I live near the Germanna area, where Spotswood brought in German workers to start an iron business. When I get a chance, in the near future, I'll stop by their research facility and see if they have a list of the "Knights" and get back to you. I've been there before, they have quite an extensive collection of related materials, and are very happy to help out. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:27 AM, Ralph Mills wrote: > 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 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html