There was some kind of problems that Tryon had with the Regulators in 1768 also, I've read some articles about it.  The battle of Alamance was in 1771, I think it was in May but don't quote me on that.  Your Benjamin Merrill was executed on June 19, 1771, I'm pretty sure that is the correct date. Here is some information that I found about the Regulators in 1768: "Separate Baptists at Sandy Creek therefore joined with Quakers to oppose the high tax increases that Governor William Tryon’s government attempted to enforce. Although Shubal Stearns opposed the violence of many Regulators, he sympathized with their beliefs. But many times Regulation protests fell within the boundary of the law. For instance, the Sandy Creek Regulators of Orange and Regulators of Anson, Rowan, Granville and Mecklenburg counties petitioned Governor William Tryon and the North Carolina Assembly in March 1768 and condemned the Eastern gentry for dominating the legislature and condoning courthouse rings in which local sheriffs and other officials dominated. At other times, they criticized Governor Tryon’s attempt to establish the Church of England in North Carolina, as well as building an elaborate palace in New Bern from funds appropriated for the building of "public schools and for purchasing glebes." Sandy Creek Baptist Church was in Orange County, but it could be located in another county today if it's still there. Linda Monticelli -----Original Message----- From: joemcdo@flash.net To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 6:21 pm Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] executions....list of 12 men excluded Sorry about the last reply I misread the date as 1778. But with the date as 768 I'm still confused. Why did Tryon make this list 3 years before the attle? Be Well oe McDonald ---- Original Message ----- rom: "Steve O'Neal" <steveoneal_66@yahoo.com> o: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> ent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:52 PM ubject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] executions....list of 12 men excluded Here it is, in case some missed it from earlier in the week: In 1768, Governor Tryon, reacting to the outcome of a trial of Regulators that he felt was a mockery of justice, issued a proclomation of general pardon to all the Regulators of that Spring except 12, whom he considered as the Principal Leaders. These thirteen were: James Hunter Ninian Bell Hamilton Peter Craven Isaack Jackson Hermon Husband Matthew Hamilton William Payne Malichi Tyke William Moffat Christopher Nation Solomon Goff John O'Neal --- AHamptonResearch@aol.com wrote: > Joe, I didn't save it, as the person I was looking > for was not on there. > Didn't Steve post it to the list? > arlene > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all > time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > Steve O'Neal steveoneal_66@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com