Hi Sherrie, Thank you so very much for writing. I have spent most of the day...touring thru the KY sites that you had included. As much as I knew all ready, regarding KY's history, this added...much more info and a lot more to my understanding.*S* Unfortunately...the first URL...where you found two Samuel RICE's ...neither one appears to be mine. :o( The fellow listed there...for the Revolutionary War..is based on his pension record and his dob appears to be 1760. That dob makes me think that he was probably Samuel Squire RICE, son of Michael RICE [who d. Goochland Co. VA] - grandson of Samuel RICE [who d. King Wm Co. VA]. Because of this...I took the time to post a comment...indicating that this may indeed be the case. We are trying to sort out the Samuel RICE's that were in early KY ...and at the moment...we know of three. Samuel RICE...[b.abt 1747]....son of Thomas RICE, Charlotte Co. VA Samuel Squire RICE...[b.1760].son of Michael RICE, Goochland Co. VA ...and our... Samuel RICE...[b.1744]........son of Samuel RICE, ...possibly a brother of Michael RICE ...but no son, Samuel, listed in father's will ...but there was a James listed We've only had one sibling's name passed down to us...."James". Considering that Colonial King Wm Co. has lost most of its records ...we're having to rely on DNA to help sort this hypothesis out. So far...we're running into lots of RICE DNA haplogroups 4 and 7, but even though those aren't our lines...we're starting to be able to sort out which group of RICE's were where. It's just slow. *S* The Samuel [b.1760]'s the first point where I could post...to start doing the sorting out these Samuel RICE's. *S* As much as we 'know'...by family tradition...that our Samuel was involved as an Indian Scout, in the Rev War, we have never found any records for him...that were provable as solely his. There's no pension record...because he d. 1813 LA. Our Samuel RICE [b.1744] apparently never applied...nor did Sarah [his widow] nor either of his sons on his behalf. I honestly don't think Sarah, or John, or Samuel Russell...knew that they could apply and if they did, they may not have known enough of his VA and KY Militia activities to provide enough information. It's only thru our own research...that we know of... Barnet, Logan and The Falls of Ohio. As that was not in our handed down traditions ...and we're still trying to figure out if that Samuel was actually ...our Samuel RICE. To date...we have not found an application...which in itself...is very frustrating....if the only records that will ever be found ...are those that only cover pension applications. What we're looking for...is Samuel's actual service record...and it may no longer exist. Sadly...right along with so many other fellows who deserve to be given the credit for their Rev War activities and/or their early KY frontier efforts. Lisa ----------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 6:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Ky Militia Corn Island Lisa, I am sending the following links. Hope one of them helps you. If you have any further info on your family, I might be able to look further. Let me know. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/military/ Found Samuel Rice listed twice. Pvt. 7th Infantry and Pvt VA Military http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/kygrclark.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Island_(Kentucky) http://www.geocities.com/naforts/ky.html#nelson1 http://kdl.kyvl.org/html/kdl/timeline.htm I got the following note from another list. Perhaps the Filson website could help you also. There's a card index to the collection in the manuscript department at the Filson. The staff would probably research that for a fee. Check their website: www.filsonhistorical.org. Betty Darnell Sherrie Childers -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/311 - Release Date: 4/13/2006