Anne Rowe Hupp was an American frontierswoman of the Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek

-Waterways:In Pennsylvania*Buffalo Creek *Buffalo Creek , tributary of the Casselman River*Buffalo Creek *Buffalo Creek In West Virginia...

 Valley in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 152,534 registered voters in Washington County .* Democratic: 89,027 * Republican: 49,025 * Other Parties: 14,482...

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Indian Attack

Jacob Miller settled 400 acres (1.6 km²) of land on Buffalo Creek watershed in the 1770s.

In early April 1782, she defended the fort of Miller's Blockhouse, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 152,534 registered voters in Washington County .* Democratic: 89,027 * Republican: 49,025 * Other Parties: 14,482...

, against a Shawnee

Shawnee

The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...

Indian Attack, for over 24 hours in 1782 while eight months pregnant, after her husband was murdered and scalped.

Attacks continued in the area from April to May 1782.

Ann married John May and they had 3 children: Benjamin, Ann, and George. Ann died on 26 June 1823.

External links

• Anne Hupp and the Siege of Miller's Blockhouse
• Historical Marker
• Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission, Official Marker Record
• Creigh, Alfred., History of Washington County: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, B. Singerly: Harrisburg, PA. 1871. p. 46-50 Link to Text
• Lewis, Mary Anne., "Tracking Down Settler's Forts," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 July 1998. Retrieved 27 June 2009 Link to Text

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