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COLONEL ANTES: This truly remarkable man, who played such an important
part in both the early military and civil history of the West Branch
of the Susquehanna Valley of PA was born in 1736. He was appointed
a justice of the peace; captain of the Eighth Company; commanded
a company in Plunkett’s regiment in his unfortunate raid on Wyoming,
made captain of the First Company, was captain of a company in the
Second Battalion of Associators and in May of 1777, he was commissioned
lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Battalion by the Supreme Executive
Council.
On the point of a high bluff, just below the mouth of Antes Creek,
Col. Antes built a stockade in 1776 that was frequently occupied
by settlers for their safety on the frontier. McMinn enlightens
the reader with a valuable history of American Colonial frontier
settlements in this true story of a Revolutionary War Pennsylvania
militia commander and his pioneer family on the West Branch of the
Susquehanna River. Chapters contain information on Indian traditions,
Indian village life, customs and traits of Indian character sickness,
death and treatment on the frontier, home life of the early settlers,
early modes of transportation, treaties with the Indians and much,
much more. McMinn’s accounts of Indian massacres and the Big Runaway
on the Susquehanna’s West Branch are priceless. His discussion of
the role of women on the frontier and the culture and character
of the Pennsylvania frontier people are stories rarely found in
these early histories.
Of note to genealogists is the Antes family history included, covering
the migration of the Antes family with fellow Moravians from the
Palentine in Germany to Pennsylvania. You truly need to read this
remarkable history to know and understand what life was like in
the early 18th century Pennsylvania frontier.
Hardback, 514 pp., limited edition of 1,000 copies, over 40+ illustrations,
$49.95.
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