Steve, I'm very much interested in anything about this. I'm descended from Ben MERRILL. Anything you can share with me would be greatly appreicated. Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve O'Neal" <steveoneal_66@yahoo.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Check out executions in NC 1726-1961 Regarding the list of those executed in North Carolina 1726-1961: Number's 88 thru 93 on the list are the 6 Regulators that were hanged by Governor Tryon on June 19, 1771. Twelve regulators had been captured in May of 1771 at Almanace, and all were given an opportuntiy to be set free by signing an oath of allegience to the King of England and renouncing their actions associated with the Regulator movement. Six of these men signed and were set free. The men in the #88 thru #93 spot on this list refused, and were hanged for treason without benefit of trial. #88 - Benjamin Merrill (Merrell), of the Jersey Settlement near Salisbury, Rowan County #89 - James Pugh, lived in Orange or Guilford County Much has been written on these two men. #90 - Messer This is Captain Robert Messer. Messer was scheduled to be hanged a few days prior to the June 19th date, but his hanging was delayed a few days after the intercession of his son Christian Messer. Messer has descendants living in North Carolina today, some near Haywood, NC. #91 - Matter This is Robert Matear. Reportedly, this Robert Matear (Mateer, Mater) had not participated with the North Carolina Regulators in any of the acts for which they were being punished. Supposedly, he hadn't even joined the Regulator movement at all, but rather, was caught up in the whole affair in 1771, as he had been asked to carry a letter from Governor Tryon back to Alexander Martin in Salisbury from New Bern. Matear had been in New Bern because he had transported a load of fruit to market there and since he was returning to Rowan County, he was asked to carry a letter regarding the Regulator "troubles" to Martin. Matear opened the letter and instead of delivering it to Martin, delivered it to a friend in Rowan County who was sympathetic to the Regulators. Word of this action got it, sealing Matear's fate when . . . On May 16, 1791, while Tryon and a militia force that had been mustered upon Tryon's command to go after the Regulators were in Orange County, Matear was detained there along with Robert Thompson. Matear was hanged with the rest, as no trial was ever held for him to plead his case that wasn't even an active member of the Regulators. #92 - Unknown Regulator #93 - Unknown Regulator Does anyone know of any solid work that has been done to attempt to determine the identity of the Six Regulators who signed the oath and were set free or who the identity of the other two who were hanged are? I have a complete list of the 12 men who Tryon had earlier ( in 1768 ), excluded from the list of the Regulators that he pardoned after arrests had been made in that year if anyone is interested in it. - Steve HEW4010@aol.com wrote: _http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm_ (http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm) This kind of relates to Betty Pace's post **************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 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- 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
I'm thinking about setting up a website that would provide links from all of the known individuals of Central and Western NC who were involved with the regulator movement to genealogy research. This is a pretty big project and I have to think about how to organize it though. In the meantime, you may want to get your hands on a book written in the 1800's entitled Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution Benson J Lossing Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1850-52 Library of Congress Catalog No. 76-182984 Since it is no longer under copyright, there is a version of this book that can be read online at Google Books. Here is a link you can click on: http://books.google.com/books?id=A8YiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pictorial+Field+Book#PPP3,M1 The Regulator Movement is addressed in this book. joemcdo@flash.net wrote: Steve, I'm very much interested in anything about this. I'm descended from Ben MERRILL. Anything you can share with me would be greatly appreicated. Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve O'Neal" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Check out executions in NC 1726-1961 Regarding the list of those executed in North Carolina 1726-1961: Number's 88 thru 93 on the list are the 6 Regulators that were hanged by Governor Tryon on June 19, 1771. Twelve regulators had been captured in May of 1771 at Almanace, and all were given an opportuntiy to be set free by signing an oath of allegience to the King of England and renouncing their actions associated with the Regulator movement. Six of these men signed and were set free. The men in the #88 thru #93 spot on this list refused, and were hanged for treason without benefit of trial. #88 - Benjamin Merrill (Merrell), of the Jersey Settlement near Salisbury, Rowan County #89 - James Pugh, lived in Orange or Guilford County Much has been written on these two men. #90 - Messer This is Captain Robert Messer. Messer was scheduled to be hanged a few days prior to the June 19th date, but his hanging was delayed a few days after the intercession of his son Christian Messer. Messer has descendants living in North Carolina today, some near Haywood, NC. #91 - Matter This is Robert Matear. Reportedly, this Robert Matear (Mateer, Mater) had not participated with the North Carolina Regulators in any of the acts for which they were being punished. Supposedly, he hadn't even joined the Regulator movement at all, but rather, was caught up in the whole affair in 1771, as he had been asked to carry a letter from Governor Tryon back to Alexander Martin in Salisbury from New Bern. Matear had been in New Bern because he had transported a load of fruit to market there and since he was returning to Rowan County, he was asked to carry a letter regarding the Regulator "troubles" to Martin. Matear opened the letter and instead of delivering it to Martin, delivered it to a friend in Rowan County who was sympathetic to the Regulators. Word of this action got it, sealing Matear's fate when . . . On May 16, 1791, while Tryon and a militia force that had been mustered upon Tryon's command to go after the Regulators were in Orange County, Matear was detained there along with Robert Thompson. Matear was hanged with the rest, as no trial was ever held for him to plead his case that wasn't even an active member of the Regulators. #92 - Unknown Regulator #93 - Unknown Regulator Does anyone know of any solid work that has been done to attempt to determine the identity of the Six Regulators who signed the oath and were set free or who the identity of the other two who were hanged are? I have a complete list of the 12 men who Tryon had earlier ( in 1768 ), excluded from the list of the Regulators that he pardoned after arrests had been made in that year if anyone is interested in it. - Steve HEW4010@aol.com wrote: _http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm_ (http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm) This kind of relates to Betty Pace's post **************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 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! 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If you want to really own it Amazon has it for around 20.00 and several other book stores all so have it for sale. Karon "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer". ~ William S. Burroughs Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve O'Neal Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:38 AM To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Check out executions in NC 1726-1961 I'm thinking about setting up a website that would provide links from all of the known individuals of Central and Western NC who were involved with the regulator movement to genealogy research. This is a pretty big project and I have to think about how to organize it though. In the meantime, you may want to get your hands on a book written in the 1800's entitled Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution Benson J Lossing Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1850-52 Library of Congress Catalog No. 76-182984 Since it is no longer under copyright, there is a version of this book that can be read online at Google Books. Here is a link you can click on: http://books.google.com/books?id=A8YiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pictori al+Field+Book#PPP3,M1 The Regulator Movement is addressed in this book. joemcdo@flash.net wrote: Steve, I'm very much interested in anything about this. I'm descended from Ben MERRILL. Anything you can share with me would be greatly appreicated. Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve O'Neal" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Check out executions in NC 1726-1961 Regarding the list of those executed in North Carolina 1726-1961: Number's 88 thru 93 on the list are the 6 Regulators that were hanged by Governor Tryon on June 19, 1771. Twelve regulators had been captured in May of 1771 at Almanace, and all were given an opportuntiy to be set free by signing an oath of allegience to the King of England and renouncing their actions associated with the Regulator movement. Six of these men signed and were set free. The men in the #88 thru #93 spot on this list refused, and were hanged for treason without benefit of trial. #88 - Benjamin Merrill (Merrell), of the Jersey Settlement near Salisbury, Rowan County #89 - James Pugh, lived in Orange or Guilford County Much has been written on these two men. #90 - Messer This is Captain Robert Messer. Messer was scheduled to be hanged a few days prior to the June 19th date, but his hanging was delayed a few days after the intercession of his son Christian Messer. Messer has descendants living in North Carolina today, some near Haywood, NC. #91 - Matter This is Robert Matear. Reportedly, this Robert Matear (Mateer, Mater) had not participated with the North Carolina Regulators in any of the acts for which they were being punished. Supposedly, he hadn't even joined the Regulator movement at all, but rather, was caught up in the whole affair in 1771, as he had been asked to carry a letter from Governor Tryon back to Alexander Martin in Salisbury from New Bern. Matear had been in New Bern because he had transported a load of fruit to market there and since he was returning to Rowan County, he was asked to carry a letter regarding the Regulator "troubles" to Martin. Matear opened the letter and instead of delivering it to Martin, delivered it to a friend in Rowan County who was sympathetic to the Regulators. Word of this action got it, sealing Matear's fate when . . . On May 16, 1791, while Tryon and a militia force that had been mustered upon Tryon's command to go after the Regulators were in Orange County, Matear was detained there along with Robert Thompson. Matear was hanged with the rest, as no trial was ever held for him to plead his case that wasn't even an active member of the Regulators. #92 - Unknown Regulator #93 - Unknown Regulator Does anyone know of any solid work that has been done to attempt to determine the identity of the Six Regulators who signed the oath and were set free or who the identity of the other two who were hanged are? I have a complete list of the 12 men who Tryon had earlier ( in 1768 ), excluded from the list of the Regulators that he pardoned after arrests had been made in that year if anyone is interested in it. - Steve HEW4010@aol.com wrote: _http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm_ (http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/NO%20CAROLINA.htm) This kind of relates to Betty Pace's post **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp0030000 00025 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 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- 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 Steve O'Neal steveoneal_66@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- 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