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Bartley Clay

Case from Lake Shawnee, WV dated Aug 01, 1783

Victim Details

Bartley Clay

Male

Lake Shawnee

WV

1783-08-01

17

Bartley

Clay

07/08/2026

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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.

The Clay family, consisting of Mitchell Clay and his ...
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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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