This sounded like a very interesting story, and having tried to find some Hessians serving with General George Roger Clark, your Shenandoah native who was so active in the Illionois country during the AmRev., I have been supplied with some material by other historians. Unfortunately, I cannot say that I found the name Warnick/Wernick between those who served with General Clark, and of course, the name of General Steuben cannot be found in Clark's little army neither. Perhaps if you write to the Indiana Historical Bureau, you could get the information you require, mailto:[email protected] this Bureau has been very helpful to me. Sorry taht I cannot do more at this point in time. Regards, John Merz [email protected] wrote: > > I just read you message on the Shenandoah rootsweb list, and wondered if you > might any suggestion as to where I should look for my very elusive Rev. War > ancestor. I'm trying to trace the background of Lt. Colonel Frederick > Wernick, who is listed as Chief Surgeon under Geo. Rogers Clark. He was in > the Virginia State Line, and recieved bounty land in Ky. as a result of his > service. That much information I can find in all sorts of records. The only > other thing I find, is that he married an Elizabeth Norman in Princess Anne > Co., Va. in 1778 and when she applied for a Rev. War pension in 1837, she > advised that he died in 1783. > > My problem is that aside from the above, I have no background on him at all. > I do know that his heir, and I believe son, Frederick Christian Warnick was > living in Montgomery Co., Pa. in 1800, when there are records of him > disposing of some of the bounty lands. The family was German speaking, and > supposedly the younger Frederick had been born in Prussia ( per church > records, and some family history ). However, I have no record of any > Frederick Warneck/Warnick ever arriving in this country, can find no land or > tax records, etc. The only Frederick Warneck listed by Filby is shown in > N.Y. in 1782--source for that record is given as " Muster Rolls and Prisoner > of War Lists in Am. Archival Collection pertaining to the German mercenary > troops who served with the British forces during the Am. Rev." by C.N. Smith. > I've sent for a copy of that as well as Rev. War records, but those will > take forever to get here, and I'm wondering what I might try checking, in the > meantime. > Among those listed as also serving under Geo. Rogers Clark is Baron Steuben, > and my original thought was that perhaps Wernick came to this country with > him, but that doesn't seem likely, given the Filby reference--just wondering > if you might have any suggestions, as this time period seems to be something > of a speciality with you. Would very much appreciate any help. > > Sherron Logan