. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . were in the seige of Londondary in 1689. Some portionof the family emigrated to America, long prior to the Revolu-tion, and settled in Pennsylvania, where David Cloyd marriedMargaret Campbell, and from thence removed to James River,in the now county of Botetourt, where, in March, 1764, and her son John were killed by the Indians; Joseph,another son, on the day of the killing of his mother and brother,was working in the field, and the Indians, by a ruse, succeededin getting between him and the house. Perceiving tha
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . were in the seige of Londondary in 1689. Some portionof the family emigrated to America, long prior to the Revolu-tion, and settled in Pennsylvania, where David Cloyd marriedMargaret Campbell, and from thence removed to James River,in the now county of Botetourt, where, in March, 1764, and her son John were killed by the Indians; Joseph,another son, on the day of the killing of his mother and brother,was working in the field, and the Indians, by a ruse, succeededin getting between him and the house. Perceiving that theywere Indians that had attacked the house, he ran to a neighborfor aid, hastening back only to find that his mother had beentomahawked and his brother killed. Joseph Cloyd in about 1774 or 1775, when quite a young man,came with Colonel William Preston to the Drapers Meadowssettlement. He subsequently married Miss Mary Gordon, andit is said, at her request, built a brick church near where Dublin,Virginia, is now situated, being the first church building erected. !ITCHELL CLAY HOUSEBuilt in the Fall of 1783. The Cloyd Family. :,!)!> west of the Alleghany mountains. Mary, a sister of JosephCloyd, married James McGavock. The children of JosephCloyd were David, Gordon and Thomas. David married SarahMcGavock, Gordon married Betsie McGavock, and Thomasmarried Mary McGavock. Joseph Cloyd, the elder, becamepossessed of a very large and valuable estate on Back Creek,now in Pulaski County, a portion of which is now owned andpossessed by his great-grandson, David Cloyd. Joseph Cloydwas a soldier in the American army during the Revolution, andMajor of the Montgomery County militia. In the year of 1780there was a great tory uprising in the northern counties ofNorth Carolina, consequent upon the advance of the Britisharmy into that state in October of that year. Major Cloydraised three companies of horsemen, among them one com-manded by Captain George Pearis, and marched to the Shallo
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