"At Fort Jenkins,the uppermost in the valley,and only a 
       mile above Wintermoot's,there were gathered the families 
      of the old patriot,John Jenkins,Esq,the Hardings and    
       Gardiners,distinguished for zeal,with others.Not apprised
      of the contiguity of the savages,on the morning of the 
        30th of June,Benjamin Harding,Stukley Harding,John Harding,
       a boy,James Hadsell,James Hadsell Jr.,Daniel Weller,John 
       Gardiner and Daniel Carr,eight in all,took their arms and 
        went up about three miles into Exeter,to their labor.Twords 
       evening,at an hour when aid could not be expected,they were
        attacked.That they fought bravely was admitted by the enemy.
     Weller and Gardiner and Carr were taken prisoners,James
       Hadsell and his son James,Benjamin and Stukley Harding were
       killed.John Harding ,the boy,threw himself into the river ,
       and lay under the willows,his mouth just above the surface.
        He heard with anguishthe dying groans of his friends.Knowing
         he was near,the Indians searched carefully for him.At one time
         they were so close that he could of touched them.The bodies of
       Benjamin and Stukley Harding were found after the massacre,
        taken down to the Fort,now West Pittston,and buried near the 
       fort,in what later became known as the Jenkins Cemetery.In 
       after years their brother,Elisha Harding,Esq.,raised them a 
           monument with this inscription.'Sweet be the sleep of those
          who prefer Death to Slavery'"-Miner