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Tavenor Runyan

Male Abt 1787 - 1802  (~ 15 years)


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  1. 1.  Tavenor Runyan was born Abt 1787; died 1802, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Given name may be Marcus.

    Killed by band of Indians near his home. (Ref letter by Governor Archibald
    Roane). "Perhaps the last of the Indian murders in Sevier County occurred at
    Pigeon Forge in 1800. Young Tavenor Runyan, son of Barefoot and Margaret Rambo
    Runyan, was killed by an Indian or Indians while standing on a stump searching
    for a horse. Governor John Sevier made a report ...... et al" [Reunion at the
    River, Homecoming 1986, Pigeon Forge, TN - Sept. 13, 1986]
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    Reference:
    Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.