From the book "The Monongalia Story - A Bicentennial History, II the
Pioneers", by Earl L. Core, p.p. 74-76:

"Battle at Pringle's Ford.  On April 5,  six men from the Fort Minear
settlement (now Saint George) were returning home on horseback from
Clarksburg, where they had appeared before the board of land
commissioners.  They had located on valuable lands in the Cheat River
valley and wanted to establish their ownership.  The party was composed
of John Minear,  Daniel Cameron, Frederick Cooper, Salathiel Goff, Andrew
Miller,  and Henry Miller.
	The trail ("Pringle's Packroad") from the West Fork and Buckhannon River
areas crossed the Tygart Valley River at what was called Pringle's Ford
(just below present Philippi); Ford Run flows into the river at that
point.  Here the Indians, hiding in thickets, ambushed the party.
Fansler tells the story:
  	'The Indians....had been on a raid... where they killed several
persons, and practically exterminated the Schoolcraft family, fifteen of
which had either ben killed or carried into captivity within a space of
seven years....
	'The Indians hung a leather gun-case over the trail and positioned
themselves in the thickets on either side.  The Minear party....were
riding single file with Minear in the lead.  He was almost beneath the
decoy when he saw it and stopped, which also halted the five riders
behind him.  The fact of an ambush flashed to his mind and he yelled out
'Indians!'  but, too late, the momentary halt had given the Indians time
to aim and, as Minear called out, the firing commenced.  Horses and men
fell together, Minear, Cameron and Cooper being killed on the spot.  Goff
and Andrew Miller were unhorsed and took to the woods.  Henry Miller, who
was riding the rear file, turned and fled back to Clarksburg without much
difficulty, since he was mounted on a fleet horse and the Indians were
afoot.
	Andrew Miller ran up a steep hill with several Indians in pursuit, armed
with knives and tomahawks, and yelling and gesticulating wildly.  Had
they exerted their energy in the chase instead of using it up by yelling
and flinging their arms about, they undoubtedly would have caught Miller,
but he made good his escape by reaching the crest of the hill fist and,
with a downhill run, was able to outdistance them while they were still
struggling to the crest.
	Salathiel Goff, German immigrant, soldier of the Revolution, and 33
years of age at the time, made one of those storybook escapes.  He ran
for the river, in the opposite direction from the Millers, under the
assumption that if the Indians chased them all it would divide their
forces and reduce their effectiveness.   Several Indians pursued him,
confident of a speedy capture.  At the river bank he doffed his coat to
swim and then perceiving that it would be useless to do so, tossed his
coat into the river and crawled into an otter den that just happened to
be conveniently at hand.  When the Indians reached the bank above him he
learned, from their conversation, that they thought he had dived into the
river and expected to see him rise at any moment.  They saw his coat
floating down the river and moved off to keep pace with it,
thinking,perhaps, that he had either drowned or was floating beneath his
coat.  As soon as they were out of sight Goff crawled from concealment
and headed for Saint George, thirty miles away, which he reached that
night, bringing the startling intelligence of the massacre to the
astonished settlers."

In book I of this five part series, titled, "The Monangalia Story - A
Bicentennial History, Prelude", p.p. 320- 321,  there is more:  ( the
parts in single quotes are italicized in the book, as it is taken from
another source, with the original spelling)

'John Menior is intitled to four hundred acres of land in Monongalia
County on Cheat River opposite the mouth of Clover Run to include his
Settlement made theron in the year 1776.'   " John Minear was leader of
the colony that settled at the mouth of Minear Run, Tucker County
(Withers, 126).  He supervised the construction of Fort Horseshoe and
Fort Minear and was killed by the Indians in 1781 (Withers, 311; Fansler,
34, 53, 55, 58, 60, 61; Maxwel, 34-68)."

'Jonathan Manier is Intitled to two hundred acres of land in Monongalia
County on the Cheat River below the mouth of Clover Run to include his
Settlement made theron in the year 1776.'   "Tucker County.  Jonathan
Minear was a son of John (p. 320), and was killed by the Indians at
Jonathan Run in 1780 (Fansler, 31-35)."

There is also a great picture of a roadside historical marker at Saint
George, which I assume is still there (this book was published in 1974).
The marker reads, "FORT MINEAR  Erected by John Minear in 1776, who with
a group of immigrants later founded Saint George.  Settlement attacked by
Indian bands in spring of 1780 and in 1781.  Minear and his son Jonathan
among killed."