From Utica Cemetery Records:
One authority has said, "The history of Licking Co. without the name of Elias Hughes would be as incomplete as the history of the U.S. with the name of George Washington omitted." He was the first settler of Licking Co. "Elias Hughes, Sur. File 8,747, b. in Hardy Co., Va., enlisted at Clarksburg to serve against the Indians. In 1774 he assisted in the building of Nutter's Fort, W. Augusta Co., Va., and was in the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1775 enlisted as a private in Capt. James Booth's Co., serving until the Spring of 1778, when his father, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians on Hacker's Creek, and he was commissioned a Capt. of Rangers and Spies, under Col. Benjamin Wilson and Wilson Louther, for 3 years.; from 1781 to 1783 he served as a private under Col. Geo. Jackson. After peace was proclaimed 1783, he continued to serve against the Indians until after Gen. Wayne's treaty with them in 1795." It was in the last mentioned capacity that first brought him to Licking Co. He was made Lieut. in the War of 1812 at which time 3 sons accompanied the Regiment. There were 12 children.∼Revolutionary War
One authority has said, "The history of Licking Co. without the name of Elias Hughes would be as incomplete as the history of the U.S. with the name of George Washington omitted." He was the first settler of Licking Co. "Elias Hughes, Sur. File 8,747, b. in Hardy Co., Va., enlisted at Clarksburg to serve against the Indians. In 1774 he assisted in the building of Nutter's Fort, W. Augusta Co., Va., and was in the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1775 enlisted as a private in Capt. James Booth's Co., serving until the Spring of 1778, when his father, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians on Hacker's Creek, and he was commissioned a Capt. of Rangers and Spies, under Col. Benjamin Wilson and Wilson Louther, for 3 years.; from 1781 to 1783 he served as a private under Col. Geo. Jackson. After peace was proclaimed 1783, he continued to serve against the Indians until after Gen. Wayne's treaty with them in 1795." It was in the last mentioned capacity that first brought him to Licking Co. He was made Lieut. in the War of 1812 at which time 3 sons accompanied the Regiment. There were 12 children.∼Revolutionary War
From Utica Cemetery Records:
One authority has said, "The history of Licking Co. without the name of Elias Hughes would be as incomplete as the history of the U.S. with the name of George Washington omitted." He was the first settler of Licking Co. "Elias Hughes, Sur. File 8,747, b. in Hardy Co., Va., enlisted at Clarksburg to serve against the Indians. In 1774 he assisted in the building of Nutter's Fort, W. Augusta Co., Va., and was in the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1775 enlisted as a private in Capt. James Booth's Co., serving until the Spring of 1778, when his father, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians on Hacker's Creek, and he was commissioned a Capt. of Rangers and Spies, under Col. Benjamin Wilson and Wilson Louther, for 3 years.; from 1781 to 1783 he served as a private under Col. Geo. Jackson. After peace was proclaimed 1783, he continued to serve against the Indians until after Gen. Wayne's treaty with them in 1795." It was in the last mentioned capacity that first brought him to Licking Co. He was made Lieut. in the War of 1812 at which time 3 sons accompanied the Regiment. There were 12 children.∼Revolutionary War
One authority has said, "The history of Licking Co. without the name of Elias Hughes would be as incomplete as the history of the U.S. with the name of George Washington omitted." He was the first settler of Licking Co. "Elias Hughes, Sur. File 8,747, b. in Hardy Co., Va., enlisted at Clarksburg to serve against the Indians. In 1774 he assisted in the building of Nutter's Fort, W. Augusta Co., Va., and was in the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1775 enlisted as a private in Capt. James Booth's Co., serving until the Spring of 1778, when his father, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians on Hacker's Creek, and he was commissioned a Capt. of Rangers and Spies, under Col. Benjamin Wilson and Wilson Louther, for 3 years.; from 1781 to 1783 he served as a private under Col. Geo. Jackson. After peace was proclaimed 1783, he continued to serve against the Indians until after Gen. Wayne's treaty with them in 1795." It was in the last mentioned capacity that first brought him to Licking Co. He was made Lieut. in the War of 1812 at which time 3 sons accompanied the Regiment. There were 12 children.∼Revolutionary War
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