Mary, Do you have any more info on Lord Dunmore's War and/or the Battle of Point Pleasant and who fought in it? Do you know where those records would be? I think my Dent line did this. Supposedly the immigrant mother got an ax in her head in the Shenandoah, and the whole family became indian fighters all. Went into TN, IN then fought the Black Hawk War, Mexican War and then to the CA Gold Rush. [three generations here]. You said: >They were ready to go out at short notice to chase Indians who were a . >threat. I think the same could be said of all those early frontier >men - >the ones in Kentucky were also at Battle of New Orleans, as were >some from >North Carolina. >So if you have an early ancestor in the southern 'frontier' area, check >military records and you will probably find him. The battle of Point >Pleasant in Lord Dunmore's War was a group out of Shenandoah Valley of >VA >- but they had already moved onto the Holston river area of TN. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com