Dear Vern and anyone else interested, The Shifletts did not originate from the Hessian soldiers who were brought over during the Revolutionary War. Several Shiflets are documented as being part of the militia which was assigned to the Albemarle Barracks where the Hessian soldiers were confined. Shiflets were the guards, not the prisoners! Also, Blan Shiflet is documented as being a Rev. soldier at Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. Two Shiflets, Howard and Thomas, are documented as serving in the French and Indian War, which occurred c. 1752. Shiflets were on the tithe lists in Orange Co. in the 1750's and we have a record from the 1730's where a John Shiflet posted bond in a court case in Orange or Albemarle County. Unfortunately, much erroneous information (all undocumented) about the Shiflets has been published in some of the standard Albemarle works either as "truth" or supposition, which has been taken as the truth. To find the real story and to see what we've uncovered so far about the Shiflets and the families they married into (Morris, Powell, Coleman, Snow, etc.) please set aside a few hours and visit us at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/hills/4575/index.html It's a very large site and a goldmine of information about the Shiflets and the northern Albemarle border area and adjoining counties. Then drop me an e-mail and let me know what your Shiflet line is! Julie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Julia Shiflett Crosswell [email protected] Fort Worth, TX Hanover Co. VAGenWeb: http://www.metronet.com/~jcross Shiflett Family Genealogy Webmaster: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/hills/4575/ ==== VAALBEMA Mailing List ==== My homepage is now under radical construction-------- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 - After too many complaints to Travellers about privacy and accuracy, they are shutting down all GEDCOMs there, mine included. S. DUNCAN [email protected] To see how to donate to Rootsweb DIRECTLY, please go to http://www.rootsweb.com