Samuel Meredith was indeed the Brother-in-law of Patrick Henry, as well as was his other brother William Meredith. Col. Samuel Meredith was appointed colonel of the first battalion of VA minute men in 1776. Samuel Meredith, (1732-1808), served under his brother-in-law, Patrick Henry, in the Independent company, to compel Governor Dunmore to restore the gun-powder belonging to the colony. Samuel Meredith was Patrick Henry's staunch supporter. He and Patrick Henry spoke together to raise money for the militia for the Revolution. Later Elisha Meredith SR. was in his brother Samuel Meredith's Battalion during the Revolutionary War with the title of Captain. His son Elisha Meredith JR. enlisted on Feb. 3, 1779 as an ensign in Capt. John Winston's company in the battalion of which his uncle Samuel Meredith was colonel. Elisha JR was a Captain in the continental line at the Battle of Yorktown, the battle that won the Revolutionary War. Samuel Meredith was born in Hanover county, and died in Amherst county. Later in his life, when Patrick Henry was Governor of Va, Samuel Meredith was the representative for Hanover co, Va. He later settled in "Winston", Amherst, VA, in 1780. Sarah Winston Syme Henry, Samuel's MIL and mother of Patrick Henry, lived there with him and his wife Jane, and is buried there. Betty -----Original Message----- From: Anne W O'Brien [mailto:aobtx@juno.com] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:47 PM To: MEREDITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MEREDITH-L] Re: Samuel Meredith?? Dear List: Last night at the monthly meeting of my DAR Chapter , we had as our program a remarkable oration by "Patrick Henry", given by an obviously talented fifth-generation Texas gentleman dressed in period costume (an optometrist in real life, and a Navy veteran). In between orating several of Henry's speeches, he gave, in the first person, some of Henry's other history -- his intermittent illnesses during this time, his strong feelings of the oppression our forefathers were under, as well as the several trips to see and talk to Washington and other of our forefathers, on which he was accompanied by his brother-in-law and supporter, Samuel Meredith. Samuel's name enters the oration one other time. Am I the only naive Meredith researcher that didn't know a Samuel Meredith was Patrick Henry's brother-in-law??? Anne ______________________________