A piece of additional information: "Wisper" is not only the name of a small river, but also the name of a village on the upper reaches of this river. The village Wisper belonged to the Amt (=district) Langenschwalbach. So you can assume that Johann Georg DAUER came from this very village. Carl Becker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diether Caspritz" <caspritz@gmx.de> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:03 AM Subject: [HESSE] RE: Military record help > Julie, > > some information is at > http://www.genealogie-mainspitze.de/hessenmilitaer/hm-nas.htm > > The Lowlands should be the Netherlands and L. Scheyalbach is Langenschwalbach, today Bad Schwalbach > (near Wiesbaden). Wisper is a small river going from the Taunus mountains into the river Rhine. > The area belonged to the dukedom Nassau. > > Michael Geisler [m-m-geisler@t-online.de] may be able to help you further. > > Diether > > > From: candoia21@verizon.net [mailto:candoia21@verizon.net] > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:28 PM > > > > I have a military discharge and I'm wondering where I can research to find out where this person actually served. Did > > they generally stay around their home grounds? > > > > Here's the translation info I have; > > Dukedon Nassau Brigade > > > > IInd Regiment > > IInd Line Company > > > > Appointed First Lieutenant and Commander of the Dukedoms IInd Regiment, George Hefeld, knight of the Lowlands Kingly > > Military Wilhelms-Ordens do herwith make known the following flank of the Dukedoms General Comman from the 28th of > > January 1841 Number G.C. 146 Section 1, the soldier Johann George Dauer from Wisper district L; Scheyalbach, regarding > > the merit of your service with the Dukedoms Military.......He is discharged from the Dukedoms Military Service since > > the 1st of April 1835 under the number 25,165 of the main opened-book as soldier in the year 1835, Release No. 7 and he > > had during that time served with honor. > > > > Any direction is greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you > > Julie Dauer > > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html > to unsubscribe > >