Thats a sad story for sure Sally, yes, the women folk had a hard row to hoe what with the raisin the kids (many who died in childhood), cookin,(over a fireplace) washin, housekeepin and a dozen other chores to do, I don`t see how they managed.

Yeh and shootin at injuns too...my 9th g grandma (Dorthy Woodson) Kilt two injuns in 1644, scalded one, and brained another with a poker. This after seeing her husband (DR. John Woodson) killed by same indians within sight of the cabin.