Caty Sage

Caty Sage (HM18PT)

Location: Elk Creek, VA 24326 Grayson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 43.119', W 81° 10.085'

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Nearby was the home of James and LoviceSage, whose five-year-old daughter Caty wasabducted in 1792. Fifty-six years later herbrother Charles located her in eastern Kansasafter a Wyandots Indian told him that a womannamed Yourowquains, with similar features tohis, lived with the Wyandots. Another brother,Samuel, investigated and confirmed that shewas their sister. Through an interpreter,Yourowquains told them that a "white man"abducted her. She lived with the Cherokee,before they gave her as a present to theWyandots, who adopted her. She had threeWyandot husbands and died in Jan. 1853.
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HM NumberHM18PT
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Marker NumberKC-10
Year Placed2000
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 1:25am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 484989 N 4063675
Decimal Degrees36.71865000, -81.16808333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 43.119', W 81° 10.085'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 43' 7.14" N, 81° 10' 5.10" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 9401-9435 Elk Creek Pkwy, Elk Creek VA 24326, US
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