Barnwell, John
soldier, was born about 1671 in Ireland. Barnwell's force overtook the depredating Tuscaroras and killed 300 in the first engagement. The survivors were driven into their fortified town, besieged, and finally reduced to submission. Nearly 1,000 of them were killed or captured, and the remnant abandoned their hereditary lands and joined the Five Nations of New York. This was the first crushing blow dealt against the Indians by the white settlers in the Carolinas, and Barnwell is to this day known to his descendants as Tuscarora John. He died about June, 1724, in Beaufort, S. C.