Dennis,
I did come across a petition online in archives at LVA that's signed by members of the troop that went with Thomas Rowland on the N.C. Expedition.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/siteindex/index.htm
Scroll down to Governor's Letters Received, July 1776 - November 1784
Enter "Thomas Rowland"
Click on 1 (Davies, William War Office to Governor 1781)
When you view the pages with signatures, be sure to use the scroll on bottom. I missed half of them the first time I copied the pages.
Unfortunately, only a few of the signatures (which start on pg.5, I think) can be read easily. Maybe you can mess around with it on a photo program and get results. Sometimes changing photo of document to negative helps clarify. I did transcribe the affidavit by Thomas Rowland (see below) but haven't gotten to the petition or signatures yet.
Joanne
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1781 affidavit to war office
Summary Re ordering a court martial to sit in Botetourt County to
determine amount of credit for Botetourt Militia
June 26, 1781- Petition, Inhabitants of Botetourt, 49 signatures, setting
forth reasons for their returning home early from Greene’s forces in hope
governor will allow them a tour of duty
July 8, 1781- Affidavit, Thomas Rowland, re early return of militia from
N.C.and results of subsequent court martial.
Aug. 8, 1781- Cover letter, William Davies, War Office, [to] governor, in he suggests
Maj. Rowland and petitioners may be correct.
____1781- Undated approval of Nelson
Botetourt County ?
I certify that a number of officers and solders
Returned from an Expedition to Northcarolina
under the Command of Major General Green a
few Days before theyer (tour?duty?) to me was Expired
--and sometime after their return there was a
Marshall Cort held and I myself informed the
Cort upon their offenses for returning without
orders in which the Cort aquitted them-- and
the Cort Refused the solders a trial in which
it appear to Me that the Solders Now pitishining
Did Dutey Equal to the Millitia of Mungomery
or Rockbridge Countys on Sd Expeditions which
is Sd they (were) each allowed tours for Sd Dutey.
Given under My hand this 8th Day July 1781
Thos Rowland, Maj.
Spelling and grammer as close to original as possible.
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Dennis Glazener <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Joanne,
Below is your post on VA-ROOTS sent to me by a friend that knows that I am researching an incident that happened at the battle of Clapp's Mill. The two men involved are both ancestors of mine and were members of the Botetourt County militia. I have good second hand information that one of them was killed there but the other man is not mentioned in the information that I have been able to find. I believe Major Rowland was in command of this group.
I thought you might be able to steer me in the right direction to find any information that still exists on this group.
I joined this group this morning and am looking forward to exchanging information with anyone that is interested.
Kind regards,
Dennis Glazener
Midlothian, Va 23113
"Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:37:44 -0800
From: qvarizona <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Henry "Lt Horse Harry" Lee
Thanks, John.
Thomas Rowland is my ancestor, and I have a great deal of info about him. Always looking for more, however, so I am curious as to which book you referred.
It's well known the Henry Lee had little respect for the militia, and he and Thomas are known to have been in the same locale off and on during the Revolution. IF the long-held family tradition that Thomas challenged Henry Lee to a duel is correct, then it probably did take place ca. January-March 1781. I have copies of letters written by Thomas and others in defense of his Botetourt Rifles, who were charged with desertion because they left N.C. without Thomas' permission, and a few days before their tours were officially completed.
My current search for info re. Lt .Horse Harry Lee primarily has to do with Sidney Vale, an ancestral home owned at one time by Thomas' daughter, Milly Rowland Gilmore and her husband, Joseph Gilmore. According to an unverified account by Dr. E. Pendleton Tompkins
(Natural Bridge and It's Historical Surroundings, pub. 1939), the land was a portion of the 38,000 acres Henry Lee bought from John Beale. Henry reportedly designed the house and leased it and the land for several years before selling it to a widow, Elizabeth Moore. No dates or source information provided by Dr. Tompkins. Is his tale true? untrue? That's what I'm hoping to learn.
Joanne"
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