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

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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
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