It appears to me that there is a misunderstanding about Dunnmores War. Some writers of messages have indicated that Dunnmores' War was a war against Dunnmore.. Dunnmore was forced to leave Virginia, as I understand it, but the Battle of Point Pleasant was not against Dunnmore. It was against the Northern Indians who were harrassing the surveyors in Kentucky in 1774 and attacking settlers on the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers in Southwest Va and Tenn. Dunnmore called for all the militia units in South west Va. to meet him and the Army units he had gathered at Point Pleasant to fight the Indians.. Dunnmore made a treaty with the Indians after the battle and was later forced to leave Va. and Dunnmore County, Va. was renamed "Shenandoah Co." GLH

FYI - I wrote a very nice account of "the battle of point pleasant" in my 2005 "Buford Families in America" book. The book can be viewed and purchased at the Bedford Museum - Bedford, KY. Fern K. Buford Walker www.bufordfamilies.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Lee Hearl" <glh@naxs.com> To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Battle of Point Pleasant 1774 > It appears to me that there is a misunderstanding about Dunnmores War. > Some writers of messages have indicated that Dunnmores' War was a war > against Dunnmore.. Dunnmore was forced to leave Virginia, as I understand > it, but the Battle of Point Pleasant was not against Dunnmore. It was > against the Northern Indians who were harrassing the surveyors in Kentucky > in 1774 and attacking settlers on the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers in > Southwest Va and Tenn. Dunnmore called for all the militia units in South > west Va. to meet him and the Army units he had gathered at Point Pleasant > to > fight the Indians.. Dunnmore made a treaty with the Indians after the > battle > and was later forced to leave Va. and Dunnmore County, Va. was renamed > "Shenandoah Co." GLH > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >