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"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.
Page 96-97, # 111.
"Samuel was 6 years old in Mar 1781 when his father, aunt and unclewere slain by Indians while staying at the cabin near Moberly,Kentucky, where the two families had gone only a couple of daysbefore. He, his mother and sister Wyntie aged 3 years, werefortunately spared the dame fate and returned safely to the White OaksSpring Station. They remained there until Jan 1782, then accompaniedgrandfather Samuel Duree and his remaining family to live at the LowDutch Station in Mercer County.
Samuel was raised from the age of 9 years by step-father Daniel Bantawho was his father's cousin. He remained in Mercer County aftermarriage, and may have gone to the Low Dutch Colony in Shelby Countywhen it was permanently settled in about 1795/96.
Samuel was a farmer and subsequently moved to Hardin County where hewas taxed for farms of different size, horses and cattle, beginning in1810. While living there he served in the Third Regiment of StateMilitia from 1815 to 1820.
Anne was left a share of the land covered by treasury warrantstotaling 4445 acres in Kentucky, together with a share of the personalestate, by her father's will made 06 June 1785 and proved in BerkeleyCounty.
In 1822 Samuel moved across the Ohio River into Indiana. Created aState in 1816, it was then called an area of "vast forest justpenetrated in places by back woods settlers who were half hunters,half farmers." He purchased in Mar 1822, land in Parke County locatedin Section 1, township 15, range 6 west, containing 80 acres in thenortheast part of present Union Township, a little southwest ofPortland Mills. There he cleared some of the land and farmed until1854. His appointment as a Justice of the Peace in Parke County wasrecorded 5 May 1828. On 17 Feb 1854, the land was sold to Joseph R.Reddick, less half an acre where a graveyard had been established. Afurther deed was made 7 July 1856 to Thomas J. Slavens.
Samuel and his wife subsequently moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, wheresons Jacob and Daniel had homes. He died 4 Jan 1857 and was the firstinterment in the Pennington Cemetery in Hayesville. Administration onhis estate was granted 11 June 1858 in Parke County, Indiana, to sonDavid who filed an inventory of certain notes due amounting to$1688.74 in the hands of son Daniel in Iowa. Because no assets werein his possession, David was discharged 14 may 1861, and Daniel actedas administrator in Iowa.
Anne subsequently lived with son Peter in Missouri where she died 11Jan 1860. She was buried in the Pickett-Duree Cemetery, somersetTownship, Putnam County. the birth dates of the children were takenfrom Samuel's Bible." Transcribed by, SLJuhl, 10 Aug 2005]

"... Samuel grew to manhood in Kentucky, where he married and reared alarge family of children. He was greatly opposed to slavery, and in1818, to get away from the influence of that institution, he came withhis family to Indiana, where he settled near Portland Mills, in ParkeCounty. Later he went to Keokuk County, Iowa, where he died early inthe '50's (1850's). Of his seven children, two are living, one inMercer County, Mo., and the other in Ohio. George was born born inHardin County, Ky., in 1801, and was the third in a a family of sevenchildren." Montgomery-Putman County Book, Duree, Portrait AndBiographical Record, pg. 134. Other references:
Lineage Book, DAR, Vol. 122
Berkeley County (Va) Will
Hardin County Tax Lists (Ky), Kentucky Historical Society
Land Entries, Parke County (Ind) Deeds 15-233; 17-305
The Low dutch Company, a History of the Holland Dutch Settlements ofthe Kentucky Frontier, 1982, Vincent Akers

*Samuel married Anna Walls on 18 Jul 1796 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Anna (daughter of George Walls and Mary Jefferson) was born on 16 Feb 1774 in Kentucky, USA; died on 11 Jan 1860 in Missouri, While Living With Her Son Peter.; was buried in Pickett-Durie Cemetery, Somerset Township, Putnam County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Duree's trace their ancestry origins to Germany, whence thegreat-grandfather of Daniel (Duree) came to this country and firstsettled in Virginia. Later he removed to Hardin County, Ky., where hemarried and resided until he was killed by the Indians. From behindthe door of their cabin the mother fought the savage foes untilassistance came, and in this way she saved her own life and that ofher only child Samuel (Duree)." Montgomery-Putman County, PortraitAnd Biographical Record, Duree, pg. 134."

(Page 53 begins) PETRUS (PETER) DURIE, b 13 July 1754, moved toConewago, Pa., with his parents and mar there about 1774, Anna Seeverb 2 Nov 1759. Although her name is spelled Seever twice on theConewago Church records at the baptism of the two children, anaffidavit made by daughter-in-law Eleanor Van Arsdale Banta in 1873states that it was "Shafer," apparently a German name. The onlycontemporary record for that period is for an Anna Barbara Schaffer bp11 May 1760 at Strayer's (Salem) Reformed Church, Dover, York County,Pa., dau of Johannes and Elisabeth Schaffer. There is no furtherproof, however, that they are the same person.
>They moved to Berkeley County, Va., with his parents ion the Springof 1778, and migrated with the family group to Kentucky in 1780.There they lived at the White Oak Spring Station, a short distancesouth of Boonesborough. Peter served in Capt. David Goos' Company ofVirginia Militia under the command of Col. John Bowman from 6 Sept to31 Oct 1780, and received 2 pounds, 10 shillings, 8 pence for 38 days'pay.
>Early in Feb 1781 Peter was a member of the party that traveled southinto present Madison County for the purpose of building cabins on theland along Muddy Creek. They also built a cabin on the 50 acreMilitary Warrant entered by Samuel Durie lying a short distancenorthwest of present Moberly. After the group returned to theStation, in Mar Peter and brother-in-law John Bullock with wives andchildren, decided to move to the cabin near Moberly where they wouldawait the arrival of the rest of the family. They were there only avery short time when tragedy struck. The earliest known writtenversion of what happened is the recollection of Nathaniel Hart, Jr.,who was then about 11 years of age, living with his parents at theWhite Oak Spring Station. He heard the story when the survivorsreturned to the fort, and it no doubt was a tale told and retold. Inpreparation for an address given 25 May 1840 commemorating theBoonesborough settlement, former Kentucky Governor James T. Moreheadrequested Hart to write down his remembrances of that period. Hartreplied earlier in that year with a letter which Morehead made part ofhis Address. This was published the same year by the State Printer atFrankfort. The pertinent part of the Hart letter reads:
>"This incident is not more extraordinary than one that happened, inthe fall or winter of 1781-'2, to some families belonging to our ownfort at the White Oak Spring. My father settled this fort in 1779.It was situated about a mile above Boonesborough and in the samebottom of the river. It was composed principally of families fromYork County, Pennsylvania - orderly, respectable people, and the mengood soldiers. But they were unaccustomed to Indian warfare, and theconsequence was, that of some ten or twelve men, all were killed buttwo or three. During this period, Peter Duree, the elder, theprincipal man of the connection, determined to settle a new fortbetween Estills station and the mouth of Muddy Creek, directly on thetrace between the Cherokee and Shawanese towns. Having erected acabin, his son-in-law John Bullock and his family, and his son PeterDuree, his wife, and two children removed to it, taking a pair of handmill stones with them. They remained for two or three days shut up intheir cabin, but their corn meal being exhausted, they were compelledto venture out, to cut a hollow tree in order to adjust their handmill. They were attacked by Indians - Bullock, after running a shortdistance, fell. Duree reached the cabin, and threw himself upon thebed. Mrs Bullock ran to the door to ascertain the fate of her husband- received a shot in the breast, and fell across the door sill. Mrs.Duree, not knowing whether her husband had been shot or had fainted,caught her by the feet, pulled her into the house and barred the door. She grasped a rifle and told her husband she would help him to fight. He replied that he had been wounded and was dying. She thenpresented the gun through several port holes in quick succession -then calmly sat by her husband and closed his eyes in death. Youwould conclude that the scene ought to end here - but after waitingseveral hours, and seeing nothing more of the Indians, she sallied outin desperation (Page 54 begins) to make her way to the White OakSpring, with her infant in her arms, and a son, three or four years ofage, following her. Afraid to pursue the trace, she entered thewoods, and after running till she was nearly exhausted, she came atlength to the trace. She determined to follow it at all hazards, andhaving advanced a few miles further, she met the elder Mr. Duree, withhis wife and youngest son, with their baggage, on their way to the newstation. The melancholy tidings induced them, of course, to return.They led their horses into an adjoining canebrake, unloaded them, andregained the White Oak Spring Fort before daylight."
>There are two known discrepancies in Hart's account. The time hasbeen established as Mar 1781 and not the "fall or winter of 1781-2,"and naming Peter Duree "the elder and principal man" should insteadhave been his father Samuel. Taking into consideration the span ofnearly 60 years, Hart's remembrance is otherwise thought to be soundand the story remains the best basic account. The recollections ofthose who were aware of what happened at the time, were recorded inthe depositions taken during the land suit proceedings in 1809 andlater. Those facts, however, remained buried in the court records formany years. According to the testimony of Frederick Ripperdon, oneof the hunters who accompanied the group when the cabins were built,they moved in on a Friday and three of the adults were killed thefollowing Monday.
>Hart's father, Nathaniel, Senior, was killed by Indians 22 July 1782. In mentioning the White Oak Spring Station in his letter, Hartwrote:
>"It is impossible at this day to make a just impression of thesufferings of the pioneers about the period spoken of. The White OakSpring Fort in 1782, with perhaps one hundred souls in it, was reducedin August to three fighting white men - and I can say with truth, thatfor two or three weeks, my mother's family never unclothed themselvesto sleep, nor were all of them, within the time, at their mealstogether, nor was any household business attempted. Food wasprepared, and placed where those who chose could eat. It was theperiod when Bryant's station was besieged, and for many days beforeand after that gloomy event, we were in constant expectation of beingmade prisoners. We made application to Col. Logan for a guard, andobtained one, but not until the danger was measurably over. It thenconsisted of two men only. Col. Logan did every thing in his power,as county Lieutenant, to sustain the different forts - but it was nota very easy matter to order a married man from a fort where his familywas, to defend some other - when his own was in imminent danger.
I went with my mother in January, 1783, to Logan's station to prove myfather's will. He had fallen in the preceding July. Twenty armed menwere of the party. Twenty three widows were in attendance upon thecourt, to obtain letters of administration on the estates of theirhusbands who had been killed during the past year."
>The Hart letter was subsequently used for accounts appearing inhistories of Kentucky written by Lewis Collins in 1847; Richard H.Collins in 1874; W.H. Perrin et al in 1889; as wellas a History ofMadison county by chenault. Another version by George W. Demaree,containing some elaborations and giving Peter and Anna a family of 3children, appeared in the Shelby Courant, shelbyville, Kentucky, in1874. This was used by Theodore M. Banta in the Banta Genealogy,published in 1893. the massacre was also mentioned in at least 5other depositions besides that of Frederick Ripperdon, made after 1800in connection with the land title suits in the Madison County CircuitCourt, which correct the errors of names and dates in the Hartrecollections. In his deposition made Nov 1809, Ambrose Coffeetestified that after the massacre he was among the men who went tobury the dead at the Duree cabin.
> In 1782 Anna and her children moved with her father-in-law and hisfamily to the Banta Station in Mercer County. She signed the Memorialto Congress in 1783 as "Antje Durie, widow." (Page 54 ends.)"
(Page 55 begins) Anna mar (2) 5 June 1784 in Lincoln County, DanielBanta, her husband's cousin. He was b in 1764, son of Hendrick Bantaand Ann Demarest, and bro of Cornelius who had married Helena, widowof Peter's bro Henry (46). They were the parents of 3 daughters and 5sons. Daniel also raised Samuel and Wyntie Duree, children by Anna'sfirst marriage. When the purchase of the tract of land in laterShelby County was being negotiated with Squire Boone in 1785, Danieland bro Cornelius, with a small party of other relatives, travelednorth to look over the area. They built a cabin a couple of milesfrom Hoagland's Station on part of the land later acquired byCornelius as his homestead. When the Low Dutch Colony tract ofseveral thousand acres was purchased from Squire Boone on 13 Mar 1786,Daniel was one of the signers of the Agreement made the following dayto cover the management rules for handling the group of participantsinvolved in the settlement. He acquired lot 11 in the subdivision ata valuation of 49 pounds, 3 shillings, 3 pence; also Lot 14 at avaluation of 52 pounds, 17 shillings, 3 pence. Both were situatedalong present U.S. Route 421 between Shipman's Corner and NorthPleasureville in Henry County. Lot 14 was immediately opposite Lot 13taken by bro Cornelius at the same time. Although settlement wasattempted in 1786, Indian raids forced them to return to the Low DutchStation in Mercer County, where they had to remain for several moreyears. By that time it was safe to return to the Boone tract, and ittook the colonists about two weeks making their way through thewilderness. On 24 Feb 1808, Daniel sold his homestead tract of 156acres on the waters of Six Mile Run, to bro Henry, together with 8horses, 11 head of cattle, 14 sheep, 50 hogs, 30 salt kettles atDrennon's Lick, 2 other kettles, a grindstone, a Dutch oven, and 3feather beds and bedsteads. All of this property was subsequentlyturned over to the Shaker Community in which Henry and his family weremembers. On 11 Dec 1811, Daniel purchased another tract of 145 acreson Drennon's Creek. This was sold prior to the time they moved toSwitzerland County, Indiana, where they went to live with son Henry.
Daniel d 15 Dec 1827 and was bur in the Pleasant Cemetery, Pleasant,Ind. Anna d 10 June 1829 and was bur in the Old Bethel Cemetery inCraig Township, in a plot with son Henry.
Peter's descendants adopted the Duree Spelling."

"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from 1630 tothe present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p. 197 havebeen copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner, Tyler, andDuree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND."

*Petrus married Anna Shafer Seever in 1774 in Conewago, Pennsylvania. Anna was born on 2 Nov 1759 in York County, Pennsylvania; died on 10 Jun 1829 in Switzerland County, Indiana; was buried in Jun 1829 in Old Bethel Cemetery In Craig Township, Pleasant, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George + Mary Jefferson. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Durie Family PC 929.2 Public Library, Rockville, Parke County,Indiana; Published 1985 By Howard I. Durie, Pomona, New York. Bookreference: Durie, H.I., THE DIRIE FAMILY, Pomona, New York 1985.Proof of maternal descendents of William H. Elkins dating from 1630 tothe present time. Pages from the beginning of the book to p. 197 havebeen copied and are in the ELKINS HISTORY VOLUME, Farner, Tyler, andDuree Families. Pages 1-410."
"THE DURIER/DURIE/DUREE FAMILY FROM UTRECHT, HOLLAND." EXCERPTS:
"Page 24: Para.5; During the Spring of 1778 Samuel and his family,including married children and their families, moved to theShepherdstown vicinity of Berkely County, Virginia, lying west of thePotomac River in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia. ... theriver was crossed at Harpers Ferry. There they joined cousin SamuelDemaree and some of his family... While living in Berkely county andearlier in Conewago, reports had circulated about the vast lands inKentucky, then the name for the western wilderness of Virginia.
Page 25, Para. 3; Samuel thus became involved with the land prospectand in his position as one of the elders and leaders for bothsettlements, consented to make the trip to Kentucky. Para. 4 ... theonly representative from the Low Dutch communities and had thedistinction of being the first from these groups to visit Kentucky.Fort Boonesborough. Para 5, The party arrived after two fortunateescapes from Indians, ... some of his group went out to enter claimsfor land along the Muddy Creek in what was later Madison County, some18 miles south ...
Page 26, Para 1, ...Samuel claimed a site near the west side of thetrace a short distance northwest of present Moberly, ... Para. 4,... 400 acres of land along the Muddy Creek including the mill siteand "improvement" made to establish his claim of settlement. (Thelarger Banta group from Conewago took flat boats down the Ohio River,some 600 miles, and--) The smaller group from Berkely county headedby Samuel traveled the southerly route by way of the Wilderness Roador path which he had used on his initial trip.
Page 27, Para. 1, It was planned that the two parties would meet inKentucky early in 1781 after the Bantas raised a crop of corn whereverthey could locate temporarily after reaching Louisville. this wasarranged at a settlement on Beargrass Creek ... Para 2., Traveling inSamuel's immediate family were his married sons Peter and Henry,married daughter Maria Cossart, her husband Peter, and unmarriedchildren Wyntie, Albert and Daniel, besides grandchildren.Accompanying them were Frederick Ripperdan, Albert and John Voris,Daniel and Peter Banta, and Cornelius Bogart; also George M. Bedingerwho possibly went along as a guide. Daughters Agnes and CharityDebaun remained in Berkeley County. It was reported in Kentucky that"the first emigrants brought Gold, because it was easier carried, anda great deal was brought thus." The season picked to travel toKentucky, however, turned out to be the worst in a century because ofthe intensity of the cold and volume of snow and ice. It thus becameknown as the "Hard Winter." Para. 3, Traveling the Wilderness Roadto Kentucky, then only a pack-horse trail, was much different than hadbeen the move to Conewago from New Jersey when wagons carriedpossessions and some passengers, and cattle could be driven along aswell. Little in the furniture line could be taken this time, exceptthe smaller type of spinning wheels and chests. tools and certainfarming utensils were packed, as well as clothing, bedding, kitchenutensils, the family Bible, corn meal and other food stuffs, and seedfor the first plantings. the trip of several hundred miles includedcrossing a number of streams by rafts or fords. They arrived at theWhite Oak Spring Station in Mar 1780, a hurried trip due to the coldand lack of forage.
(Three more tracts of land were entered at Boonesborough by Samuel for600 acres, 50 acres, and the 400 acres on Muddy Creek.)
Page 28, Para. 3, The continual Indian trouble kept the occupants ofthe station confined to the fort during the remainder of 1780,... InFeb. 1781 a group party of 20 men went out into the acreage and builtcabins for the families. Para. 5, During the time the improvementswere being made at the claim sites and the stay at White Oak SpringStation in 1871, Samuel lost sons Peter, Henry and Daniel; daughterand son-in-law, Wyntie and John Bullock; and son-in-law Peter Cossart,all killed by the Indians ... "It was composed principally offamilies from York County, Pennsylvania, orderly, respectable people,and the men good soldiers. But they were unaccustomed to Indianwarfare, and the consequence was that of some ten or twelve men, allwere killed but two or three." Kentucky was to earn the label "thedark and bloody ground" given to it.
Page 32-33: The colony was in meshed in land controversy and laterpetitioned the new government of the United States on behalf of theland they had claimed. However, Samuel never returned to the 400acres, and he left no recorded estate. He died before his wife, andshe never made a claim on the deeds made in 1797 for portions of theDoran tract. 'It is possible that he and his wife were buried in thecemetery of the Mud Meeting House," no markers are present. "Althoughhis name is spelled Duree in the Kentucky records, he always wrote itDurie."

*Samuel married *Weyntie Banta on 5 Aug 1744 in Hackensack, New Milford In Bergen County, New Jersey. *Weyntie (daughter of *Hendrick Banta and Gertrude Terhune) was born on 15 Aug 1721 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; died about 1800 in Mercer County, Kentucky; was buried about 1800 in In The Cemetery Of The Mud Meeting House A Few Miles East, (Of The Doran Tract, In Mercer County, 2 1/2 Miles Southwest Of Harrodsburg, Kentucky) Near The Dry Fork Of Salt River.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]