U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes, Jesse (died about 1830) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 394 Jesse Hughes, the noted border and Indian scout, was, it is supposed, born on the South Branch of the Potomac, and came to the West in 1770, and located his four hundred acres on Hacker's creek, adjoining lands afterwards owned by Colonel William Lowther. He participated in many expeditions against the Indians, and was perhaps better known and had a wider reputation for daring than any other man on the upper waters of the Monongahela, and he did much to protect the settlers, from the forays of the savages. He had a fierce temper and bore an intense hatred to the Indians, and no one of that race was safe with him either in war or peace. He lived to a great age and died at the house of his son-in-law, George Henshaw, in Jackson county, West Virginia, about 1830. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------