How interesting. Once again, Patte, you have demonstrated the absolute need to observe and note the events and commerce of the "wheres" of your people.  Without those scraps and pieces of local history within which your ancestors were born, moved, lived, and died, genealogy becomes nothing more than cold names and meaningless dates; about as interesting as watching flies on the back porch.

    Paul Drake JD
 Genealogist & Author
<www.DrakesBooks.com>
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  From: Patte Wood 
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  Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:12 PM
  Subject: Rowlands and gunpowder


  My roots are in Botetourt County near the Alleghany and Rockbridge
  lines.  I am interested in the gunpowder discussion and in the
  information regarding gunpowder and the Rowland family.
  As many may know, this area has many saltpetre or limestone caves.  It
  is a Karst region and Rockbridge County is not named Rockbridge without
  reason.  I'll have to look, but I think there is reference to a
  saltpetre cave near the area my family is from in some documents.   My
  GGGG Aunt Sally Wood married William Rowland, son of Thomas and Mary
  Russell Rowland in 1819 in Botetourt County. They lived near Fincastle
  in Botetourt Co.  Interesting to note that my grandfather graduated
  from VTech and became a chemist working for Dupont.  He was transferred
  to Washington State near Tacoma where a new powder plant was being
  built around 1914.  There he met and married my Grandmother.
  Please email me at [log in to unmask]

  Thanks,
  Patte Wood
  Lexington, VA

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