Bill, Do you have any additional information on:  

> Later he volunteered under Capt. Francis Shelton, of Henry, who was raising a force to put down the Tories, then causing alarm in the hollows of Dan River, on the North Carolina line.  Shelton's men visited persons known to be disaffected to the American cause and prevented injuries from tories.  The headquarters was with a tory named McGowan, who lived in Henry

Dates?  Specific events?  

My Silas Wooten says in his pension application that he enlisted in March 1781 at Boyd's Ferry.  My own research shows that to be a Ferry across the Dan River about where the railroad tracks cross the river at New Boston.  Silas says that this was on the Roanoke River.

Silas called the Dan River the Roanoke.  A variant name for the Dan is the South Branch of the Roanoke River.   The question is:  Was Silas a local?  Was this river more often called the Roanoke in that time period than the Dan? 

I also have a Jacob Elliott who lived on Pole Cat Creek on the border between Randoph County and Guilford County in NC in the period of the Revolutionary War who was involved with an incident with the Tories who came through his neighborhood.  Jacob was a Quaker and hoped to sit out the war.  The incident scared him and his family enough that they moved to Montgomery County, VA for safety for the rest of the war.  I am interested in knowing the time period that the Tories were particularly active in northern NC .....trying to recruit.....and other details to fill out my "story" in this time period.  

In addition my Salmons family and Hensley family would have been living in Pittsylvania/Henry area in this same time period.  I have reason to be interested in any information about when and details of anything anyone has on these events.   Marsha Moses



 
On Nov 17, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Bill Davidson wrote:

> Gale,
> 
> You may already have the information shown in the below "link," but this appears to be a rather informative post on GenForum that mentions the Henry, Diuguid and Robertson families in VA (along with some other associated families):
> 
> http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Henry::diuguid::1.html
> 
> Also, a member of my Davidson family named Giles Davidson (who was ultimately present at the surrunder of Cornwallis) served under Captain William Duiguid for a while, as shown below.  Giles Davidson was a son of David Davidson and Mary Giles of Buckingham Co., VA (but David Davidson had been on the 1746 Goochland Co., VA tithe list).
> 
> DAVIDSON, GILES-Amherst, 21 Aug 1832. Born in Buckingham, 1762 (from the family register of his father, in possession of his brother Edward Davidson).  Went out three months under Capt. William Duiguid at Albemarle Barracks, being substitute for Young Lee.  He there enlisted under Capt. Garland Burnley for 12 months as guard to British prisoners.  Later he volunteered under Capt. Francis Shelton, of Henry, who was raising a force to put down the Tories, then causing alarm in the hollows of Dan River, on the North Carolina line.  Shelton's men visited persons known to be disaffected to the American cause and prevented injuries from tories.  The headquarters was with a tory named McGowan, who lived in Henry.  In 1781 he went out from Buckingham for three months under Capt. William Perkins, and was in the battles of Hot Water and Jamestown.  He was at once called out again under Capt. Silas Watkins, who before Yorktown resigned and was succeeded by Capt. William Giles.  Was present at Surrender of Cornwallis and helped to guard the prisoners to the Winchester Barracks, where he was discharged about 1 Dec 1781.  After the war he moved to Amherst Co, VA and was placed on the Virginia Pension roll at $76.66 per annum.  Certificate 12920 was issued 17 Jun 1833.  In Amherst Co on 17 Mar 1848, Giles Davidson, resident of this county for about 40 years and previous thereto of Buckingham County, appointed John A. Harris attorney to collect pension due from 4 Sep 1847 to 4 Mar 1848; witnesses W. C. Jordon, L. W. Christian.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Bill Davidson
> 


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