Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-09-25

have been daring, undoubtedly courageous, Of
.fcer of the old "bood and thunder" school
but his sacrifice of the lives of his men and Of
fcers was fearful. Mr.. De Haas maintains. as
an unquestionable point of history, that he fell
by shot from one Of his own men. His men,
oranda of the event are striking.
In the ranks of Braddock were two brothers.
Joseph and Thomas Fawcett, the first commits
stoned officer. One of them, Tom Fawcett
the Hon. Andrew Stewart of Unontown says
he knew very well, and often conversed with
him about early times. "He did not hesitate TO
own, in the presence Of his friends, that he shot
Braddock." The circumstances, perhaps, were
briefly these. Regardless of Gen. Braddock's
positive and foolish orders tlat the troops should
rot protect themselves behikl trees, Joseph Faw-
cett had SO posted himself, which Braddock dis
covering, rode up and struck him down with
his sword. Tom Fawcett, who stood but short
distance from his brother, saw the W. hole trans
action, and Immediately drew up his rife and
shot him through the body. This, as he after
wards said, was partly out of revenge for Brad
docks assault upon his brother, and partly to
get the general out of the way, and thus save
the remnant of the army.
{" In addition to the above we may give the
statement of correspondent of the National
LlteLigencer, who seems to have been familiar
with the facts. 'When my father was removing
with his family 10 the West, one of the Fawcetts
kept apublic house to the eastward from, and
near where Unontown now stands. This mans
house we lodged in about the 10th of October
1871, twenty-six years and few months after
Braddock's defeat and then it was made any
thing but secret, that one Of the family dealt
the death blow to the British general Thirteen
years after met Thomas Fawcett, then, as he
told me, in his 10th year. To him put the
plain question, and received the plain reply, 81
did shoot him." l never heard the fact doubted
or blamed, that Fawcett killed Braddock.'
"Mr Watson (Annals of the Olden Time,
vol. /. PIP. 141-2) says, that in 1888 he met VIM.
Butler, a private in the Pennsylvania Greens at
the defeat of Braddock, Il asked him, particu-
larIv scho killed Braddock? and he aswered
promptly, one FdlOcett, brother of one whom
Braddock had killed in a passion In 1880,
Butler saw Fawcett near Carlisle, where he had
gone on visit to his daughter. The Milers-
town Perry County, Pay Gazette, of 1880,
speaks of Butler being there, and that both con-
Cured in saying that Braddock had been shot by
Fawcett.'
ga minister of the NJ. e. Church. writing to
the Christian Advocate, says: The old man
died at the age of one hundred and fourteen
years, in 1923, who killed Braddock.' The
ENewburyport Herald of l94s declares its ac'
lquaintance with Daniel Adams, an old soldier o.
that place, aged 80, who confirmed the shooting
of Braddock by one Of his own men.
" Braddock wore coat Of mail in front
which turned balls fired in front, but he toas sho
in hhe back, and Tie ball ,cas found stopped ii
front by The coat Of mail The venerable VIII
liam Darby, of Washington City, has rece ntl.
stated to the author that during his early days
he had never heard it doubted that Fawcett hat
killed Braddock. 1t seems generally conced
ed fact, and most of the settlers were dispose,
to applaud the act"