This table is designed to provide a comparison of various Indian Captivity Stories related to the Walker, Cowan, and Handley families of SW VA, and Blount County TN. The table provides a summary of pertinent information from each story. The stories themselves can be found at the link in the last column. Related articles can be found by going to the Index listed above, or by starting at the foreword/title page and Introduction to these articles.
Ann (Walker) Cowan | |||||||||
Spouse | Date | Location | Captured | Killed | Escaped | Taken to | Duration of Capt | Outcome | Source |
Samuel Cowan | 1777 | Castle's Woods, Russel Co VA | Ann (Walker) Cowan, Nephew William Walker (c1766-1823) | brother Samuel Walker (?-c1777) | Another man | Detroit | 3 years | Released at end of Revolution, returned through Crab Orchard KY; If her release was in 1780, it's likely that she rejoined her family in Castle's Woods | Mrs Scott |
John Cowan | c1776? | Castle's Woods | Ann (Walker) Cowan, | husband John Cowan | John Arter | not stated, apparently the Great Lakes area. | 20 years, see commentary | Released c 1794 | Thomas Carter |
taken as a child | not stated | not stated | Identified only as Aunt Walker, presumed to be Ann (Walker) Cowan | -- | -- | taken by Northern tribes | permanent | married a chief, son became chief, later visited relatives | Andrew Finis Cowan |
William Walker (c1766-1823) | |||||||||
Spouse | Date | Location | Captured | Killed | Escaped | Taken to | Duration of Capt | Outcome | Source |
- | c1777 | Greenbriar Co VA | William Walker, Ann Walker Cowan | uncle (probably Samuel Walker) | North to the Ohio | forever | adoped into Wyandotte, removed with them to Kansas | Connelley, 1899 | |
Mary Walker Cowan | |||||||||
Spouse | Date | Location | Captured | Killed | Escaped | Taken to | Duration of Capt | Outcome | Source |
Maj John Cowan | not stated, late 1780's implied | East TN | son James, | Major John Cowan | carried north | 7 years | not stated | JB Cowan | |
Maj John Cowan | early 1790's | Blount County? | Mary Walker Cowan | Major John | son James | north | 7 years | escaped, and rescued by 100 men from Blount county | PD Cowan
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Samuel Handley (1751-1840) | |||||||||
Spouse | Date | Location | Captured | Killed | Escaped | Taken to | Duration of Capt | Outcome | Source |
- | Creek War, c. 1815 | Crab Orchard KY, Cumberland Settlements | Samuel Handley (1751-1840) | - | his company | Willtown TN? | months | Adopted into tribe, released | Randall J. Handly
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Margaret Handley Pauley | |||||||||
Spouse | Date | Location | Captured | Killed | Escaped | Taken to | Duration of Capt | Outcome | Source |
John Pauley | 1779 | Near Handley's Fort, Union, VA | Margaret Pauley | James Pauly, John Pauley, children | The Miami | 6 years, released 1785 | Married Chief White Bark, released and returned to family by 1785. Aftwards married Michael Tridley Erskine. | Johnston, 1906 | |
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