Thanks Steve, This makes things fall into place. Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve O'Neal" <steveoneal_66@yahoo.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] executions....list of 12 men excluded > The "battle of Almance" was a culimation of a number of years of unrest > and angst among the population. > > Men in the counties of Orange, Granville, Rowan and others had formed > loose associations to gather and talk about the injustices, waste and > corruption of the the local county officials long before the 1771 battle. > > As early as 1767 or 1768, and possibly earlier, some of these men began > calling themselves "Regulators", as they fully intended to regulate a > number of injustices that they felt were being inflicted upon them in one > way or another. > > In 1768, a series of distrurbances occurred. The Regulators generally > viewed them as gatherings of citizens to protest and voice their conerns. > The local crown officials considered them "riots" and issued arrest > warrants in some cases. > > I believe all of the 12 men listed on the 1768 Pardon list, along with > others, were arrested (or at least warrants were issued) and charged with > a variety of crimes, mostly having to do with rioting and unlawful > assembly. > > After a series of sham trials, some where those accused were not allowed > representation in the local courts, Governor Tryon began to sense that > public opinion in some areas was beginning to turn in some areas IN FAVOR > of these Regulators. > > To appease the masses, and to attempt to restore order in the > backcountry, he issued the "General Pardon" to ALL who were involved with > these distrubances in 1768, except the 12 men listed, who Tryon and his > local officials felt were, at that time, major instigators of the > Regulator movement. > > Some historians belive that Tryon was walking a tightrope between > retaining the loyalty of his local officials (who he recognized were > corrupt) - by excluding these "outlaws" from the overall pardon; and > attempting to quell the building sentiment of the citizens of these > counties - by pardoning the rest. > > So Tryon's 1768 general pardon had nothing to do with The Battle of > Almanace. The 1768 Pardon and the acts that led up to it were a > PRECURSOR, by a full 3 years, to the Battle of Almanace. > > > joemcdo@flash.net wrote: > Sorry about the last reply I misread the date as 1778. But with the date > as > 1768 I'm still confused. Why did Tryon make this list 3 years before the > battle? > > Be Well > Joe McDonald > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve O'Neal" > To: > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:52 PM > Subject: 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > 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