Indian and Settler Conflict
On 18 Dec. 1742, the first known clash between
Indians and colonial settlers in Rockbridge
County took place near the mouth of the
Maury River. Iroquois en route south from
Pennsylvania encountered pioneers led by
Capt. John McDowell. Although accounts
differ on how the conflict arose, it resulted
in the deaths of more than seventeen
Indians and settlers including McDowell.
To avert a war, Lieutenant Governor George
Thomas, of Pennsylvania, mediated the conflict
in 1744 with the Treaty of Lancaster. It was
decided that Lieutenant Governor William
Gooch, of Virginia, would pay the Iroquois
a reparation of 100 pounds.
Marker is at the intersection of Glasgow Highway (U.S. 501) and Wert Faulkner Highway (Virginia Route 130), on the right when traveling south on Glasgow Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
