General Notes

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According to history, Mitchell Clay had settled on Clover Bottom, now theShawnee Lake section of Mercer County, in 1775. All went well with the  family until August 1783. Mitchell had harvested his crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for his cattle off the  ground on which his grain crop had grown, he asked two of his sons,  Bartley and Ezekiel, to build a fence round the stacks of grain, while he went to search for game.  While Mitchell Clay was out hunting, the two sons were building fences  around the grain. The older daughter, along with some of the younger  girls, was down at the river bank putting out the family wash. At the  same time, a party of eleven Indians crept up to the edge of the field  and shot Bartley Clay dead. The girls hearing the shot ran to the house for safety. Their path to the  house was directly crossing where Bartley had fallen. An Indian attempted  to scalp the boy and at the same time capture Tabitha Clay. She was  trying to defend the body of her dead brother and prevent the Indiana  from scalping her brother. In this struggle, Tabitha was cut to pieces by  the Indian with a butcher knife. The younger girls made it to the house  safely.  About this time, a man named Liggon Blankenship called at the Clay cabin.  Mrs. Clay begged Blankenship to shoot the savage and save the life of her  daughter Tabitha. But Blankenship ran away from the scene and reported to settlers on New River that the Clay family had been murdered by the  Indians.  The Indians got the scalps of Bartley and Tabitha Clay and captured  Ezekiel Clay. Mrs. Clay took the bodies of Bartley and Tabitha to the  house and laid them down on the bed. She took her small children and went  to the home of a neighbor James Bailey, about six miles away.[22916872.ged]

According to history, Mitchell Clay had settled on Clover Bottom, now theShawnee Lake section of Mercer County, in 1775. All went well with the  family until August 1783. Mitchell had harvested his crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for his cattle off the  ground on which his grain crop had grown, he asked two of his sons,  Bartley and Ezekiel, to build a fence round the stacks of grain, while he went to search for game.  While Mitchell Clay was out hunting, the two sons were building fences  around the grain. The older daughter, along with some of the younger  girls, was down at the river bank putting out the family wash. At the  same time, a party of eleven Indians crept up to the edge of the field  and shot Bartley Clay dead. The girls hearing the shot ran to the house for safety. Their path to the  house was directly crossing where Bartley had fallen. An Indian attempted  to scalp the boy and at the same time capture Tabitha Clay. She was  trying to defend the body of her dead brother and prevent the Indiana  from scalping her brother. In this struggle, Tabitha was cut to pieces by  the Indian with a butcher knife. The younger girls made it to the house  safely.  About this time, a man named Liggon Blankenship called at the Clay cabin.  Mrs. Clay begged Blankenship to shoot the savage and save the life of her  daughter Tabitha. But Blankenship ran away from the scene and reported to settlers on New River that the Clay family had been murdered by the  Indians.  The Indians got the scalps of Bartley and Tabitha Clay and captured  Ezekiel Clay. Mrs. Clay took the bodies of Bartley and Tabitha to the  house and laid them down on the bed. She took her small children and went  to the home of a neighbor James Bailey, about six miles away.[32916872.ged]

According to history, Mitchell Clay had settled on Clover Bottom, now theShawnee Lake section of Mercer County, in 1775. All went well with the  family until August 1783. Mitchell had harvested his crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for his cattle off the  ground on which his grain crop had grown, he asked two of his sons,  Bartley and Ezekiel, to build a fence round the stacks of grain, while he went to search for game.  While Mitchell Clay was out hunting, the two sons were building fences  around the grain. The older daughter, along with some of the younger  girls, was down at the river bank putting out the family wash. At the  same time, a party of eleven Indians crept up to the edge of the field  and shot Bartley Clay dead. The girls hearing the shot ran to the house for safety. Their path to the  house was directly crossing where Bartley had fallen. An Indian attempted  to scalp the boy and at the same time capture Tabitha Clay. She was  trying to defend the body of her dead brother and prevent the Indiana  from scalping her brother. In this struggle, Tabitha was cut to pieces by  the Indian with a butcher knife. The younger girls made it to the house  safely.  About this time, a man named Liggon Blankenship called at the Clay cabin.  Mrs. Clay begged Blankenship to shoot the savage and save the life of her  daughter Tabitha. But Blankenship ran away from the scene and reported to settlers on New River that the Clay family had been murdered by the  Indians.  The Indians got the scalps of Bartley and Tabitha Clay and captured  Ezekiel Clay. Mrs. Clay took the bodies of Bartley and Tabitha to the  house and laid them down on the bed. She took her small children and went  to the home of a neighbor James Bailey, about six miles away.