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- Elizabeth was definitely related to the Sluss family who were massacred by Shawnee Indians on 2 Aug 1774. Whether or not she was a daughter or a niece, is in question. There are two accounts of the Sluss family massacre, one that states that she was a cousin, who lived nearby, and one that states that she was a daughter who was away.
The massacre of the Sluss family occurred at Sharon Springs, in Bland Co., near the present village of Ceres, Va., August 2, 1774. It was the year of the Indian uprising, known as "Lord Dunmore's War", and just two months prior to the famous battle at Point Pleasant. In every account there is no mention of an Elizabeth, which makes me believe that she was a cousin. Her father has long been known as Frederick.
She appears as a widow in the 1810 Wythe County census. In the 1850 Smythe County Virginia Census, at age 85 she was living with a John. Elizabeth was living in Smythe County when she applied for a Revolutionary War widow's pension, at 87 years of age. She was denied the pension due to lack of proof of Peter's service.
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1799 - 1851 (52 years)