In the Autumn of 1777, Adam Earnest (Arnest / Ernst) was massacred in an Indian attack at the family cabin.
Adam and his two neighbors were killed in the attack and scalped. They were laid to rest in a small cemetery with fieldstones marking their resting place. Not far from where the homestead once stood. A Memorial Marker was erected by the Chestnut Ridge Lions Club in 1969, marking their resting place.
Adam Earnest (Arnest/Ernst)is the husband of "Indian Eve." She had been captured along with their two youngest children, Henry (5 yrs) and Michael (19 mos). They were sold by the Indians to the British and they lived at Fort Detroit for the duration of the Revolutionary War until 1787. After spending eight years in captivity, she and her sons returned to Reynoldsdale, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
There are different history books written and published about the Indian massacre of Adam Earnest and the two neighbors. With what prevailed in the capture of his wife "Indian Eve" and their children, on what they endured throughout the course of their life.
In the Autumn of 1777, Adam Earnest (Arnest / Ernst) was massacred in an Indian attack at the family cabin.
Adam and his two neighbors were killed in the attack and scalped. They were laid to rest in a small cemetery with fieldstones marking their resting place. Not far from where the homestead once stood. A Memorial Marker was erected by the Chestnut Ridge Lions Club in 1969, marking their resting place.
Adam Earnest (Arnest/Ernst)is the husband of "Indian Eve." She had been captured along with their two youngest children, Henry (5 yrs) and Michael (19 mos). They were sold by the Indians to the British and they lived at Fort Detroit for the duration of the Revolutionary War until 1787. After spending eight years in captivity, she and her sons returned to Reynoldsdale, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
There are different history books written and published about the Indian massacre of Adam Earnest and the two neighbors. With what prevailed in the capture of his wife "Indian Eve" and their children, on what they endured throughout the course of their life.
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