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Source: House of Cessna, page 8
Pennsylvania Archives Vol. III, page 219
The Capture of John Cessna II by the Indians
A list of those killed and missing at John Cisney's field, about seven miles from Shippensburg, on July 18th, 1757 - Killed: John Kirkpatrick, Dennie O'Neidon. Missing: John Cisney and three small boys, two sons of Cisney, and one a son of John Kirkpatrick.
The History of Cumberland County, Pa., page 251, under head of Indian Murders contains the following:
On July 18, 1757, a band of savages surprised a party who were harvesting a field belonging to John Cessna, about a mile east of Shippensburg. The Indians approached the field from the east through the woods which bounded it on that side and when within a short range fired, killing Kirkpatrick and O'Neidon; then rushing forward they captured Mr. Cessna, his two grandsons and a son of Kirkpatrick and made their escape with their prisoners.
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Source: House of Cessna, page 8
Pennsylvania Archives Vol. III, page 219
The Capture of John Cessna II by the Indians
A list of those killed and missing at John Cisney's field, about seven miles from Shippensburg, on July 18th, 1757 - Killed: John Kirkpatrick, Dennie O'Neidon. Missing: John Cisney and three small boys, two sons of Cisney, and one a son of John Kirkpatrick.
The History of Cumberland County, Pa., page 251, under head of Indian Murders contains the following:
On July 18, 1757, a band of savages surprised a party who were harvesting a field belonging to John Cessna, about a mile east of Shippensburg. The Indians approached the field from the east through the woods which bounded it on that side and when within a short range fired, killing Kirkpatrick and O'Neidon; then rushing forward they captured Mr. Cessna, his two grandsons and a son of Kirkpatrick and made their escape with their prisoners.
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