Ralph,
One of the sources below may contain a list of the knights' names,  
though off hand I don't recall seeing a complete list. In August  
1716, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood led his “Knights of the  
Golden Horseshoe” expedition across the Blue Ridge Mountains at the  
Chester Gap, which later became the town of Front Royal. Spotswood  
and his companions swam in the Shenandoah River, which he called “The  
Euphrates.” Robert Beverley (the historian) went along. His King and  
Queen County estate was their jumping off point. The Essex and King  
and Queen county surveyors (or assistant surveyors), Augustine Smith  
and John Taylor, accompanied Spotswood as well. The Huguenot John  
Fontaine went along as well and wrote the best account of the  
journey. Spotswood's account to the Board of Trade is more business- 
like and focused on his settlement scheme.

See:

"Alexander Spotswood to Board of Trade, May 9, 1716,” Virginia  
Colonial Records Project, British Public Records Office, Colonial  
Office [CO] 5/1317, f. 188.

"Virginia Indian Company to Board of Trade, April 24, 1717,” Virginia  
Colonial Records Project, British Public Records Office, C.O. 5/1317,  
f. 42.

Alfred Bagby, Jr., "Beverley Park and the Knights of the Golden  
Horseshoe." _The William and Mary Quarterly_, 2nd Ser., Vol. 20, No.  
4 (Oct., 1940), pp. 508-510.

John Fontaine, _Memoirs of a Huguenot Family_, trans. Ann Maury, (New  
York: Putnam, 1907).

Hope this helps.
Best,
Ed Ragan




On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:32 PM, Ralph Mills wrote:

> Who among you can point me to a source where I can learn the names   
> of the
> original Knights of the Golden Horseshoe,  an organization  created  
> by Governor
> Alexander Spotswood to honor the gentlemen who  accompanied him on an
> expedition over the in 1716. The following road marker   
> commemorates the Governor's
> expedition.  I am looking for a list of  the names of those gentlemen.
>
> Ralph Mills
>
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