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George Auxier was born in Pennsylvania in the 1750's. When he reached adulthood the best farm lands near his home were already settled. Searching for land of his own, he and his brother traveled the Wilderness Road into southwestern Virginia. George married Dorcas Shelly. They made their home on the Kanawha River in Virginia later moving to Montgomery County, Kentucky where he died in 1809.Deposition of George Oxer taken before Joseph Colville at
William Conner's tavern in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, on
November 1, 1798: "I was furloughed in January of 1775
and on the 27th James Fowler, Thomas Pitman and myself
departed from the mouth of the New River and traveled in
company to the Salt Lick. I killed a buffalo that evening.
Fowler and Pitman were out and when they heard my shot
they came in and went to the lick that evening. It is a branch
of the Sandy River. The Indians had told us of a lick located
at the fork of a creek and we named it Big Paint. It is about
three miles from the Sandy river and twenty miles from
Fowler's lick. It was in 1777 when the people on the Clinch
River proposed to go to Salt Lick and make salt. James
Fowler and myself were together on Shelby's Creek in 1775
where we parted and he went on ahead. We met again below
the mouth of Paint Lick Creek and from there went on to
the mouth of the New River. This was the same time that
James Fowler was conducting the Indian called Morgan to
the mouth of the New River. I own ten head of cattle and I
am the father of ten children". Fayette County, Kentucky Records Volume IPrivate George Auxier served with the Virginia Line enlisting at Glade Hollow Fort. When the McClure family was abducted by Indians, Captain Alexander Barnett's Company took up pursuit. George Auxier was a member of this company when they successfully freed the McClure family. Captain Barnett personally placed the care of the McClures into the hands of George Auxier. George received pay for serving 17 days as a member of Captain William Russell's' Company of Fincastle County, Virginia. Later, he was paid for 18 days work in canoes and for 10 days of driving. This may have been hazardous duty because George received an extra 45 days of pay for this service. Soldiers completing their tours of duty went to the McCorkle's Store at New Dublin, Virginia to receive their pay. It is probable that George was discharged there because he is listed on the McCorkle's customer list.
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Grave in Tombstone at Oak Grove
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Was killed by a train at a grade crossing near Grand Pass, MO.
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