This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/112.159.161.2 Message Board Post: I am a descendent of Silas Shaffer of Clarks Hill, son of Jacob Shaffer of Reynoldsburg, OH. I am not related to your Jacob Shaffer, but I do have some information about him. While researching my Jacob, I found your Jacob mentioned in the following book. He is the Jacob mentioned as having left for parts unknown. Check it out. Personal Author Kegley, Mary B. Title Early adventurers on the Western waters / by Mary B. Kegley and F. B. Kegley. Portion of title New River of Virginia in pioneer days, 1745-1800 Publication info Orange, Va. : Green Publishers, c1980- Physical descrip v. : ill. ; 27 cm. General Note Vol. 2- , author Mary B. Kegley. Bibliography note Includes bibliographies and indexes. Subject term Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Wythe County. Subject term Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Montgomery County. Subject term Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Pulaski County. Geographic term Wythe County (Va.)--History. Geographic term Montgomery County (Va.)--History. Geographic term Pulaski County (Va.)--History. Added author Kegley, F. B. (Frederick Bittle), 1877-1968. OCLC Number ocm06322614