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From: "Betty A. Pace" <>
Subject: [PACE-L] Re:JOHN PACE (TORY) & BATTLE OF SHALLOW FORD, NC
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:58:47 +0000


Dear Ann,

I am sending you separately a rendering from the Pace research book that
contends our John Pace died at or around the Battle of Shallow Ford,
Surry Co., NC. It is by Bruce Howard.

To answer your questions, no one has ever found a will for John Pace or
his wife Sarah Burge Pace, who died around 1808.

I don't know if the court records on confiscation have been checked. I
didn't know they existed. I have looked at some books on Tories in NC
and have never found my Paces. I did find the name of Gideon Wright in
Charlestown SC, but I his land was confiscated also.

I suspect that our sources think John Pace was with Gideon Wright is
because of the area the Paces lived in. Much tradition in Pace research
asserts he was killed at the Battle of Shallow Ford but we can't prove
it, except that he seems to have disappeared. I didn't know about the
battle at Colson's Mill.

I didn't know to look at the Moravian diaries for this Pace familyl. How
would I get those records?

It was about time that I typed up the section on the Battle of Shallow
Ford for membes of my family who don't own Bruce Howard's book.

By the way, I did send a message to all those people in NC from your web
site (regarding the Trading Ford). I gave my Norfolk address, but
claimed I might return to Salisbury someday. I hope it helps.

Thanks for any advice.

Betty
On Wed, 29 May 2002 01:33:17 -0700 Ann Brownlee <>
writes:
> Hi Betty,
>
> Thanks for the John Pace information. I'll add him to my "maybe"
> list.
> I assume there isn't a will? And have the Rowan court records been
> looked at for a trial to confiscate his land? If not, I'll check
> next
> time I'm in the library. I haven't looked for the Tory trials,
> because,
> unless I have reason to think they were at Shallow Ford, I'd just
> be
> looking at all Tories. Is there a reason to think he was with
> Gideon
> Wright, and not some other group - there were Tories with one of
> the
> Bryans at Colson's Mill earlier that summer? If he was known to be
> with
> Gideon Wright, then he probably would have been at Shallow Ford.
> How
> about the Moravian diaries - any mention there? Did I ask enough
> questions?
>
> Sure, what the heck, give sending NCDOT a message a try. If you go
> to
> this page
> http://home.webkorner.com/whigkid/tradingford/save.html
> under "what you can do", the third item is an email. Click on the
> link
> and you'll get one all pre-formatted and addressed to the right
> people.
> Feel free to delete the message that's there and use your own if
> you
> want to. Every little bit helps! :)
>
> Ann
>
>

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