----- Original Message ----- From: "Lester M Powers" <lesterps@juno.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:22 PM Subject: [CRV] Shoe makers in Am. Revolution > I dimly remember reading something somewhere a couple > of years ago about how George Washington made a special > big deal out of recruiting shoe makers in the American > Revolution. Does anyone remember any specifics about that? > > This may be a wild idea, but I have just found on a > 1779 Hartford, Windsor Co., VT deed that Rowland POWELL, > one of my ancestors, did not travel from Lebanon, CT > directly to Hartford, VT as previously advertised, but > rather laid over at Brimfield, MA in between. And on > his 1779 deed at Hartford, VT he is mentioned as being a > "cordwainer," i.e., a maker of shoes. Also, he is > believed by various folks to have served in the American > Revolution, and he is listed as a private in the > Revoultion in the DAR Patriot Index. This jiggled that > old dusty half-memory that George Washington made > special efforts to get shoe makers enlisted. > > Where did I hear about the shoe maker thing? What > was that? It makes sense -- an army need sturdy shoes in good repair to march from A to B. And if the shoemakers were enlisted men, they couldn't charge outrageous prices. And there were no Florsheim's or PayLess stores back then -- and the Quartermaster Corps was very primitive, if it existed at all. Yrs aye, Warren Wetmore

Hey Warren-no disrespect-Thought a cordwainer was person who made ropes or lines,mainly associated with the sea? Enlighten me please? Regards,Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Wetmore" <WebMerlin@MegsINet.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 4:23 AM Subject: Re: [CRV] Shoe makers in Am. Revolution > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lester M Powers" <lesterps@juno.com> > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:22 PM > Subject: [CRV] Shoe makers in Am. Revolution > > > > I dimly remember reading something somewhere a couple > > of years ago about how George Washington made a special > > big deal out of recruiting shoe makers in the American > > Revolution. Does anyone remember any specifics about that? > > > > This may be a wild idea, but I have just found on a > > 1779 Hartford, Windsor Co., VT deed that Rowland POWELL, > > one of my ancestors, did not travel from Lebanon, CT > > directly to Hartford, VT as previously advertised, but > > rather laid over at Brimfield, MA in between. And on > > his 1779 deed at Hartford, VT he is mentioned as being a > > "cordwainer," i.e., a maker of shoes. Also, he is > > believed by various folks to have served in the American > > Revolution, and he is listed as a private in the > > Revoultion in the DAR Patriot Index. This jiggled that > > old dusty half-memory that George Washington made > > special efforts to get shoe makers enlisted. > > > > Where did I hear about the shoe maker thing? What > > was that? > > It makes sense -- an army need sturdy shoes in good repair to march > from A to B. And if the shoemakers were enlisted men, they couldn't > charge outrageous prices. > > And there were no Florsheim's or PayLess stores back then -- > and the Quartermaster Corps was very primitive, if it existed > at all. > > Yrs aye, > > Warren Wetmore > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org [CRV musuem and genealogy library] > List owner: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >