In 1774, Isaac Van Bibber, an Old Side Baptist Minister, served in the Southern Division of General Andrew Lewis, under command of Colonel Charles Lewis. Isaac was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant, on October 10 1774, he died about thirty hours later, making his actual death date as October 11 1774. He was buried beside Colonel Charles Lewis, and later moved, along with others, that were killed in the battle, to a nearby resting place.
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| Description | This information was in Lyman Draper's manuscripts (Vol. 5 The Boone Papers, Letter of the Van Bibbers). It was quoted on p. 102 of History of Greenbrier County West Virginia by Otis Rice, published in 1986. |
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