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Submitted: 12/27/18 • Approved: 12/27/18 • Last Updated: 12/30/18 • R816029-G816024-S3
The exact location of the well that was used as a tomb is located. Please research Hawn's or Haun's Mill Massacre for information.
Of the 17th murdered, 14 were interned in the well:
Elias Benner 5 Jun 1795 – 30 Oct 1838
John Byers About 1803 – 30 Oct 1838
Alexander M Campbell About 1803 – 30 Oct 1838
Simon Cox 1815 – 31 Oct 1838
Josiah Fuller About 1803 – 30 Oct 1838
Austin Hammer 6 May 1804 – 30 Oct 1838
John Lee About 1803 – 30 Oct 1838
Benjamin Franklin Lewis 23 Apr 1803 – 30 Oct 1838
Thomas White McBride 12 Mar 1776 – 30 Oct 1838
Charles Myrick Merrick 11 Dec 1828 – Nov 1838
Levi Newton Merrick 20 May 1808 – 30 Oct 1838
William Napier 1795 – 30 Oct 1838
George Spencer Richards 8 Jan 1823 – 30 Oct 1838
Sardius Washington Smith 26 Sep 1828 – 30 Oct 1838
Warren Smith 14 Jun 1794 – 30 Oct 1838
John York, Jr 1779 – 31 Oct 1838
"The other three - Benjamin Lewis (33), originally buried on the David Lewis farm, was later exhumed and moved to a local cemetery; Charles Merrick (9) died later and was buried elsewhere; and Hiram Abbott (25) was later removed to his father's place where he died."
"In the morning after the 7:42 a.m. sunrise, fourteen of the dead were slid from a plank into a large unfinished dry well and covered with straw and a thin layer of dirt. The other three - Benjamin Lewis , originally buried on the David Lewis farm, was later exhumed and moved to a local cemetery; Charles Merrick died later and was buried elsewhere; and Hiram Abbott was later removed to his father's place where he died."
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun%27s_Mill_massacre
Contributed on 12/27/18 by tslundberg
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