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    1. [A-REV] Was the George Walton at Cowpens the 'Signer'?
    2. Jim Elbrecht
    3. While poking around the SC site I ran across a 1795 letter from James Jackson to "General Morgan". [Daniel Morgan?] http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/Myers__p__45.html Jackson is trying to set the record straight on Cowpens for an upcoming history by Longworthy. In the letter he mentions the Georgia troops who served at Cowpens & mentions their officers as; "Major Cunningham and Captains Samuel Hammonds, George Walton and Joshua Inman" 'Captain' George Walton makes it seem unlikely to me that it is the Signer, but it wouldn't surprise me greatly. Though Walton was a member of Congress & on the Board of War in Jan 1781, I don't see him mentioned by name in the Journals after Nov 1780. Might a former Col, wounded, captured & exchanged & a former Gov., now a Congressman, have joined the troops in a capacity for which he was probably well-suited? Doesn't seem likely-- but if it is, I'd hate to pass up a great anecdote. Jim

    11/06/2001 01:50:17