The atrocity occurred at Yellow Creek on the upper Ohio River in the Ohio Country--now Yellow Creek Township, Columbiana County, Ohio--and was the single most important incident contributing to the outbreak of Lord Dunmore's War (May-October 1774).
The atrocity occurred at Yellow Creek on the upper Ohio River in the Ohio Country--now Yellow Creek Township, Columbiana County, Ohio --. The atrocity was the single most important incident (May-October 1774). This single most important incident was contributing to the outbreak of Lord Dunmore's War (May-October 1774).