head of Middle Island. The above is the true account. George Wetzel to Lyman C. Draper, ... [Is this George Wetzel, his uncle? my gr6?grandfather??
[S36] ancestry.com, Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848.
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Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848

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Interview questions from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848
Re: The Wetzels

When he lived on South Branch, did he take any part in the Old French and Indian War?

1st: Captain John Wetzel, Sr. - what [were] his age, size, appearance and character? Did his widow marry again; if so, to whom? And when did she die? Was it not on the East Side of Wheeling Creek [that] Capt. Wetzel lived?

2nd: Martin Wetzel - At the time he was captured, was [he] going to Morgan’s or Ryerson’s Stations? Some say one, some say the other. And was it to Riddles’ Station that he was escaped? George Edgington says that Martin was taken before Lewis & Jacob were; & it would seem likely, otherwise Martin would have aided in the cropping [farm work(?)]*

After Lewis & Jacob returned from their captivity, they made a solemn oath to wage war against the Indians.

*News (?) for George Williams Clark says it was summer of 1778; Lewis, being born in 1764 made him then 14 & Jacob 12 - Which is what Senator Brady states.

His [Lewis Wetzel] looks were more romantic then reality. Let me know about it. It must have been June or July that the boys were taken, as [they were] corn hoeing. Was your father [Lewis Bonnett, Sr.] or any of the Wetzels [serving] under the Wheeling Militia, and on McCutcheon’s [Expedition?]

4th: 1781 - You seem to think it an error that either of the Wetzel boys killed an Indian Chief on Brodhead’s Coshocton Expedition: I can only say that Dr. Doddridge[1] has so stated it, without specifying which one it was; that the Chief had come to make peace, was talking with Brodhead, then one of the Wetzels came up behind with a concealed Tomahawk and killed him. Col. McDonald, in speaking of the affair, says it was Martin Wetzel who did it.[2] It seems to me, there must be some foundation for it, or two such authorities, spending all their lives on the frontier, wouldn’t have made such a statement. But I am persuaded that both McDonald & you are mistaken about Martin Wetzel being in that company, for I have among Col. Sheppard’s old papers his orderly book for that campaign, giving the name and rank of every man in his regiment: neither Martin Wetzel, nor your father’s name appear; but John Wetzel Sr., George & Lewis Wetzel were out-if ANYONE “Hawked” [Tomahawked] the Chief, it must have been either George or Lewis Wetzel, and not Martin.

5th: I suspect it was General Hand’s Squaw Campaign, as it was called, in February or March, 1778, that your father and Martin Wetzel went on, as Colonel Sheppard and a body of the Wheeling militia were along. If so, then Martin, I suspect, was captured shortly after his return.

Give this matter your best reflection, and let me know your final opinion.

6th: 1782-March: were any of the Wetzels, or your father in Colonel Williamson’s Morovian Campaign?

7th: 1782-George Wetzel was killed while Crawford’s Campaign was carried on, in May 1782; so says George Edgington. In the notes I took of you at Mrs. Gingers (?), you agreed with Edgington as the time and also that Lewis Wetzel and one [man named] Miller were along.

If Lewis had not been along, I should say he would have gone out with Col. Crawford, and this will satisfactorily account for his not being on that important Campaign. And when the Wetzels returned from this hunting trip from down the Ohio, then it was that Miller [that] came in from Crawford’s Defeat and got Lewis to go with him and find his horse. Both Edgington and George Wetzel [son of John Wetzel, Jr.] say Lewis was along when George was killed. Think the matter over and tell me the result.

George Wetzel [John Wetzel Jr.’s son] told me it was on Pusley (?) Island that his Uncle George was buried. Was it so? And who was this Miller who was with the Wetzels?

8th: 1782-Was the Thomas [?] Miller who got killed while after his horse with Lewis Wetzel, related in any way to the Thomas Mills who was so badly wounded the following summer when fishing in a canoe above Wheeling &who died but a few years since?

9th: About 1784-Lewis & some person recuing a girl at the mouth of Short Creek. Old John Caldwell used to state it, and said the girl’s name was Kennedy, whose folks lived on Little Wheeling. Some accounts say it was at the mouth of Captina [Creek] that the girl was rescued-but if taken on Little Wheeling, then I should think the Indians would most naturally steer for the Ohio in the direction of Short Creek. _________ these were three Indians & a white renegade named Peter Spicer?

Tax your memory further about his matter. One of the Indians of this party shot left-handed & all ____ was killed. Another account I have says the girls name was Rose McColloch [?].

10th: Abt. 1786-Dr. Hildreth told me a narrative he had from an old man named Wiser; that when Captain [John] Wetzel was killed, that Lewis at that time was in Baker’s Station & pursued the Indians, and coming up in sight of [these] Indians, as, he thought, with a white woman prisoner & shot as he supposed, the Indian, but it turned out that he killed the white woman, as the Indians had taken her bonnet from her & put it on his own head to keep the rain off. Lewis now dogged the Indians, creeping up to their camp at night and killing one, and then managed to kill three. I have no faith in the story, unless you are able to corroborate it & give the particulars.

11th: Jan 1785-there was a treaty made at Fort McIntosh, and it must have been at that treaty that Lewis met some of his old Indian friends and went to their town with them and stayed some time. Let me know about it.

12th: You say it was 1787 that Lewis Wetzel, on McMahon’s Expedition [McMahon’s Reward Expedition] and killed the Indians. Colonel McDonald says 1787 or 1788. I shall adopt the former. How many men were in the McMahon party and what year was it?

You speak elsewhere of McMahon’s Expedition to White Eyes Plains; was this the one of 1787, when Lewis killed the Indian? If not, give me the details. You intimated that you sent an account of the White Eyes Plains Expedition to Mr. Darby. I never before heard anything of it. Let me beg that you will not be content with simply sending such narratives to him; the best way of my getting them is to send to me directly.

13th: Old Mr. Burkham told me it was about 1785 that Lewis Wetzel found a camp of 3 Indians and killed them all; but made no mention of one escaping. Col. McDonald gives no date-says Lewis found the Indian Camp near the waters of the Muskingam, killed three, and the fourth one escaped. You think it was about 1787 or 1788-that he killed two Indians and the third escaped. I suspect you are nearest to right as to the year; and the chief point in doubt is, whether two or three Indians were killed. I have given you all the materials, so as to enable you to think the matter over; let me know if your opinion remains the same. Also, whether you think this affair was before or after McMahon’s Expedition when Lewis W. killed the Indians with his knife.

14th: You told me that Lewis Wetzel was apprehended for his and Dickenson’s killing the Indian while going down the river on a flat boat: Other accounts I have state that he had stopped for the night at his old friend, Hamilton Kerr’s below Marietta; perhaps on an Island, and was taken in the night. It seems to me, it is a mistake about his killing two Indians after he got the rifle from Isaac Williams. Please think this matter over.

You say it was William Minor, a trader who went to [New Orleans] that effected Lewis Wetzel’s release, and I suppose you allude to General Minor. Edgington says it was David Bradford who fled to that country after the Whiskey War [the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791] and was nam of consequence; perhaps both aided. Let me know about it.

Mrs. [Lydia Boggs] Cruger said that when Lewis returned from New Orleans and started off again, he took with him some hard money that his old mother had accumulated. Was it so?

15th: In the years 1789-1790-Lewis seems to have been engaged in his difficulties, such as killing the Indians and was chiefly in Kenton, Ohio. And in the spring of 1791, he was in the Beaver Blockhouse Affair with Captain Brady. I conclude it must have been shortly after this that he went down the Mississippi and got imprisoned.

16th: George Wetzel [son of John, Jr.] told me he was on the opinion [that] Lewis Wetzel, after he went down the river the last time, lived mostly with one “Sicks” [Philip Six, his cousin], a relative who resided some 60 miles from Natchez and thinks he died there. I merely thought I would mention it to you.

17th: I have seen some things stted about Lewis Wetzel’s personal appearance; that he was pitted from smallpox, that he took some pride in combing his hair, which was long, and when combed out, reached to the calves of his legs, that his ears were clit, like Indians, and he were something in them. Were these things so?

18th: Jacob Wetzel-You make a bare allusion to Jacob Wetzel and Alex Mitchell killing an Indian. Was Peter Crowe of the party? When did it happen, and what were all the particulars?

19th: A story lately made its appearance-Jacob Wetzel had his dog with him, in the fall of 1790, close by Fort Washington _______ _________, when he encountered an Indian and both fired, Wetzel’s charge partially disabling his antagonist’s arm, when a personal scuffle ensued, and the Indian threw Wetzel and would have stabbed him, but that Wetzel’s dog seized the Indian and held him in check till Wetzel killed him with his knife. Do you know any of this?

20th: John Wetzel Jr.-tell me the full particulars of the affair, when John Wetzel was of the party, when Thomas Biggs, Joseph Hedges, and John Linn were killed-when, where, and how it happened, and if you recollect who composed the balance of the party. I think I have been told that these men went out with a larger party under Captain Wm. McColloch’s caravan, found an Indian camp, and did not attack it-proved to be ten Indian __________, when these others went towards home, Wetzel and this party stayed behind and recovered/secured several horses from the Indian Camp and made off and were attacked when encamped.

21st: Colonel McDonald says that John Wetzel and _______ Dickenson started to get an Indian prisoner-waylaid on an Indian path, and, seeing two Indians, Wetzel shot one, while Dickenson seized the other-the two bound him and started on their return; after a while, the Indian, stubborn and refused to go on any further, saying that they might kill him, as he knew they designed to burn him. After all their persuasion to get him along, had to kill him. Colonel McDonald does not say where the affair happened. Is their any truth in it? If so, when did it occur?

22nd: You give me an interesting narrative of John Wetzel, Peter Crowe, and George McCulloch going to an Indian town, being followed by dogs, etc. I expect what you say is, in the main, correctly remembered by you, except that instead of Crowe and McCulloch being his companions, Captain Brady and John Williamson were the ones. It happened in 1791 or 1792-I think in the summer of the latter year. All the old persons whom I have seen; Colonel Archibald Woods, George Edgington, etc., all agree that Brady and Williamson were the two with John Wetzel, and that Sandusky was the place they ventured into. I hope upon reflection that you will be able to agree with them.

23rd: Captain Lewis Bonnett, Sr.-Tell me as precisely as you can, the date of your father’s birth and death-who his parents were; the particulars of the part he took in Braddock;s Defeat; whether he was on Colonel Bouquet’s Campaign in 1764; and whether your mother ws connected with the Waggoners [who] had a fort somewhere on South Branch, and how her father was killed?

24th: Captain Brady, on some occasion, made a great leap across some stream to escape Indians: do you [know] where this occurred?

25th: Isaac Meeks, William McIntyre, James Lemon [Simon?], Henry Hoyland (?) and Conrad Stoup, were prominent men in the Wheeling region: Tell me what you can of their history-whether they left any descendants.

26th: Tell me somewhere near the time of Major Rose’s death; as near as you can recollect.

27th: If you know of any of Peter Spicer’s depredations or any facts as to where & when he died, etc., let me know them fully. I rather suspect it was in 1774, when the people fled from Wheeling, that the Spicer family was attacked or not in 1777. There was a Miss McClure taken with Peter Spicer. Do you know what became of her?

[1] From Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars: Of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, Etc.; by Joseph Doddridge; publ. 1824 by Jos. Doddridge & Wellsburg, Virginia Gazette.
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[2]This is actually very unlikely, as this subject is discussed rather intensely in William Hintzen’s Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley, publ. 1999 by the Jesse Stuart Foundation.

Interview questions Re: the Wetzels from Lyman Draper to Lewis Bonnett, Jr. Dec 1848
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[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Pope Family Tree, Owner: misapope Last viewed: John Wetzel, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
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From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984. Submitted by Phyllis Slater.

Captain John Wetzel, Sr. and Mary Bonnett Wetzel with their children, Martin, Christina, George, and Lewis left the South Branch of the Potomac in search of new opportunities. They settled along Big Wheeling Creek, which is now the Sand Hill District, in Marshall County. Later Fort Wetzel was built on this location.

The wagon train also included the ZANES, who established Wheeling, the BONNETTS, the EBERLYS and the ROSENCRANZE families who all settled in this area. History records show that all these men and sons were to become notable scouts and Indian fighters in the settlement of the Frontier.

Three more children were born to the Wetzel's after they settled in the Big Wheeling Creek area. They were; Jacob, Susannah, and John Jr.

Captain John Wetzel and his son Martin were in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Martin was one of the soldiers who survived the Foreman Massacre near McMechen and was among the defenders of Fort Henry in 1777. Martin, his brother Lewis, and his dad Captain John Wetzel, were also among the defenders in the second attack on Fort Henry on September 11 - 13, 1782, against the British and the Indians, which is known as the last battle of the Revolutionary War. In 1782, Martin and Lewis were among the defenders of Fort Beeler against the Mohawk and Shawnee Indians.

Jacob became sheriff of Ohio County, Virginia in 1803 and in 1818, his family became the first settlers of Morgan County, Indiana.

Captain John Wetzel, Sr. was wounded by Indians near Captina in 1787 as he and a companion were paddling a canoe up the Ohio River returning from Middle Island Creek. He died soon after reaching the fort at Baker's Station, and he is buried there. His marker has been moved about two miles south to a road side park on W.Va State route 2.

Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man.

The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians.

The prize of Lewis Wetzel's scalp by the Indians was never achieved. While he was visiting a cousin in Natchez, Mississippi in 1808 he contacted a fever and died at the age of 44.

His remains were returned in 1942 to the McCreary Cemetery, located in Marshall County two miles from the Wetzel homestead, where his mother and brothers Martin and John Jr., are also buried. Compiled by Gerald T. Plants

From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984.
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Notes on Captain John Wetzel
For more information on McCreary Cemetery, Marshall County, West Virginia, and photographs of the grave stones of Captain John Wetzel and his family, go to:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/cemetery/mccreary.htm

Notes for Captain John WETZELCaptain John Wetzel, along with the Bonnets, the Zanes, the Ebberlys, and the Rosencranzes, moved, across the Alleghenies, to occupy some of the "free lands" that had become available, in 1786. Ultimately, the little group of families settled near present day Wheeling, West Virginia. The Wetzels carved a farmstead along Big Wheeling Creek, about 14 miles from the Ohio River.

John Wetzel received his title, "Captain," from service in the Revolutionary War. He was Captain of the Rangers, raised from Ohio and Monongahila Counties, the summer of 1778. His company was under the command of Colonel Daniel McFarland. His son, Martin Wetzel, Jr. was a private in this company.

Neither Capt. John Wetzel nor son, Private Martin Wetzel, Jr., received compensable injuries while in service.

Capt. John Wetzel's personal property estate was appraised Aug. 19, 1786, and was valued at about 120 Pounds, which was considerable for a frontiersman. His son, Jacob Wetzel, was administrator of his will.

More information on Captain John Wetzel is given in Wagoner's study, "John Wagoner, 1741-1842." Other notes on Captain John Wetzel and his family are found in "The Whetzel Family," compiled by Lewis H. Yankey, Criders, Virginia, 1991.

For more information on McCreary Cemetery, Marshall County, West Virginia, and photographs of the grave stones of Captain John Wetzel and his family, go to:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/cemetery/mccreary.htm
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Revolutionary War

JOHN WETZEL, Sr., b. 1733, Holland, moved to Switzerland about 1740, married Mary Bonnett, 1756. Children: Martin, b. 1757; Christina, b. 1759; George, b. 1761; Lewis, b. Aug. 1763; Jacob, b. 9/16/1765; Susannah, b. 1767; John Jr., b. 1770. In battle of Point Pleasant under General Andrew Lewis, 10/10/1774. Rendered service as a scout, commanded a company of rangers on the frontier of West Virginia, 1778. Killed by Indians 6/11/1786, VA/WV, buried Grave Yard Run, near Baker's Station, Franklin District, Marshall County, WV. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Captain, VA & PA.

(Source: D.A.R. Lineage Book
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Lewis, son of Captain John

Lewis Wetzel, giant of the American frontier, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the fourth of seven children to Mary and John Wetzel. His father was a German immigrant, a former indentured slave who had risen above his station to win the hand of the daughter of the well established Bonnet family, who had already been living on American soil for several generations.

When Lewis was just one year old, his family packed up with some other hardy settlers and moved across the Allegheny mountains to take possession of land that was now up for grabs as a result of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. They settled in an area of forest clearing along Big Wheeling Creek, not far from the Ohio River.

Unfortunately for them, the Wetzel’s and their neigbors were now direct targets from the Shawnee, Delaware and Miami Indians. The family became used to raids from these tribes. The boys grew up quick. They learned how to use a gun at an early age.

At the age of thirteen Lewis was captured by a raiding party of Wyandot Indians along with his brother George. During the assault young Lewis was grazed in the chest with a bullet. Despite the pain of this wound, which had torn into his sternum, Lewis knew that he had to keep up with the fast pace set by the Indians as the rushed back to their village. To slow them down meant certain death. On the third night of their capture, however, the Indians were lax in providing guards over the two boys. As their captors slept, the two boys made their escape. They took off without their shoes. Before long, though, they realised that they wouldn’t get far on bare feet. While his brother lay low, Lewis stole back to the camp and got the boy’s moccasins. But that wasn’t enough for feisty Lewis. He went back a third time and stole back his father’s rifle and powder horn from the Indians.

The boys now set out for home. The Indians soon set out in pursuit but the Wetzel boys eluded them. They crossed the Ohio River on a raft they had made. They finally dragged themselves back into their village clearing to the amazement of their family.

This event marked a new turn in Lewis’ life. He now spent his every waking moment in perfecting his skills as an Indian fighter. He became an expert shot and extremely adept with the tomahawk and hunting knife. He also perfected another skill that was rare indeed on the frontier - he was able to load, prime and shoot his long rifle while running at full speed through the forest.

At age fourteen, Lewis was part of a rescue party sent out to rescue a woman who had been taken by the Indians. Along with the woman’s husband, Lewis tracked down the Indians. They followed them across the Ohio River and found them at nightfall. Three Indians were sleeping while the fourth stood guard over the weeping woman. All night the two white men watched over the camp. Then just as the Indians were waking, they made their move. They shot the first two Indians to wake and then charged the others with their tomahawks. The Indians fled. As his companion comforted his wife, Lewis took off after the escaping two Indians. He shot down the first one. The other then turned to attack Lewis, knowing that his rifle was now spent. But Lewis put into practice his skill of reloading on the run and soon had killed his third Indian of the day.

Over the next few years, Lewis would have more run ins with Indian raiders and hostage takers. With each episode he would further enhance both his frontier skills and his reputation among his compatriots. By the time he was twenty Lewis was a full time Indian hunter. He was never to settle down and raise a farm or otherwise domesticate himself.

Lewis had grown into a large, formidable character. He seemed, however, uncomfortable in adult company. His speech was faltering and his manners ungainly. However, whenever shooting, knife throwing or tomahawking competitions were held, Lewis would always be the winner. He became a one man Indian hunting army. His favorite trick was to hunt down small bands of Indians and attack them while they were sleeping, wreaking havoc with his knife and tomahawk.

In 1781 Wetzel made the mistake of killing a Delaware Indian Chief who was acting as a peace emissary. The act was outrageous but Wetzel was not punished for it. From this point Wetzel began to act more and more irrationally. His hatred for Indians knew no bounds and people became less and less comfortable in his presence. In 1789 he murdered a Seneca Chief who had long worked to bring about peace with the whites. This time his crime was not ignored. A murder warrant was sworn out for him and Lewis Wetzel became a fugitive.

A militia guard soon captured Wetzel. But he promptly escaped, to be secreted amongst his people in the woods. However, he was captured a second time when he was recognized by a regular army group, wearing civilian clothing. He was locked up in Fort Washington in preparation of his trial. But soon 200 frontiersmen had gathered around the fort demanding his release. The territorial judge capitulated and Wetzel was free again.

As peace settled along the frontier Wetzel and his ilk found themselves out of step. He went west into Spanish territory. Little else is known of his life from that point. In 1808 he became ill with yellow fever. He soon died. He was just 44 years of age.

misapopeadded this on 28 Feb 2011 krl60originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 3 Sep 2009
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Fort Wetzell,

FORT WETZEL-
Fort Wetzel was a stockade fort situated on Wheeling Creek, now in Sand Hill District, Marshall County. The builders and defenders were John Wetzel and his five sons -- Martin, Lewis, Jacob, George and John -- the most noted Indian fighters that ever dwelt on the West Virginia frontier.

From: MYERS' HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA, Volume 1, Chapter XII, pages 159-181. Compiled by S. Myers, 1915. Published by The Wheeling News Lithograph Company

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Killed by Indians
Capt. John Wetzel was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio river 11 Jun 1786.

Capt. John Wetzel was in the Battle of Point Pleasant under General Andrew Lewis 10-10-1774, he also rendered service as a scout, and commanded a company of rangers on the frontier of WV 1778.

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Wetzel County, WV signpost: Lewis was Captain John's son and brother to John. Captain John's sons were well known in the area as frontiersmen. Lewis, however, was the most (in)famous.
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	Wetzel County, WV Lewis was Captain John's son and brother to John. Captain John's sons were well known in the area as frontiersmen. Lewis, however, was the most (in)famous. misapope added this on 28 Feb 2011 krl60 originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 5 Sep 2009
	Memorial to Capt. John Wetzel, 1733-11 June 1786, moved in 1990 from Graveyard Run, Americana Park to McCreary Cemetery Memorial to Capt. John Wetzel born 1733 - died11 June 1786 Buried at Graveyard Run Marshall County, West Virginia. Thie monument originally was located at Americana Park, State Route 2, Marshall County, West Virginia. It was …
	Virginians in the Revolution, p. 818: WETZEL, Capt.John, Martin, Jacob, Daniel
	Fort Wetzel, erected ca 1769, 12 miles from Wheeling, WV on Wheeling Creek 20250302GHLn- FORT WETZEL John Wetzel and sons, Lewis, Jacob, Martin, John, and George came with the Zanes in 1769 and built a fort. The Wetzels became famous as scouts and Indian fighters. In 1787, the elder Wetzel was killed by Indians at Baker's Station. A stockade fort erected about 1769 by John Wetzel and his noted sons, twelve miles from…
	Headstone, Capt. John WHETZELL, Captain VA Rangers, Rev. War June 19, 1786 Headstone, Capt. John WHETZELL, Captain VA Rangers, Rev. War June 17, 1786 Inscription: JOHN WHETZELL Captain VA Rangers Rev War June 17, 1786

[S1061] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), John Wetzel consolidated 20190210HAv (3) into general collection.
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel
Name: John Wetzel
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara
Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA
Birth Date: 1733
Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA
Marriage Date: 1756
Death Date: 1786

Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA.
Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

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[S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 5.
alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt Martin, b 1757 Christiana, b 1759 George, b 1761 Jacob, b September 16, 1765 Susannah, b 1767 John, Jr., b. 1770. says Lewis was born in Lancaster Co, his older brother Martin born in Rockingham Co, VA birthday for John: 06 Feb 1797
[S1061] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid

[S1335] SAR, West Virginia Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Application Files, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr by Robert Donald Messerly.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr by Robert Donald Messerly Name: John Wetzel Sr SAR Membership: 94708 WV SAR #: 1156 Birth Date: 1733 Birth Place: Holland Death Date: 1786 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Spouse: Mary Bonnett Children: Martin Wetzel Name: Martin Wetzel SAR Membership: 94708 WV SAR #: 1156 Birth Date: 1757 Birth Place: Rockingham, Virginia Death Date: Oct 1829 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Father: John Wetzel Mother: Mary Bonnett Spouse: Mary Coffield Children: George Wetzel
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr
by Robert Donald Messerly
Name: John Wetzel Sr
SAR : 94708
WV 1156
Birth: 1733 Holland
Death: 1786
Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
Name: Martin Wetzel
SAR: 94708
WV 1156
Birth: 1757 Rockingham, Virginia
Death: Oct 1829
Ohio, Virginia
Father: John Wetzel
Mother: Mary Bonnett
Spouse: Mary Coffield
Children: George Wetzel

Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 94708.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Description: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Learn more...
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Martin Wetzel
by Robert Donald Messerly
Name: Martin Wetzel
SAR: 94708
WV 1156
Birth : 1757 Rockingham, Virginia
Death: Oct 1829
Death: Ohio, Virginia
Father: John Wetzel
Mother: Mary Bonnett
Spouse: Mary Coffield
Children: George Wetzel

Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 94708.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

WV SAR membership appication of Robert Donald Messerly, descended from Cpt John Wetzel
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr by Robert Donald Messerly Name: John Wetzel Sr SAR Membership: 94708 Birth Date: 1733 Birth Place: Holland Death Date: 1786 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Spouse: Mary Bonnett Children: Martin Wetzel Source Citation: SAR…

[S1335] SAR, West Virginia Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Application Files, SAR Membership Number: 91974/WV1147 Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr.
Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr (20) facts

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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Captain John Wetzel Sr
Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr
SAR Membership: 91974
WV: 1147
Birth: 1733
Holland
Death: 1786
: Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
applicant: Dr. Charles Donald Messerly, oral surgeon
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SAR Membership Number: 91974/WV1147

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Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Captain John Wetzel Sr

Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr
SAR Membership: 91974
WV: 1147
Birth Date: 1733
Birth Place: Holland
Death Date: 1786
Death Place: Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
applicant: Dr. Charles Donald Messerly, oral surgeon

SAR, West Virginia Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
SAR Membership Number: 91974/WV1147

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Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Captain John Wetzel Sr

Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr
SAR Membership: 91974
WV: 1147
Birth Date: 1733
Birth Place: Holland
Death…

[S565] SAR Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), 20250606GHLn- merged.
Record for Ewell Warren Hatfield (18) facts
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ewell Warren Hatfield
Name: Ewell Warren Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 15 Jul 1901 Devon, Mingo, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Margaret Jane Schindel
wife: Ruth Red Barkley
born: 18 March 1903
married: 06 Feb 1931
Occ: Owner, Hatfield Insurance Agency
children: Kenneth Bryon Hatfield born: 07 Nov 1933
Nancy Ellen Hatfield born: 08 May 1936
Address: 1225 Park Avenue
Charleston, WV

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Elliott R Hatfield
Name: Elliott R Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 12 Nov 1871 Delorme, West Virginia
Death: 20 Apr 1932 Charleston, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Levicy Chafin
Spouse: Margaret Jane Schindel
Children: Ewell Warren Hatfield

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Anderson Hatfield
Name: Anderson Hatfield
[Anderson Devil Anse Hatfield]
SAR: 83763
Birth: 9 Sep 1839 Newtown, West Virginia
Death: 6 Jan 1921 Sarah Ann, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Nancy Vance
Spouse: Levicy Chafin
Children: Elliott R Hatfield

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ephriam Hatfield
Name: Ephriam Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 11 Apr 1812 Newtown, West Virginia
Death: 28 Jun 1881 Mingo, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Martha Weddington
Spouse: Nancy Vance
Children: Anderson Hatfield

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Valentine Hatfield
Name: Valentine Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1789 Virginia
Death: 1867 Virginia
Father:
Mother: Mary Goff
Spouse: Martha Weddington
Children: Ephriam Hatfield

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ephriam Hatfield
Name: Ephriam Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1765 Virginia
Death: 16 Jun 1855 Virginia
Father:
Mother: Rachel Smith
Spouse: Mary Goff
Anna McKinney
Children: Valentine Hatfield

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Joseph Hatfield
Name: Joseph Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1740 Virginia
Death: 29 Aug 1832 Campbell, Tennessee
Spouse: Rachel Smith
Children: Ephriam Hatfield

Source Citation: ; SAR Membership Number: 83763.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Description: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Learn more...

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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ewell Warren Hatfield Name: Ewell Warren Hatfield SAR Membership: 83763 Birth Date: 15 Jul 1901 Birth Place: Devon, Mingo, West Virginia Father: Mother: Margaret Jane Schindel wife: Ruth Red Barkley born: 18 March 1903 married: 06 Feb 1931 …

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