John O,
I found the information about Solomon being killed by Indians while on a
hunting trip with Enoch in a publication by Rita Kennedy Sutton called
Early Osbornes and Allys. According to the author Capt. Enoch Osborne
married Jane Hash d/o John in 1764. Caleb Osborne was believed to have
come from N.J.
There was also a reference that said Bishop Francis Asbury talked of
visiting Enoch Osborne and another nominal member of the Society of
Friends (Quaker). I'm not sure if this means Enoch was a member of the
Society. If he was he must have been a nominal member also since he was
a Capt. in the Revolution. I think this religious influence may have
been the reason Zachariah was associated with the Torys. Macajah
Pennington, at one time a neighbor of Zach, was also accused of being a
Tory and left the area but later came back and prospered according to
information I was sent by a Pennington researcher. At least one of
Micajah's sons settled in Lee Co on the North Fork of the Powell River.
Another note of interest--when Enoch Osborne, Sr died his property was
divided among these peope: George and Polly Howell, Moses and Sarah
Dixon, Joshua and Ruth Cox, Samuel Robinett and Ann, Enoch and Polly
Osborn, ZACHARIAH AND POLLY OSBORN, Charles Copeland and wife, Samuel and
Rebecca Cox.
This all came from the above mentioned publication except for the
Pennington information.
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Lucille Graves
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