Heflin Researchers: Can I assume that you all are aware of the work on this surname conducted by DON HEFLIN of Vallejo, CA > Georgetown, KY and >Naples, FL? I guess he worked on this for close to 30 years . . . . . . . and as also collected by Hilton Heflin of Columbia, SC? I've seen Hilton's posts on this list [I think] and I haven't heard from Don Heflin in a couple of years and don't think he is now active in this quest. I know that he did publish a fair amount on this surname out of the Stafford Co. area. I am not a HEFLIN researcher but I do have a lot of material which includes numerous old letters and invoices, etc., from the early 1900's - which doesn't help any with those "old" lines, but interesting to look at. Also on hand is a notebook of material, much of which is from the father of Hilton Heflin, Ryland Heflin, and was copied for me by the late Stafford researcher, A. Maxim Coppage, who also had some interest in this family. Sorry that this material is all in a loose leaf unindexed format. I'll eventually give all this material, including my Stafford/Prince Wm. collection on dozens of surnames, to one of the libraries in the area - haven't made up my mind which one yet. Jim W. Tackitt, 11830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <jtackitt@jps.net> [co-compiler & vendor of "Stafford Co., VA, 1800-1850," (1980), with A. Maxim Coppage, and vendor for "The Story of Stafford," by John Tackett Goolrick (1939), and the Civil War C.S.A. Map of Stafford County.] *************************************************************** Tackett Assn. Website: <http://www.tackettfamilies.com> [For a reply to genealogy email, please include your full name & home USPS mailing address. Thanks.] VASTAFFO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:omas > > Subject: [VASTAFFO-L] Heflin Surname > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:48:16 -0400 > From: Herbert Farmer <hfarmer@carr.org> > To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, I think that we are missing the power of collective thoughts on > our Early Heflins from Northern Stafford Co. and Southern Fauquier Co., > VA. You would be surprised how the direction of my own research has > changed and the results obtained when following up on a miscellaneous > tidbit of information received from an individual. My research takes me > far and wide each month in my search for the truth and I provide my data > and analysis free of charge to anyone. I am not writing a book or > creating disks for sale in any form. > I would like to find 3 or 4 people with Heflin (Hefferlin, Heffernon, > Hefflinger, Hefling, Hefflin, Haflin, etc.) ties in Northern Stafford > Co. and/or Southern Fauquier Co., VA to exchange information, ideas, or > combine our research efforts. I have over 4000 Heflins in my data base > in my effort to straighten out my own lineage. I have Heflins that have > Irish, German, and English connections. Right now I am concentrating on > the early Heffernon and Hefferlin surnames that were in evidence in > Stafford Co. in the early to mid 1700's. Some went to NC, some stayed in > VA, and some went to KY and WVA. Others went west through NC. I have two > John Hefferlin's that enlisted in the Revolutionary War, one was a VA > soldier and the other an NC soldier, but both were born in Stafford Co. > I have Heflins that were members of the Grove Baptist Church in > Goldvein, Fauquier Co., VA right on the Stafford Co. border. I have a M. > Heflin (Marshall Heflin), and two J. Heflin's that appear on a > Confederate Map in Northern Stafford Co., VA near where the town of > Heflin was located and just 4 miles from Acquia (Aquia) in Overwharton > Parish. There are many other surnames on this map. I would like to > identify the Heffernons that went from Stafford Co. to NC and when they > immigrated. I would like to identify those that stayed in Stafford and > Fauquier. Were these of Irish or German descent or both. > It sure would be nice to have a few people to use as a sounding board on > ideas and known facts and explore these avenues together. If there is > anyone willing to venture into this, please contact me. Thanks again, > Phyllis. >