_____ MENASCO

Family Card - Person Sheet

Name_____ MENASCO

Birth Date?

Spouses

1Elizabeth Captive/Lived JOHNSON

Birth Date1780

Death Date?

FatherJoseph JOHNSON , 128 (1745-1801)

MotherUnknown Killed By Cherokee GRANDMOTHER , 129 (~1752-1789)

Family ID10428

ChildrenJames Newton (1797-1869)

Joseph Riley (1799-1868)

Jane “Jenny” (1806-1886)

Notes for Elizabeth Captive/Lived (Spouse 1)

Captured by 12 Cherokee warriors on 15 May 1789 during their attack on the Joseph Johnson cabin in Rye Cove, Scott County, Virginia. She lived.

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