Danny, What list are you on with Sandra Newberry Long? She is my husband's cousin from his Lane line!!! (Gosh, I love these mystery plots!!) We are trying to find my husbands gggrandparents...parents of John Robertson Lane. This made me search out my publication- Profiles of Pioneer Families in the Valley Mills Area- Published in the Valley Mills Tribune 1974-1978 Compiled and indexed by Gerald & Jo Meyer for the Bosque County Collection 1998......This is in Texas. I am listing any Riddle mentioned and any date connected. If the names fit any of you just let me know and I will contribute the full text... Noah Riddles Ned Riddle Georgia Lou Sockwell married Wyatt William Riddle April 15, 1906 and tier children were Marion Anderson, Roy, Lloyd, Virgie, Artie, Georgia Loveta & Wyatt William Riddle. Wyatt William died 22 Dec. 1960( They apparently came from Cave Spring, GA., and Anniston, Ala. There is a very poor picture titled "Party on Bosque" that has Noah Riddle in it. I tried to pick him out thru family resemblance....and I did!!! Smiles, Linda ---------- From: Danny <ddr45@email.msn.com> To: RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RIDDLE-L] Fw: [PATTERSON-L] Declaration Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 5:50 PM Got this from another list..........thought it was worth sharing .........the cost of Freedom was high!!! Remember them on this July 4th!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Long <slong@bwn.net> To: <PATTERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:12 PM Subject: [PATTERSON-L] Declaration > Sandra J.Newberry Long > > Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the > Declaration of Independence? > > Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before > they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons > serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of > the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. > They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred > honor. What kind of men were they? > > > Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were > farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they > signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty > would be death if they were captured. > > > Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships > swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to > pay his debts, and died in rags. > > > Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his > family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his > family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty > was his reward. > > Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, > Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. > > At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British > General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He > quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was > destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. > > Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his > wife, and she died within a few months. > > John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 > children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to > waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home > to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died > from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar > fates. > > Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were > not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means > and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing > tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this > declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, > we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred > honor." > > They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books > never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't > just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought > our > own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted...We > shouldn't. > > So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and > silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they > paid.............. > > > ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== ----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List------------------ Do you have an idea for this space? E-mail the ListMom for more information! Rebecca@collector.org ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== ---------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List------------------ Have you hugged a RIDDLE lately?! SMILE & pass it on!