Ralph - the history of Orange County, Virginia might give you some clues too
since the seal for the county is a symbol of the Knights of the Golden
Horseshoe.  ATW, editor, Virginia Review
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Mills" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe


> 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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