Bartley Clay

Death by Force

On August 1, 1783, a tragic event unfolded at the property of the Clay family in what is now Lake Shawnee, West Virginia. Bartley Clay, aged 17, and his sister Tabitha Clay, aged 20, were brutally killed by members of the Shawnee tribe while they were performing their daily chores on the family's land. This incident was part of a larger context of conflict between the Native American tribes and the early European settlers in the region.

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Wyoming County Report: Shawnee attacked, murdered children of Mitchell Clay in 1783

West Virginia travel queen: Haunted October: Lake Shawnee

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