I got this information from another list; she saw Riffe among my names. I have asked her about her line, but I thought some of these listers might be interested in contacting her, as I got my ancestor, Catherine Riffe on this list! Carolyn SURNAMES: Anderson, Light, Flack, Zicafoose, Hull, Lance Hedrick, Tuckwiller, Persinger, Kimberlin, Humphries, Grissee Stickleman ,Fink, Baughman, Billman, Hoadley, Kerns, Ravenscroft Clark, Davis, Westlake, Parker, Flenner, Yantis, Yantes, Curtis, Dunlap, Claypool, Kniseley, Elliott, Grimm, Riffe and more! View the will of Peter Light Anderson, born 1785, died 1861: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/greenbrier/wills/a436-001.txt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: fallsburg1 <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 11:13 PM Subject: Re: Riffe, Clark, Dunlap, Davis >Hello Carolyn, > >This information is from a book "Reiff to Riffe, Family in America, >Descendants of John George Reiff", compiled and edited by Free J. Riffe, 1995. > >Jacob Riffe Sr., thought to be a descendant of Peter Rieff, Sr. He may have >been the son of Conrad (Conrod, Coonrod) Riffe, the first Riffe found in >Augusta County, Virginia in 1746. > >Jacob's children: > >Joseph Riffe b. circa 1758; d. 1827. m. September 16, 1779, Greenbriar >County, Virginia, Margaret Carpenter. >Note: He and his wife Margaret mentioned as Heir at Law of Jacob Riffe, Sr., >in a deed transaction of May 31, 1796. > >Abraham Riffe m. before 1796, in Rockingham County, Virginia, Catrinia ? >Note: Mentioned as Heir at Law of Jacob Riffe, Sr., in a deed transaction of >May 31, 1796. > >Cartinia (Catharine) Riffe married before 1788, in Rockingham County, >Virginia, John Tuckwilloe (Tuckwiller) >Note: Mentioned as Heir at Law of Jacob Riffe, Sr., in a deed transaction of >May 31, 1796. Son David Tuckwiller b. 1788 Greenbriar County, Virginia. >Reference: Greenbriar (West Virginia) Marriages 1782 - 1900 >& Collection of New River Genealogy & Local History by Aubrey Smith & Winston >Alexander Riffe > >Barbara Riffe, m. April 5, 1782, Greenbriar County, Virginia, Joseph Haynes. >Married by John Alderson, Ketockton baptist Assn. >Mentioned as Heir at Law of Jacob Riffe, Sr., in a deed transaction of May >31, 1796. > >The above children are mentioned in a deed transaction dated May 5, 1796. > >His sons Jacob Riffe, Jr., d. 1844 in Rock Camp, West Virginia >Note: In 1781 surveyed a road from John Dixon's to the turn of the waters of >Anthony. Owned an oil mill in Rock camp. > >and David Riffe b. 1760-70; d. before 1850 m. Catherine ? > >Jacob and David are not mentioned in the deed. > > >The first record found for Jacob Riffe, Sr., is a 1772 transaction between he >and John Tuckwiller involving land located on a branch of Howard's Creek in >Greenbriar County, Virginia. Between 1772 and 1795, the year he died, Jacob, >Sr., was involved in several land transactions along both sides of he >Greenbriar River. > >During the Revolutionary War, he and son Jacob Riffe, Jr., served as Indian >Scouts or spies as they were often called. Both signed petitions from >Greenbriar to the Legislature in 1780, 1782 and 1783. They ask for higher >allowances as spies due to increased Indian troubles as the reason for their >request. > >Later they petitioned the Legislature requesting a wagon road from Ugly's >Creek to Warm Springs. Both men appear on the Augusta County tax list for >1800. > >Jacob Riffe, Sr., was made levey-free in 1781 and was found on the Greenbriar >is of tithable in 1782. In that year he is listed with one male over >twenty-one, one Negro, two horses and six cattle. He continued on the >tithable tax list for Greenbriar County in 1783, 1786 and 1787. > >Jacob Riffe, Sr., was listed in the 1790 First Federal Population Census as >head of household, residence in Greenbriar County, Virginia. In 1795, the >last land transaction he was involved in tool place when he purchased four >hundred acres adjacent to J. Stuart in Greenbriar County, Assumably he died >shortly thereafter as he is mentioned as deceased in a deed dated May 5, 1796. > >January 1, 1772 >Jacob Rife and John Tuckwiller mentioned in a land transaction on a branch of >Howards Creek, Greenbriar County, Virginia. > >Hope this help you. > >I don't have any information on the other people you mentioned. > >Pat >South Carolina