Henrietta
Greathouse
formerly Rigby
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of Thomas Rigby
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Elizabeth (Rigby) Greathouse
Wife of
Johnathan Greathouse
— married
about 1790 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 23
in Near Brush Creek Island, Ohio
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2018
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Biography
Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Rigby, was born about 1768 in Virginia. She was engaged to marry Jonathan Greathouse and was with him when their pirogue was attacked by Indians on 24 March 1791 at or near the mouth of Brush Creek in present Adams County, Ohio. The entire party was killed by Mingo Indians and she and Jonathan were brutally killed by torture. Her body was left on the Ohio River beach and was destroyed by wild animals.
Sources
- "Indian Encounters Along the Ohio, Part 4 by Clyde Cale, Plasket-Hubbell Flatboat Attack cont.", The Preston County Journal March 27, 2013: Page 6, https://pcj.stparchive.com/Archive/PCJ/PCJ03272013p06.php.
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