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Renick, Joshua Archer

Male 1746 - 1810  (64 years)


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  • Name Renick, Joshua Archer 
    Birth 1746  Augusta, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Misc 25 Jul 1757  Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    and her five children were taken captive from their home by a Shawnee raiding party 
    • Betsy and the children were taken to the Shawnee settlements of the Miami River area north of the Ohio, where they remained for several years.
    • Role: Witness
    Misc 25 Jul 1757  Augusta, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    was captured with his mother and four siblings by Shawnee Indians 
    • According to the Chronicles of Border Warfare...

      :Thomas returned [to the Virginia settlements] in 1783, but soon after removed and settled, on the Scioto, near Chillicothe."
    • Role: family member
    Death 1810  Fort Detroit (Historic), British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6209  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2019 

    Father Renick, Capt. Robert,   b. 1710, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1757, Augusta, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Archer, Elizabeth,   b. 1722, Greenbrier (Historic), Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1802, Greenbrier (Historic), Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1741 
    Family ID F2762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1746 - Augusta, Virginia, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - and her five children were taken captive from their home by a Shawnee raiding party - 25 Jul 1757 - Virginia, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - was captured with his mother and four siblings by Shawnee Indians - 25 Jul 1757 - Augusta, Virginia, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1810 - Fort Detroit (Historic), British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1565] Book:Chronicles of Border Warfare, pp. 89-91, Book:Chronicles of Border Warfare.