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 > > 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