This is a story that I grew up hearing in Haw River, NC. During the Revolutionary War General Cornwallis passed near "Trolinger's Ford", as it was then called (present day Haw River), on his way to the Guilford Battleground. He camped overnight near Adam and Henry Jacob's gristmill, taking and destroying all the grain. This made Adam very angry and he told General Cornwallis what he thought of him, whereupon had him tied to a tree, with a bridle bit in his mouth so that he could neither speak nor extricate himself. They left him in this condition and he was found late in the evening and untied by a Mrs Rippy who chanced to come to the mill. At this time, Henry Jacob Trolinger had two young sons, John, born 11 Feb 1759, died 11 Oct 1840, and Henry born 10 March 1762, died 28 Feb 1844, who on hearing of General Cornwallis' treatment of their father, were so enraged that they sent John to a cave in VA. This cave that Henry and his father found and explored on their way to NC from Pennsylvania in 1745, was used to make gun powder to be used in the Revolutionary War. John Trolinger entered and settled on 640 acres of land in Montgomery Co (now Pulaski Co. VA which included the cave. This was a valuable salt peter cave used in the making of fine gun powder and now is located behind the Dublin Cemetery in the backyard of a residence in a housing development. Sources: Alamance County Historical Society Haw River Historical Society and personal "hearsay" of the Trolinger Tree. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm