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Statement of Judge Q.F. Ofthicl of Ashtabula County Ohio June 10, 1851 – Relating to Fort Avery on Huron River 1812 –

I volunteered in the Army soon after Sbulls surrender with 25 or 30 others from Ashtabula Geauga and Cuyaga county to go to Camp Avery on the Huron river as mounted men Genral General Simon Perkins in command there. It was a mer stockade not against artillery he organized us into a company. I wsa Leutenant and we acted as Scouts. Majory Shannon and his company was out to Cedar point we saw some vessels come down behind CUninghams (Kellys) Island where it came to Anchor one schoner came down to the entrance of the bay and fired signals Major Shannon ranged his men behind a bank of eathen gravel high enough to cover them. I was sent to the neck with the house in order to guard against a surprise by the Indians my men were stationed along the bay about 20 yds apart I heard a few guns and looking up the beech I saw in confusion I made toward the men and met Major Shannnon and his party triming back along the beech out of breath, scatered alon the beech about half a mile he said the British were landed and we should be taken he said he was exhausted and insisted on taking my horse ordering me to take charge of the men. I got them to gather and we comme need to mardh over the prairie. We had not seen any British land at Seigel point. a boat was seen passing out of the bay which the guard fired upon and they returned the fire and this was all we returned to camp Avery.

In 1813 I was stationed at Putin Bay + Saw a Frenchway by the avenue of Beaubeau who lived there he said the British had been there the day befor[e] the affair at Cedar Point and took breakfast at his house they told them to be ready on the nex day for they should bring some Yankeys with them. We had on the vessel two gun pounders and a good force they intended to land at the Mouth of Huron river in the night and attack fort Avery the Indians were to hold the adjacent country For O. Mic's father had been about the fort and reported to teh British these were 500 Americans on Cedar point and 100 mountain men at the neck. he also told them that the foot was very much improved and had more men in it than before he told them that we had cannon which was not true. he was in the boat that was fired upon as it went out the British considered Channons retreat along the sore as a trick to cary them into an ambush and they dare not follow.