Source: Chronicles of Border Warfare by Withers, Alexander Scott pg. 398-99
June, 1791. Early in the morning, as Mr. Clegg & Mr. Handsucker & 2 of Handsucker's sons were engaged at work in a cornfield near the house (settlement on Dunkard's Creek), they were shot at by some concealed savages & Handsucker was wounded & soon overtaken. Clegg & Handsucker's sons ran towards the house & the former entering it, defended it for awhile; but confident that he would soon be driven out by fire, he surrendered on condition that they would spare his life & that of his little daughter with him. The boys passed the house, but were taken by some of the savages who were also concealed in the direction which they ran & who had just made captive Mrs. Handsucker & her infant. They then plundered & set fire to the house, caught the horses & made off with the prisoners, leaving one of their company, as usual, to watch after their retreat.
When the firing was first heard, Mrs. CLEGG being some distance from the house, concealed herself in the creek under some projecting bushes, until everything became quiet. She then crept out, but perceiving the Indian who had remained near the burning house, she took to flight; and he having at the same time discovered her, raised his gun & fired as she ran. The ball just grazed the top off her shoulder, but not impeding her flight, she got safely off. Mr. Handsucker, his wife & child were murdered on the dividing ridge between Dunkard & Fish Creeks. Mr. CLEGG after some time got back & upon the close of the Indian war, ransomed his two daughters.
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