Crow's Rock in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Crow's Rock in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Entry/Object ID

2020.12.28

Description

Crow's Rock in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, is the site of an infamous Indian massacre. Handwritten inscription on page reads, "The Crow Rock." Typed caption attached to page reads, "In Greene County, Pennsylvania, is found this Rock, behind which Indians hid before seizing the four Crow sisters who were at the Creek ford just below, and three of whom they tomahawked and scalped. The Rock remains today as it was in 1791."

Collection

Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900 - circa 1910

Lexicon

Search Terms

Crow family, Richhill (Greene County, Pa. : Township)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

THRJ-AN001-0028

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series - Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection

Owner/Agent

Riddle, Shannon

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series of the Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection consists of selected items from a hand-typed manuscript, given as a Christmas gift to Jeannette's sister, Daisy, in 1914. Included among these pages are photographs, letters, articles, pieces of cloth and lace, and other items preserved from the family history. Along with the Throckmortons are documented the Crows, Lazears, Bentleys, Days, Scotts, Sutphins, and Howards, primarily of Pennsylvania and Iowa. The original book is in the possession of a descendant of Jeannette and Daisy's beloved brother Charley. These descendants have transcribed and digitized the complete book, which is now available as a Kindle book from Amazon and as a free downloadable PDF from Greene Connections. The family shared the digital files with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Source Citation: Crow's Rock in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, item no. THRJ-AN001-0028, Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series, Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).