INDIANA TRAILS MADISON
COUNTY
Kill
Buck - Chief, Remains located in Madison Co., Indiana
I am not researching Kill Buck, but
thought this obituary might be of interest to anyone searching for
information about him as it does relate to his burial
location.
There were two courthouse fires in
Anderson, Indiana
which destroyed the birth, death and marriage records. Several
Individuals, concerned with preserving what information they could,
combed through available newspapers and recorded what they could as
these records were not commonly published.
This obituary was
taken from the book Madison County, Indiana Birth, Death and Marriage
Records, which is located in the Anderson Public Library, Anderson,
IN. This is a hard-bound book, but the information in it was hand
typed: The grave of Kill Buck – on the
farm of William Sparks situated about a quarter of a mile North West
of the cemetery upon an elevated piece of ground is said to repose
the remains of Kill Buck, a noted chief of the Indians who dwelt here
and for whom the little body of water running through the north part
of the county known as Kill Buck Creek was named. March 2, 1871.
I
considered it odd enough information it needed to be posted for
researchers. I received the response below the data from a woman
whose ancestor was slain by Kill Buck and adds more background.
Due to two confirmed courthouse fires
in Madison Co., IN, the local genealogists combed through newspapers
and copied or transcribed everything they could find regarding any
person mentioned in the papers.
A response, dated
11/20/2004:
Dear Ms. McKee: What a surprise to
learn where Kill-Buck is interred. My husbands's 7th gr. grandfather
was captured and quartered by Chief Kill-Buck and some of his braves
of which Vincent Williams killed five of them and was then slain in
1757 in West Virginia. It is written up in the Congressional Library
and Kill-Buck was captured in Sciota, Ohio and interviewed there by
Vincent Williams' son and step son Ben Cassey. I have read in on Ohio
History that he went to college but have not been able to research
that to any length. I thank you for your article as it was a finish
to his fate for us. Sincerely, Gwen Williams
Transcribed and Contributed to Indiana trails by Marcia A. McKee
(mmckee3@visteon.com)
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