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Just wondering - - does anybody have any of the following in their linage?
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After reading various accounts of the Draper’s Meadow Massacre, (Southwest Virginia), there has been some confusion in some people’s mind as to “who” of the Bargers/Barrier family was killed at Draper’s Meadow. (I believe that it is pretty well accepted today that Barger/Barrier/Berger are all the same family, just a different spelling.) (???Agreed????)
Alvan Lyell Barger, editor of The Barger Journal, A Publication Devoted to the Genealogy and History of the Bargers and Allied Kindred, 1921,states in his book that it was “Philip” who was killed in 1755.
Lewis Preston Summers, in his History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, states it was “Casper Barrier” (Barger) who was killed. Page 59 recorded July 30, 1755 as the date of the massacre, listing Colonel James Patton, Caspar Barrier, Mrs. Draper and one child as losing their lives, but omitted Philip Barger's name.
From "Mary Ingles' Escape Story Like 'Thriller' Fiction Tale", published by the Charleston Daily Mail June 4, 1937: it states that Colonel Patton, Mrs. George Draper, Jasper Barrier and a child of John Draper were killed. But, it then goes on to state: “About a half a mile or a mile to the west, on their route, they stopped at the house of Philip Barger, an old man, cut off his head, put it in a bag and took it with them to the house of Philip Lybrook, on Sinking Creek . . .”
And so forth and so on - - - the question is, is this the same family, or different families with similar names?
Anyone have any sourced information on any of this?
Thanks!
Michael
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