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Re: Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe
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Ralph Mills <[log in to unmask]>
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ATW,

Thanks for the interesting tip.  I found one history of Orange County,  which
mentioned the Spotswood expedition and the story of the Knights, but it
didn't include the names of the "gentlemen" who accompanied the good  governor.

Ralph Mills
Los Angeles, CA




In a message dated 1/13/2007 8:20:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Ralph -  the history of Orange County, Virginia might give you some clues too
since  the seal for the county is a symbol of the Knights of the  Golden
Horseshoe.  ATW, editor, Virginia Review
----- Original  Message -----
From: "Ralph Mills" <[log in to unmask]>
To:  <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:27  AM
Subject: Re: Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe


> In a  message dated 1/12/2007 8:27:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>  [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> there  are 27 listed sources  for "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" at
> the Virginia  Historical  Society; a few might have the information  you
>  want.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> Nancy, thank you for  pointing me to the Virginia Historical Society.
> I'll
> track it  down and check it out.
> And thanks, too, for the google  results.
>
> Since Governor Spotswood went to the trouble of  having the golden
> horseshoes
> made for the "gentlemen" who  accompanied him on the expedition, I  have
> assumed that somewhere  there must exist a list of the people who were
> gifted these
>  specially designed golden horseshoes and who were declared to be   members
> of
> the "Knights of the Golden  Horseshoe."
>
> I have read that one James Taylor and his brother  Edmund Taylor were among
> those "gentlemen" and I am trying to find  some primary source for that
> claim.
>
> Thanks for the  help, Nancy.
>
> Ralph Mills
> Los Angeles,  CA
>
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