Susan and list, My GGGgf Conrad Luther, Hessian Soldier, is still after Years of research, still a myth. No concrete data has turned up, only the family stories and a small 1850's newspaper interview of a neighbor and also a early, 1796 settler of our area, that said he was a Hessian soldier. His ''Old Hessian friend''When he signed his Oath of Alleg in 1782 he also said he deserted the enemy line in 1778. Data from Erfurt Germany also said he and some bros went to Amerika to fight in the Rev War. No Hessian records we have found list his name but we are still pursuing this ''Myth'' M Jean Sharbaugh