General Notes

Son of William Sitlington, he was killed by the Indians in 1763 eleven
miles South of the Hot Springs, Va. The Indians came in on a raid
from the region of the Ohio River, and got as far as Kerr's Creek,
Rockbridge Co., Va., where they were defeated. They scalped James
Sitlington, whose body was found with two dead Indians beside it.
After their defeat the Indians were overtaken at Hickman's farm on
Back Creek, Bath Co., Va. There the Indian who had James Sitlington's
scalp was killed and the scalp was recovered. It was easily
recognized by the splendid auburn hair. As late as 1880, more than
one hundred years after James's death, the old Sitlingtons boasted
proudly, that, in his youthful strength and prowess, James killed both
of those Indians before he died himself.