Thomas Ingles (1751 - 1812)

Born 1751 in Pattonsburg, Drapers Meadow now Blacksburg, Virginia

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Died 1812 at about age 61 in Natchez Trace Village, Madison, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1751. He was the son of William Ingles and Mary Draper. Thomas was the first child of European descent born west of the mountains in 1751. On a Sunday morning in July 1755 a band of Shawnee Indians raided Draper's Meadow, killing 4 settlers and taking 5 hostages, including Mary and her 2 sons.^[1] The warriors and their hostages traveled for a month to a Shawnee village at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, where Mary was separated from her sons. Thomas, who was 4 when taken captive, was ransomed and returned to Virginia in 1768 at the age of 17. He had lived with the Shawnee for 13 years, spoke only Shawnee and was fully acculturated.Thomas underwent several years of "rehabilitation" with Dr. Thomas Walker at Castle Hill, Virginia. He later served as a lieutenant under Colonel William Christian in Lord Dunmore's War (1773-1774) against the Shawnee. He married Eleanore Grills in 1775 and settled in Burke's Garden, Virginia. In 1782, his wife and three children were kidnapped by Indians.^[2] Thomas came to rescue them and in the ensuing altercation, the two oldest children were killed. Eleanore was tomahawked but survived.Thomas rescued her and their youngest daughter. ^[3] He passed away in 1812.

Thomas Ingles

BIRTH 1751 Virginia, USA

MARRIAGE 1775 to Eleanor Grills (1755–1814) in Draper's Meadow, Blacksburg, Virginia

CHILDREN

• Mary Ingles 1777–1782
• William Ingles 1779–1782
• Rhoda Ingles 1781–1840
• Miss Ingles 1782–1782
• Miss Ingles 1785–Deceased
• Thomas Ingles 1791–1863
• John Ingles 1792–Deceased
• Elliott Ingles Deceased
• Susan Ingles Deceased :

Montgomery County Virginia Deed Book B 20 May 1790 Whereas Thomas Ingles of the County of Hawkins State of North Carolina has heretofore sold to John Taylor of the county of Montgomery Virginia, a tract of land (part of Old Valley) containing 380 acres in the county of Wythe, appoints his trusty friend Adam Trigg (should be transcribed as Abram Trigg) of the county of Montgomery his lawful attorney to deliver in his name a good and sufficient title in fee simple to the said John Taylor etc. Test: John Grills, Charles Taylor. Recorded in Montgomery County December Court 1795:

Granted 400 acres by the State of North Carolina in the County of Hawkins on the south side of the Holston River 23 Aug 1788 Warrant 99

DEATH 1809 (aged 57–58) Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA: Thomas Ingles Inventory was conducted in Territory of Mississippi Claiborne County Nov. 1814. The only Ingles purchasing anything was a John Ingles, probably his son.

Thomas served as a Commissioner for the State of Franklin for the Treaty of Coytoy. He is one of the signers of the Treaty.

Thomas moved to the Watauga River area and then to the Fort Knox area and on into Mississippi.

Charity Oxendine, granddaughter of John Oxendine, a "Mulatto" who completed his indenture in Northumberland County, Virginia, had two children who were bound to Thomas White in Bladen County, North Carolina. White sold their labor to Thomas Ingles who took Charity and her two children to Mississippi where he claimed them as slaves [Aslakson, Making Race in the Courtroom, The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans, 158, 170, 177, 234, 235, citing Oxendine v. McFarland, case no. 2992, January 9, 1812, Records of the New Orleans City/ Parish Court, 1806-1813, City Archives, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana].

BURIAL Burial Details Unknown

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia article on Draper's Meadow massacre available here
2. ↑ Addington, L.F., Attack on Thomas Ingles' Family, Historical Sketches of Southwest Vriginia, Pub. 3, 1967 Available here
3. ↑ Wikipedia article on Mary Draper Ingles available here

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