The Kidnapping of Kitty Payne and her Children

Name: The Kidnapping of Kitty Payne and her Children
Start: 2026-07-23T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-23T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Gettysburg History

Schedule

Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Gettysburg History | Gettysburg, PA

Free program on the Kidnapping of Kitty Payne and her children. On July 24, 1845, five men broke into her cabin on Bendersville’s Bear Mountain. They gagged her and tied her hands and dragged her and her children into a wagon and took them back to Virginia where they had been enslaved and freed by their owner. The kidnapping was arranged by her cousin Samuel Maddox , Jr., who was the nephew of her owner and her father Samuel Maddox, Sr.
The program starts at 6:30 and doors open at 6:10 PM. There are 200 seats available please mark your calendar and plan to attend. It would be helpful if you would register as going on this page.