Hi, Doug. I am rather certain that your man meant Malvern Hill, the very well-known battlefield of the Civil War, and part of the "Seven Days Battle". You will find it on any map of Virginia east and a tad south of Richmond. For Holt's Forge, read the July 10th entry at http://www.connecticutsar.org/articles/diary.htmLook You might also want to look at Plate cxxxvii of the "War Of The Rebellion", which records appear in the entirety on the net. Go to google and search that title, for which there are myriad entries. Then go to "Atlas" of that website, then to the map at the Plate shown. Paul -----Original Message----- From: DougB81042@aol.com [mailto:DougB81042@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:55 PM To: varoots@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAROOTS] Place Names in Southeast Virginia Good Evening I am transcribing the 75 page pension application for one Thomas Franklin from Campbell County(when he applied for pension but it had been in Bedford County before Campbell was formed) and I am having trouble reading a couple of place names. The first say "....and joined the main army Commanded by General Dawson, at a place called Holtz' Forge(??) in the lower part of the said state of Virginia. from thence the army was marced up to a place called _alvom Hill a short distance below Richmond...." This took place in the 1776 and 1777 time frame. I would appreciate any assistance Doug Burnett ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/900 - Release Date: 7/14/2007 3:36 PM