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Rh McClure, not without a country. In early life he joined the Presbyterian Church, and his after life showed the sincerity of his vows. He voted for Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, VanBuren and Polk for the Presidency. He was a true patriot; all the ends he aimed at were his country's and his God's. He died in peace, and his departure to the spirit land more resembled the visitings of a calm sleep than the presence of the king of terrors. He was a man of good education and beloved by all who knew him. It is deemed right that when such a man passes off the stage of action his memory should receive this passing notice, though a fuller sketch of his eventful life would be gratifying to his friends."

An account of the Indian encounter at Skagg's Creek given in Collins' History of Kentucky, Vol. 2, p. 760, is as follows:

"In the year 1785 the camp of an emigrant named McClure was assaulted in the night by Indians near the head of Skagg's Creek in Lincoln County and six whites killed and scalped. Mrs. McClure ran into the woods with her four children and could have made her escape with three if she had abandoned the fourth; this, an infant in her arms cried and gave the Indians notice where she was. The Indians killed the three older children, compelled Mrs. McClure to mount an unbroken horse and accompany them home.

She was rescued the next day by her husband and Capt. Wm. Whitley,"

Mr, Charles Kurtz, of Paris, I11., under date of Nov. 20, 1911, writes:

"Samuel McClure was a very prominent citizen of Clark County. He acted as sheriff there for several years and owned a small amount of land in Edgar County."

V., son of Andrew McClure and Eleanor Wright, was born in Augusta Co. about 1750. Is mentioned in his father's will, 1789, and administered on his estate. He was also a Revolutionary soldier, serving as shown by Virginia records extant, in Capt. Robt. Barnel's