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.