R.L.: I take issue with the number of Newberry Davenports at the Battle of King's Mountain (8Oct1780), despite what the Professor may have written. My source is Murtie June Clark, "Loyalists in the Southern Campaign in the Revolutionary War" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 118, 254, 257, 261, 261, 267, 291, 331. Clark reproduces the actual payrolls. I do this with a sense of considerate mitigation for your Newberry kin, without intent to deprecate your scholarship. You were quoting a source. Some might think that it bad enough to have a better claim on membership in the British Empire Service League than in the DAR or SAR without having a "loser at King's Mountain too" horse collar. That's not a club a lot of folks are clamoring to join. Of all the Davenports on the British Army payroll, only Joseph was specifically identified as having been detailed to Colonel Ferguson's command, and was so paid. He appears on no payrolls with David, Isaac, and James. Lt. Colonel Patrick Cunningham commanded the Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, was not at King's Mountain. [In the Census of 1790 (1792 in SC), he was enumerated as the richest man in Laurens County, considering the number of slaves he had, so he was not particularly damaged by his Loyalist sympathies and activities 1780-1782.] Captain William Hendricks commanded a Company in Little River Regiment, was not at King's Mountain. He was the bitter end Royalist I told about earlier who refugeed with his family to Charleston after the King's Loyal Militia was dissolved by desertions following Yorktown, then went with the British Army to St. Augustine, East Florida, where he remained, becoming a Catholic and a subject of the Spanish King, and died an unregenerate Tory, refusing to accept Amnesty or American citizenship. Nevertheless, he was certified a Patriot by the DAR based on the service of Captain William Hendrick of the Old Cheraws, who served under Francis Marion. Hendrick and Hendricks are two entirely different families. The Cunninghams made the King's Loyalist Militia a family affair. Ninety Six Brigade was commanded by Brigadier General Robert Cunningham, who was a State Senator until he took the Oath of Allegiance to the King in 1780. Brother John Cunningham was the Paymaster for the Ninety Six Brigade. Brother Lt. Colonel Patrick Cunningham commanded the Little River Regiment. Brother Captain William Cunningham was "Bloody Bill," who commanded a Company that was infamous for its ruthless burning of homes and barns, and for its drumhead justice of hangings and hackings. I have not checked to see if any of these have been certified as Patriots. I know we are in agreement on the main points, am only suggesting that a little lightening up on a guilt trip for your Newberry kin is indicated by Clark's data. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ