The Worland Family in America and Beyond I began my life in the
Puget Sound area of Washington State, on an island filled with
forests and wild rhododendrons. I was separated from my Worland
family there at an early age. Recently, I was reunited with my
family and learned of my heritage. And so, this journey to know
my ancestors began. The Worlands, Gideons, Newtons, Conards...
they were the colonists, the settlers, the pioneers. They fought
in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War. This
is their story, and the story of a nation. -Deci Worland Sunday,
August 23, 2009 Colonel Andrew Lewis led his force of 1,100
Virginia militiamen into the Little Kanawha valley. The presence
of such a large British force in native lands convinced Shawnee
Cheiftain Cornstalk that he should form a large war party.
Cornstalk attacked Lewis and they engaged in a bloody battle
characterized by the succession of individual hand-to-hand
combats. At times Cornstalk and his braves held the upper hand,
but eventually t