To the Bedford list a big thank you on the thread about the different Indian and Revoluntionary battles. As someone who's line did go settle in Tenn. on the Powell River, in what is now Hancock Co., Tn.?I?decided to share last weeks thread with another list.? I thought this list might find Lois's response interesting. G ++++++++++++++++++++++++? Ginny... We Lawsons that have a Crowley/Croley line have the distinction of descending from Samuel Crowley, father of Littleberry. Samuel is my 4th gr grandfather. Samuel Crowley and another man in the VA militia was sent across the Ohio River to spy on Cornstalk and Dunsmore at their camp. On the way back to give their report to the Militia officers, Samuel Crowley was killed. Fortunately the other spy made it back. It has been written in history books it was the info gained in the spying expedition that enabled the VA Militia to win the Battle of Point Pleasant. This battle has now been accepted as the first battle of the Rev. War. The House of Burgess allotted a pension for his wife, Elizabeth Strong Crowley, and their son, 4 year old Littleberry Crowley. As an aside here's a mind blower...as many of you know I was in Real Estate for over 20 years. I sold the house next door to me to a friends from church, Jim and Nova. It was Jim that kept encouraging me until I gave in and went back to digging for ancestors. One evening we were sitting on the patio chatting and got to talking about Point Pleasant. I about fell off my chair when he told me Nova's 4th?Grt granddaddy was a spy the night before the battle. He was telling how the granddaddy had made it back with the report but the other spy had been killed. Then I blew Jim's mind when I told him my granddaddy had been the other spy. A?few months later, I took over a 1750's plot map?for Lancaster PA. Thomas and John Sharp's properties joined Nova's Graham's property. Soon I discovered John Sharp's father in law was Nova's Graham's. Never let it be said it's not a small world...Lois ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com