My great great great grandfather was a Captain Messer who was a Regulator. He was hung by Gov. Tryon. The men were all from NC who wrote a list of regulations to give to the Gov. because his hinchman Edmund Fanning was creating and collecting his own taxes and collections etc without giving the farmers time to pay (and other grievances). Google the Regulators and the Battle of Alamance (1771) for an interesting insight into how the farmers of the east coast of NC almost started the Revolutionary War. My Grandfather's f amily refused to sign alliegence to England and left Alamance County and hid out in Haywood County. The son of Captain Messer served in the Revolutionary War. Susie Barkley Taylorsville, NC On Feb 7, 2008 5:04 PM, Pat Frunzi <patfrunzi@comcast.net> wrote: > I found this at the NC State Archives in Raleigh and wonder if anyone > knows > anymore about it. > > THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, by William L. Saunders, Secretary > of > State, 1899, Vol. VIII, 1769-1771: > In a letter to the Council at New Bern, NC, entered on 31 Dec 1770, a > group > of men pledged their loyalty to King George III, and expressed alarm at > what > the "Regulators" did at Hillsborough. > > The name John Hagan appears with the list of signatures. It is not known > where these men were from in NC, but the name Adlai Osburn also appears. > > Pat Hagan Frunzi > Fallsington, PA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Susie, It appears we have something in common. Both our ancestors were hung together that day. My was Capt. Ben MERRILL. I was born in Winston-Salem, at one time I worked for Piedmont Airlines, but now I'm retired living in FL. I'm also researching the SMITH family in connection with my MERRILLS. Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susie Barkley" <gedteach@charter.net> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Anti-regulator sentiment > My great great great grandfather was a Captain Messer who was a Regulator. > He was hung by Gov. Tryon. The men were all from NC who wrote a list of > regulations to give to the Gov. because his hinchman Edmund Fanning was > creating and collecting his own taxes and collections etc without giving > the > farmers time to pay (and other grievances). Google the Regulators and the > Battle of Alamance (1771) for an interesting insight into how the farmers > of > the east coast of NC almost started the Revolutionary War. My > Grandfather's > f amily refused to sign alliegence to England and left Alamance County and > hid out in Haywood County. The son of Captain Messer served in the > Revolutionary War. > Susie Barkley > Taylorsville, NC > > On Feb 7, 2008 5:04 PM, Pat Frunzi <patfrunzi@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I found this at the NC State Archives in Raleigh and wonder if anyone >> knows >> anymore about it. >> >> THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, by William L. Saunders, Secretary >> of >> State, 1899, Vol. VIII, 1769-1771: >> In a letter to the Council at New Bern, NC, entered on 31 Dec 1770, a >> group >> of men pledged their loyalty to King George III, and expressed alarm at >> what >> the "Regulators" did at Hillsborough. >> >> The name John Hagan appears with the list of signatures. It is not known >> where these men were from in NC, but the name Adlai Osburn also appears. >> >> Pat Hagan Frunzi >> Fallsington, PA >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message