Episode 3 of 6
Militia March and the Murder of Joseph Schebosh Jr.
- When
- March 4–6, 1782
- Where
- Tuscarawas Valley, Ohio Country
- Part of
- Gnadenhutten Massacre
On March 4, 1782, 160 Pennsylvania militiamen under Williamson marched into the Tuscarawas Valley and murdered Joseph Schebosh Jr. two days later.
On March 4, 1782, a Pennsylvania raiding party of 160 militiamen led by Lieutenant Colonel David Williamson marched toward the Tuscarawas Valley. On the morning of March 6, they encountered Joseph Schebosh Jr., a Moravian Christian who was the son of a Welsh man and a Christian Munsee Indian woman; despite his pleas for his life, the militia brutally murdered him.
Sources
- Gnadenhutten massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
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