My source starts with a time line of 1775, but something major happened at Boston in Oct,1774. April 19,1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord. June 17,BUNKER HILL; July 3rd,1775,Washington takes command; Nov 13 1775 Montgomery takes Montreal; Dec 9,1775- Great Bridge,Va Dec 12,1775 attact on Quebec fails March 17,1776 BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON jUNE 21-28 Charlston beseiged by British Aug 27,British victory at Long Island,NY dEC 26,wASHINGTON surprizes Hessians Jan 3,1777 Battle of PRINCETON NJ DRAPER COLLECTION: Preston and Va Papers Calander Series N O 1 MAY 13,1776 Gabrial Shoat wears in Finatle Co,VA THAT the Cherokee are about to make war,and they are aided by Cameron,Sturat,and Capt Nathanial Gist. Isaac Thomas named as his source.Sworn deposition,but 2nd hand infro May 30,1776,John Carter writes-"John Bryan returned from Cherokee.the activities of Cameron,and Capt Nathanial Gist with the Cherokee June 15,1776,CO LT Wm Preston writes for instructions with dealing with Tories.Isaac Thomas engaged as a mewssenger to Cherokee in attempt at maintaining peace. July 31,1776 Archibald Cary -Letter to Capt Wm Preston.Sorrow at hearing of Cherokee invasion; Plasure of hearing of young Shelby's good conduct at the battle. 'stigmatizing Gist" -index says Gist censured. Draper's "Tn and Kings Mt papers By April 8,1777,Capt Nathaniel Gist is back in sw Va leading reinforcements of Whigs vs Cherokee April 24,1777 Capt Nathanial Gist goes to the Cherokee towns. Nathanial Gist had know George Washington since [?] 1751 [[?] And Col Evan Shelby Jr abot as long,as Shelby lived near FT CUMBERLAND,mD ' Those 3 fought,as British militia officers,during the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Col Evan Shelby Jr and Gist were both Indian traders I noted something else. I've been studying the 1773 Ky surveyor, future Brig Gen Wm Thompson. Loyalist REV Thomas Barton's will says Thompson surveyed 16,000 acres in Ky for Barton [for FR AND iND War service. Col George Washington complains to Col Wm Crawford,that he hears Thompson has surveyed for others 3 of the 4 known big salt licks in Ky- most valuable. Here's the new one-From Draper's PRESTON AND VA PAPERS" MAY 17,1776,JohnTodd,Jr [future LEADER OF Illinois Co,Va killed at Blue Licks 1782 ' Informed by Floyd [Ky surveyor] that the land his brother has settled on is Prston's. requests that the entry be removed; "LAND REFERRED TO IS KNOWN AS ------"BARTON'S LICK----". I know Col Wm Preston,and his kinsmen had the lands entered where the Bryan's would later build Bryan's Station,Ky . Floyd wrote back to Prston about the Bryan's having 60 acres of corn plantd,mid-1776. On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:22:51 -0500 Moore <jndmoore@clds.net> writes: > Hermon - > > I didn't quite understand your post, are you saying you read > somewhere > Col. Nathaniel Gist was a Loyalist? Jean Muir Dorsey's "Christopher > Gist > of Maryland and Some of His Descendants," [Col. Nathaniel's > grandfather] > writes extensively on Col. Nathaniel Gist, his service was well > documented, he was not a Loyalist once the Revolution started. I'll > summarize some of what she wrote: > > Nathaniel Gist was a scout for Gen. Braddock, and was present at the > battle of Braddock's defeat in July 1755. He accompanied Col. Cresap > in > May 1756. In 1758, Washington sent Nathaniel to reconnoiter Fort > Duquesne, and in Nov, he marched with General Forbes into the ruins > of > the fort. In 1759 he was given the pay and title of Captain by > Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia. He next served in the Virginia > Regiment > with Col. Adam Stephens. > > After the unit disbanded, he started trading with the Indians. It > was > during this time that Mrs. Dorsey estimates that Gist "formed a > temporary alliance with a Cherokee maiden and became the father of > the > famous Sequoyah or George Guess or Gist." > > In 1775 he made a trip to West Florida and returned when the > Revolution > in the south was first beginning. This is where it gets confusing. > At > this time, Gist was working for Cameron, assistant British agent to > the > Cherokee. On his way north, he learned that Dragging Canoe and his > warriors planned to attack the white settlers on the Holson, Watauga > and > Nolachucky. There was a group of Tories in the Brown settlement on > the > Nolachucky whom Henry Stuart, deputy Indian agent under the British, > wanted to notify and protect. Gist waid he would go if he could get > four > white men and some Indians that knew the woods to go with him. The > night > before they were to set out the four white men chosen ran away. One > of > them, Jarret Williams, reached the Watauga settlement and told > everyone > that Gist was to separate out all the Tories and have the Indians > kill > the rest. Gist later explained that the plan to leave the Indians > and go > to the Tories on the Nolachucky was proposed in order to get away > safely > to Virginia. The plan failed when the white traders escaped and his > only > safety was to stay with the warriors. His explanation was accepted > by > Major Evan Shelby and Isaac Thomas [another white trader], Col. > William > Christian, and after investigation, the governor of Virginia. > > General Washington appointed him Colonel of a regiment in the > Continental line January 11, 1777. He did alot of recruiting of > Indians. > > He was captured in Charleston on May 12, 1780. On November 26, 1782 > his > name is on a list of American officers captured in the Southern > Department who have not been exchanged. He retired from the Army > January > 1, 1783, he was almost 51 years old. He met and married Judith Cary > Bell, daughter of Colonel David Bell and Judith Cary and had 8 > children. > > He received several land grants for his own service in the > French/Indian > War and the Revolutionary War. He also received grants based on his > father's service in the French/Indian war. In 1793, he left > Buckingham > Co, VA for Bourbon Co, KY where his land was located. > > Donna Gist Moore > > HERMON B FAGLEY wrote: > > > > Note that I posted numbers of men with Gen John Forbes ,1758, not > > Den Braddock, 1755,though I think I can find Braddock's numbers. > > Christopher Gist's son,Col Nathanial Gist, was Crown Indian agent > > for the Cherokee in 1775,and 1776. Defeated and captured in > 1776,he was > > carried north to General George Washington-who he had known many > > years. So,from Col on the British side,Washington appointed him > Col in > > the > > Va line,and his military land bounty was here at Bethel. > > I had known 20 years he was Loyalist in 1776; and that somehow he > had a > > big Va Milatary Land Grant here. Only this week,dd I > read,on-line,of his > > capture,and conversion.He d 1800 east of Lexington,Ky,and > Lexington > > lawyer,John reckenridge > > was his excr. Study the Tate Twnsp atlas military surveys for > > GIST,GEST,AND BRECK-ENRIDGE. > > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.