Hi Jinny- In the course of your research on Lowther did you uncover anything about his militia company (actions, engagements, names of soldiers, etc).? I assume that you have seen the coverage of Lowther in Elias Hughes' pension testimony, as published in BORDER SETTLERS. Hughes describes a situation in which Lowther and Benjamin Wilson were essentially acting as county lieutenants in the part of the old West Augusta that had been put back in east Augusta in 1776. The 1776 act redefined the bounds of West Augusta rather than defining them as the act says, and this created a vacuum of leadership in the western section of Augusta and Col. Morgan, county lieutenant of Monongalia was keenly aware of and chagrined by this as shown in his letter to Gen Hand in June of 1777. So while Lowther and Wilson held the rank of Captain at the time they were far more important and had more power and responsibility than the average captain of the time. I would welcome anything you could tell me about the Lowther unit. I have access to the traditional sources except the history of Ritchie County. Thanks in advance. Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinny Collins" <[email protected]> To: "David Armstrong" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:02 AM Subject: 'William Lowther' > Hi - go to http://my.execpc.com/~sril/clarkv07 and use your browser's > "find" > feature to get all the references to Lowther. However there are 13 films > digitized and you will need to search each individually. > > A number of my people were in Lowther's unit. His was the one who went > after the raiders of Leading Creek here where I live. Do you have any > names > of people in Lowther's unit? Any tidbits will be appreciated. > > Best Regards > David A. > ----- > > Thanks for the pointers. I'll spend some time today looking. Let me know > specifically which names are most important to you. As you probably know, > there is lots of info in Border Wars, History of Ritchie County, etc. In > about 2000, I was in that area researching. I had just retired and was > setting about on the "journey" - not really knowing much about my family, > but had discovered that the Colonel was my 5th Great Grandfather. I went > into the Richmond library and asked for "stuff" about him. They said, > "what would you like", and I replied, "whatever you have!". They wheeled > out 3 carts with 32 boxes on them! I about fainted! and as a result was > there for two weeks reading letters he had written to Governor Beverly > and other "famous" people of the time. It was overwhelming. I have since > been on a "Lowther Tour" of northern England & Scotland; visited the > Lowther > Castle; and met some of the local descendants, including the current James > and Lady Jane Lowther. Awesome! I have over 30,000 names in my database, > because I eventually wrote a book about my BOUNDS line - my great > grandmother Mary Jane Lowther married Leonard Bounds, so I started there. > The Bounds account for about 10,000 of those names. However, I have always > entered whatever peripheral lines I run across, and MAY have some that > belong to you. I'm so glad to have "met" you, and would like to share > whatever info we can. Please keep in touch. > > Regards, > Jinny > >