Andrew Donnally Sr (1738–1796) was a Colonel and Sheriff in the Greenbrier County Militia during the French and Indian War through the American Revolution.
Dick's son however, fled and became an Indian chief who sided with the Americans in the war of 1812.
Donnally explains to Jefferson the dire needs and dangers in the region by furnishing more men when the violence against Indian attacks are increasing.
On April 14, 1781, received a letter from Thomas Jefferson expressing his sorrow for Indian hostilities in the region and that Jefferson informed General Clark that he will appoint a Deputy to the region to assist.
[3] In 1789, Donnally was made a trustee of the town of Charleston in the newly established Kanawha County along with Leonard Morris, William Morris, George Alderson, Abraham Baker, John Young and William Clendenin.