Name |
William Linville [1] |
Birth |
1710 |
Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1766 |
Linville Fall, Avery Co, North Carolina |
- Killed by Indians
report came in the South Carolina Gazette in Sept, 1766,
One William Linville, his son and another young man, who had gone over the mountains at the head of the Yadkin River to hunt, were there surprised by some Indians. The father and son were both killed on the spot, the other young man got off though much wounded and arrived at his settlement.
(snip)
In an interview with William Linville's grandson, Capt. Samuel Boone, son of his daughter Nancy, reported that William had had a premonition about his death:
The elder Linville aroused the young men just before morning, and bid them hasten away, or they would be massacred by the Indians.... "I have just dreamed that the Indians came up and massacred us. The circumstance was so vividly infused in my mind that I feel this it is a warning. So you escape and save yourselves. I am too feeble to make the attempt." The words had scarcely died upon his lips, and before the young men had time to make the least movement, when the Indians...now fired a volley and shot - killing the two Linvilles.
Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., C.G.
24 Oct 1998
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Burial |
Wilksboro, Wilkes Co, North Carolina |
Notes |
- William Linville participated in the famous Cresap Affair challenging Maryland's claim to Pennsylvania. Disguising himself as a native American and brandishing a weapon William and a group of several others tried to scare Thomas Cresap off the land which Cresap claimed as Maryland's territory and the Linvilles, Hendricks and others claimed as Pennsylvania's.
Within a year, sometime between 1733 and 1735, William developed a close association with Morgan Bryan's family, marrying Morgan's daughter Ellender Bryan and then moved with older brother Thomas Linville and his wife Hannah to an uninhabited 1500 acres of land around what became known as Linville Creek, VA. In the 1730s no more than a handful of families joined them at this place within sight of what would develop into the Great Wagon Road of migration a decade later.
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Person ID |
I10948 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
16 Jun 2013 |
Family |
Eleanor (Ellender)^ Bryan, b. 1722, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. 21 Oct 1772, Rowan Co, North Carolina or Kentucky (Age 50 years) |
Marriage |
1733 |
Virginia |
- Name: William Linville
Gender: Male
Birth Place: PA
Birth Year: 1710
Spouse Name: Eleanor Bryan
Spouse
Birth Place: PA
Spouse Birth Year: 1722
Marriage
Year: 1733 (Eleanor was 11 years old!)
Marriage State: VA
Number Pages: 1
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Children |
+ | 1. John Linville, b. Abt 1737 d. 1766, Linville Fall, Avery Co, North Carolina (Age ~ 29 years) |
+ | 2. Morgan L. Linville, b. 1741, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1830, Clark Co, Kentucky (Age 90 years) |
+ | 3. Nancy Ann Linville, b. 1744, Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia d. 28 Mar 1814, Richmond, Shelby Co, Kentucky (Age 70 years) |
| 4. Lucretia Linville, b. Abt 1750 d. Aft 1833, of, Clark Co, Kentucky (Age ~ 84 years) |
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Family ID |
F4172 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
1 May 2012 |