In a message dated 8/11/03 12:07:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSEEvents writes: > > My ancestor, Richard Shaffer, came to TN from PA, so stories say. He was > there in 1789 when he married Elizabeth Gambill from NC. Lived in Davidson > County; said to have been born c.1766 in Washington County, we think in VA, > rather than PA, but don't know for sure. > > Could you tell me more about your relatives from 1764; we have been told > through stories handed down that our Shaffers came from Heidelberg, Germany; we > also have info that they came into Philadelphia around 1750; moved to > somewhere outside of Philly about 2 years later. Have heard moved to Heidelberg > there, and Shafer's Schoolhouse somewhere. Do you know anything about these > places? > > Richard fought in the Rev. War and was given land as compensation by his > commanding officer (?) in TN, in what is now Smith County. When he was killed > in 1793 by Indians and then wife killed in 1795, her father, Bradley Gambill, > TN, took over the land as part of his property. His grandson supposedly sold > the land around 18??, according to TN historical records. Richard is in the > TN history books as travelling with and working as a surveyor with Hickman, > Robertson, and other early settlers in TN. They made several trips from PA > to Watauga Settlement, Tennessee's beginnings, and I have a feeling Richard > was with them at some point. > > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - have been searching for > Richard since 1972 - very illusive - I think he is a lost sibling of someone > I've probably already found in PA! > > Sincerely, > > Margaret > NJ and TN

I don't know your line, but if your Revolutionary soldier received bounty land in the state of TN, then he would have been a NC soldier. NC awarded bounty land in it's western territory--the area we now know as TN. Virginia Revolutionary soldiers were awarded bounty land in either KY or the Virginia military district of OH. These state grants would have been separate from any federal bounty land that the soldiers received. Peggy Reeves Burtonsville, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSEEvents@aol.com> To: <SHAFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [SHAFFER-L] Re: Richard Shaffer, TN > In a message dated 8/11/03 12:07:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSEEvents > writes: > > > > > My ancestor, Richard Shaffer, came to TN from PA, so stories say. He was > > there in 1789 when he married Elizabeth Gambill from NC. Lived in Davidson > > County; said to have been born c.1766 in Washington County, we think in VA, > > rather than PA, but don't know for sure. > > > > Could you tell me more about your relatives from 1764; we have been told > > through stories handed down that our Shaffers came from Heidelberg, Germany; we > > also have info that they came into Philadelphia around 1750; moved to > > somewhere outside of Philly about 2 years later. Have heard moved to Heidelberg > > there, and Shafer's Schoolhouse somewhere. Do you know anything about these > > places? > > > > Richard fought in the Rev. War and was given land as compensation by his > > commanding officer (?) in TN, in what is now Smith County. When he was killed > > in 1793 by Indians and then wife killed in 1795, her father, Bradley Gambill, > > TN, took over the land as part of his property. His grandson supposedly sold > > the land around 18??, according to TN historical records. Richard is in the > > TN history books as travelling with and working as a surveyor with Hickman, > > Robertson, and other early settlers in TN. They made several trips from PA > > to Watauga Settlement, Tennessee's beginnings, and I have a feeling Richard > > was with them at some point. > > > > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - have been searching for > > Richard since 1972 - very illusive - I think he is a lost sibling of someone > > I've probably already found in PA! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Margaret > > NJ and TN > > ______________________________