Shifflett Site Index - Table of Contents

Shiflet Main Page
1. Copyright Notice
2. Dedication
3. About Our Name
4. Frequently Asked Questions
5. Awards
6. Search this site
7. Scheduled Reunions
8. Shiflets Around the World
9. What's New?
11. Genforum SHIFFLETT board Place a Query / Read New Queries
12. Special Submissions
  1. Civil War Letters of Hillory Shifflet submitted by Kate Forster
  2. The Olive Branch by Thomas Frazier submitted by Norm Addington
  3. From Whitehall to Bacon Hollow submitted by George Foss
  4. Diary of Thomas E. Shifflet of KY & IL submitted by Cheri Salz
13. Our Photo Gallery
  1. Unidentified Family Photos
  2. The Boonesville house where Calvin Shiflett and others were executed.
  3. The Churches
  4. Hiden Shiflett Cemetery
  5. The Mooney / Shiflett House in Shiflett Hollow.
  6. Prize Hill Cemetery
  7. Four Generations of the Harrison Martin Shiflett Family.
  8. Shifletts in Ohio: Nathaniel and Solomon Shipley
  9. Shifletts in Ohio: Descendants of David Rowland Shiplett of OH
  10. Shifflet Reunion: 1919 McLean Co., IL
  11. The Shiflett Mill
  12. The Thomas and Patience Shifflett house in Greene County
  13. The cemetery on Thomas and Patience's Land
  14. Yancey, VA: St. Stephen's Mission 1911
Debate and Opinion Page
1. Shifflett, Roach, Herring Connections
2. Pickett and Powell Shiflet: Sons of Stephen?
3. Two John Shifletts?
Family Charts
Please read About Our Family Charts before visiting these sections.
1. Shiflet Family Charts
2. Related Families: Documents and Charts
  1. George Airy Sr. b.c. 1789 m. 1808 Elizabeth Shiflet
  2. Mordecai Brown m. 1824 Sarah Shiflet
  3. Louden Bruce Family submitted by Clyde F. Conner, Sr.
  4. Thomas Coleman Family submitted by Carrington Coleman, Kirk Sheap, Eugene Powell & Jeanette Pryor
  5. William T. Coleman b. 1832 m. 1854 Diannah Shiflett
  6. Davis Documents
  7. Descendants of James Dean 1797-1862 submitted by Ellen Kyger
  8. John Frazier b.c. 1770 m. 1811 Lucy Shiflet
  9. Furnish Family of Augusta & Orange submitted by Fred Westcott
  10. Austin Garrison Family submitted by Margaret Stavitski
  11. George Gentry Family submitted by John W. Reed
  12. Graves Family submitted by Ken Graves
  13. Haselrig/Hazelrigg Family submitted by Bernard L. M. Embree
  14. Herrin Family Documents submitted by Mary Herring
  15. Lively Keaton b. 1815 m. 1838 Sophia Shiflet
  16. Henry Linkous b. 1744 m.c. 1779 Elizabeth Shefflet
  17. Pickett Family
    1. Pickett Family Chart submitted by Eugene Powell
    2. Pickett Family Documents submitted by Carrington Coleman
    3. Pickett and Powell Land Transactions
  18. John and Ann Powell of Culpeper County
    1. Powell Family Documents submitted by Chester Johnson
    2. Powell Family Chart submitted by Eugene Powell
    3. Pickett and Powell Family Land Transactions
    4. (Yet Another) Disputed Election: Orange County, 1741
  19. Calus Roach b. 1790 m. bef. 1820 Elizabeth Shiflett
  20. Self Family submitted by Curt Hammond
  21. Snow Family
    1. Timeline and Land Records
    2. Vital Records
    3. Richard Snow: Will, Chancery Suit, Family Chart
    4. (Yet Another) Disputed Election: Orange County, 1741
  22. Mark Stowers: Disposition of his 1763 Land Grant and Picket Shiflett of GA
  23. Ira Howard Via b. 1820 m. 1872 Amanda Jane Shiflett
Of Historical and Human Interest
1. Historical Interest
  1. Old White Men Now Living in Albemarle County Submitted by Mary Herring
  2. Excerpts from The Olive Branch by Tom Frazier (1840-1918) “Four Years of my Life During the War Between the States” Submitted by Norm Addington
  3. Diary of Thomas Ephiram Shifflet of KY and IL. 1910-1919. Submitted by Cheri Salz.
  4. Letters of Hillory Shifflett written 1861 - 1863 submitted by Kate Forster (see individual listing under Civil War, below)
  5. Points of Fact
    1. Banns, Bonds, and Surety: submitted by Julia Crosswell
    2. County Formations: submitted by Julia Crosswell
    3. Devise, devisee, devisor, etc.
    4. Law of Primogeniture: submitted by Kate Forster
    5. St. Thomas's Parish: submitted by Mary Herring
  6. The Shiflets: Who Are They and Where Did They Come From? submitted by Catherine Shiflett
  7. Siflets and other spelling variations found in the IGI
  8. A Lost Marriage: Winston Shiflet and Mary Hatton 1813 submitted by Julia Crosswell
  9. Excerpts concerning the early 1800's time period from Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.
2. Human Interest
  1. A Visit to Frazier Mountain submitted by Kevin Frazier
  2. High Top Copper Mine Explosion 1905 submitted by Larry Shifflett
  3. Patsy Cline submitted by Larry Shifflett
  4. Mission Home, Route 601 by Kay Collins Chretien, submitted by Norm Addington
  5. The Mountain People 1984 submitted by Vicky Hensley, with additions from Karan Raines Callaway
  6. St. Stephen's Mission, Yancey Mills
  7. "The Shifletts Gone" 1857 submitted by Kim Morris
  8. They say we've got Indian blood. . .
3. Shenandoah
  1. The Herring Letters submitted by Laban West
  2. Parks Creation Changed Lives, 1997 submitted by Laban West
  3. Excerpts and plat from Rockingham Condemnation Proceedings submitted by Cathy Phillips
  4. Information on Known cemeteries within Shenandoah NP submitted by Larry Shifflett
  5. Shenandoah Park Cemeteries submitted by Kim Morris
  6. What the State Paid Greene County Residents: Acres and Dollars, 1993 submitted by Larry Shifflett
4. Their Culture, Our Heritage
  1. The Bear Hunt submitted by June Mitchell
  2. From White Hall to Bacon Hollow: The George Foss Collection
  3. 1956 Albemarle County Home Demonstration Cookbook submitted by Julia Crosswell
  4. “Life in Shiflet's Hollow” pub. 1899 by Thomas Longstreet Wood; submitted by Larry Shifflett
  5. Tales From Bacon Hollow submitted by Shelly Seay
  6. Valley Life submitted by Ellen Kyger. Permission for use given by author, Billie Joe Monger, 6 Feb. 1999
Primary Sources: General
1. Excerpts from 2 pages of the 1815 Virginia Landowners Directory for Albemarle County submitted by Tom Lewis.
2. 1920 Federal Census: Blackwell Precinct submitted by Julia Crosswell
3. Original Albemarle Co. Patents by Location submitted by Julia Crosswell
4. Catterton's Store in Orange Co. 1810/18 list of shoppers
5. Maps
  1. Early Shiflet Locations
  2. Kidd's Creek site of first Shiflet land
  3. Details of Albemarle Co., from the Hotchkiss Map of 1866
  4. Plat of land deed to Lewis Shiflet by heirs
  5. Map of Buck Mountain region.
6. Place Names submitted by Kim Morris & Larry Shifflett (Frazier Mountain, Shiflet Hollow, etc.)
7. Extracts from The Plecker Bulletin used with permission from the Melungeon Home Page (need new site address)
8. Shiflets buried at U.S. Veterans Cemeteries submitted by Bob Klein
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - VA & WV
1. Shiflet Timeline - short summaries of all early records found to date
2. Early Shiflet Project Password Protected - if you have submitted info for this project, please e-mail me for an ID and password.
3. Bible Records
  1. KY: Hasten Tussey and Susan Estill Shifflett Bible
  2. KY/IL: Excerpt from the Thomas E. Shifflet Diary, 1909
  3. VA: The Winston Shifflett New Testament Reader
  4. VA: John T. and Barbara C. Obaugh Shiplet Bible
  5. WV: John Calvin and Emma Jane Cotter Shiflett Bible
4. Vital Records
  1. Albemarle Co. Death Records submitted by Julia Crosswell
  2. Augusta Co. Death Records from Vol. I and II Death Records submitted by Tom Lewis.
  3. Death Records from mixed counties submitted by Larry Shifflett and Barbara Hensley
  4. Berkeley Co. (WV) Death Records submitted by Anna Gray
  5. Orange Co. Funeral Records submitted by Marie Snow
  6. Rockingham Co. Deaths 1870 - 1894 submitted by Cathy Phillips and Julia Crosswell (includes related families)
  7. Greene County Records submitted by Vicky Hensley
  8. More Greene Co. Births for Shifflett and Morris
  9. Randolph Co. (WV) Births submitted by Kevin Williams
  10. Rockingham Co. Births 1853-1856 (includes related families)
  11. Rockingham Co. Births 1894-1896 (includes related families)
5. Marriages
  1. States Other Than VA
    1. Georgia: Elbert Co.
    2. Illinois: various counties
    3. Iowa: Muscatine Co.
    4. Kentucky: Madison Co., unknown KY counties
    5. Maryland: Howard Co.
    6. Missouri: DeKalb, Howard, Linn Counties
    7. Ohio: Allen, Shelby, various Counties
    8. Tennessee: Meigs County
    9. West Virginia: Berkeley, Gilmer, Randolph, Ritchie counties
  2. Virginia
    1. Albemarle County
    2. Orange and Greene Counties
    3. Augusta, Berkeley, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Madison, Counties
    4. Harper's Ferry Bridge, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties
  3. John Gibson's Greene Co., VA marriage returns of 1840/41 submitted by Larry Shifflett.
6. Master list of Wills, Estates and Chancery Causes
  1. Analysis & scan of 1791 Will of John Shiftlett Sr. submitted by Larry Shifflett
  2. Wills before 1870
  3. Wills 1870 and later
  4. Chancery Causes
    1. 1833 Sukey Shiflet etc. vs. Bartlett Davis etc. submitted by Wendy Mathias
    2. 1860: Turner Shiflett in his own right and as administrator with the will annexed of John Shiflett dec'd., and Parrott H. Elliott Plaintiffs vs. James Shiflett, John Shiflett & Vina Shiflett & others. Extract submitted by Larry Shifflett
7. Index to Obituaries & Death Notices found on the Shiflet website
8. Cemeteries VA/WV
  1. Bacon Hollow Cemetery, Greene
  2. Brown's Cove Cemetery, Albemarle
  3. Buck Mountain Episcopal Church, Earlysville
  4. Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Albemarle
  5. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Albemarle
  6. Evergreen Cemetery, Rockingham
  7. Free Union Baptist Church, Albemarle
  8. Free Union Cemetery, Albemarle
  9. Gentry Methodist Church, Albemarle
  10. Hensley/Shifflett/Powell Cemetery, Shenandoah Park
  11. Hightop Free Pentecostal Church, Greene
  12. Hillsboro Baptist Church, Albemarle
  13. Holly Memorial Gardens, Charlottesville
  14. Innisfree Village, Albemarle
  15. Ivy Creek Methodist Church, Albemarle
  16. Mitchell-Davis Cemetery, Greene
  17. Monticello Memorial Park, Charlottesville
  18. Mt. Moriah Methodist Church, White Hall
  19. Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville
  20. Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond
  21. Old Buck Mountain Church, Albemarle
  22. Old Buck Mountain Church, Cemetery across the road, Albemarle
  23. Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg
  24. Piney Ridge Church of the Brethren, Albemarle
  25. Prize Hill Cemetery, Albemarle
  26. Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville
  27. Rockgate Cemetery, Crozet
  28. St. John the Baptist Episcopal of Ivy, VA
  29. Shifflett Cemetery, Rockingham
  30. Shifflett's Cemetery, Lynnwood
  31. Shifflett-Lam Cemetery, Greene
  32. Slayton Shifflett Cemetery, Greene
  33. Thomas and Patience Shiflett Cemetery, Albemarle
  34. Tomahawk Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., WV
  35. Wesley Chapel, Albemarle
  36. Wild Rose Cemetery, Albemarle
  37. Woodson Cemetery, Greene
  38. Shenandoah Park Cemeteries submitted by Kim Morris
  39. Information on Known cemeteries within Shenandoah NP submitted by Larry Shifflett
9. Taxes and Order Books
  1. *Tax Table showing tithe and land tax lists from Albemarle and Orange from 1725 - 1837
  2. *Tax Table showing tithe and land tax lists from Albemarle and Orange from 1837 - 1880
  3. 1779 Albemarle Co., VA Quit Rents
  4. Albemarle Co., VA, Court Order Book submitted by Chester Johnson
  5. Albemarle Co., VA, Guardian Bonds submitted by Tom Lewis
  6. Albemarle Co., VA, Road Orders submitted by Chester Johnson, Wendy Mathias and Margaret Stavitski
  7. Albemarle Co., Overseers of the Poor book 1786 - 1807 submitted by Chester Johnson
  8. Augusta Co., VA, Court Order Book submitted by Chester Johnson
  9. Augusta Co., VA Personal Property Tax submitted by Larry Shifflett
  10. Greene Co. 1902/3 Poll Tax, (partial) S surnames submitted by Julia Crosswell
  11. Greene County Court Records and accompanying notes submitted by Larry Shifflett
  12. Shifletts in the 1782-1799 Orange Co. Personal Property Tax List submitted by Chester Johnson
  13. Excerpt from Orange County Road Orders
  14. Rockingham Co., VA, Court Orders submitted by Larry Shifflett
10. Census Records
  1. Shifletts in the 1790 Census submitted by Harry W. Shifflett
  2. 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 Albemarle Census
  3. Excerpts from the 1850 Albemarle Co. Census
  4. Excerpts from the 1900 Albemarle Co. Census submitted by Eugene Powell
  5. 1920 Federal Census: Albemarle Co., Blackwell Precinct submitted by Julia Crosswell
  6. 1920 Federal Census: Albemarle Co., Free Union Precinct submitted by Julia Crosswell (excerpts)
  7. 1920 Federal Census: Albemarle Co., Crozet Precinct submitted by Julia Crosswell (excerpts)
  8. 1820, 1830 Orange Census
  9. 1840 Greene Co. Census (bottom of Orange Co. page)
  10. Excerpts from the 1850 Greene Co. Census
  11. A few families from the 1870 Greene Co. Census
  12. 1880 Greene Co. Census Monroe District, part 1 submitted by Sarah Fezio
  13. 1880 Greene Co. Census Monroe District, part 2 submitted by Sarah Fezio
  14. Excepts: 1810, 1820, 1830 & 1840 Rockingham Co. Census
  15. Excerpts from the 1850 Rockingham Co. Census submitted by Tom Lewis
  16. Excerpts from the 1850 Rockingham Co. Census submitted by Larry Shifflett
  17. Excerpts from the 1870 Rockingham Co. Census - Elk Run Township
  18. Excerpts from the 1870 Rockingham Co. Census - Ashby, Central, Franklin and Port Republic Townships.
  19. Excerpts from the 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, & 1850 Augusta Co. Census
  20. Excerpts from the 1860 Augusta Co. Census
  21. Excerpts from the 1840, 1850 Greenbrier Co. Census
  22. Excerpts from the 1850 Shenandoah Co. Census
11. Deeds
  1. Shiflet Deeds
  2. Land Deeds of William Shifflett of Augusta County submitted by Tom Lewis
    1. Part One: 1837 - 1850
    2. Part Two:1850 - 1900
12. Miscellaneous Records and Notes
  1. Albemarle/Buck Mountain/Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Records submitted by Julia Crosswell
  2. 1914 Harrisonburg Letters to Santa
  3. Christmas in Brown's Cove by George Foss
  4. Albemarle County Notes submitted by Vicky Hensley
  5. Greene County Newspaper articles submitted by Larry Shifflett
  6. Greene Co. Newspaper Articles: Those Hot Blooded Shiffletts submitted by Vicky Hensley and updated by Gina Gibson
  7. Rockingham Co. Newspaper articles by various submitters
  8. Notes from The Descendants of Francis Meadows of Orange & Rockingham Co., Va. by Shirley Seal Breeden submitted by Vicky Hensley
  9. (Yet Another) Disputed Election: Orange County, 1741
  10. Store Registers:
    1. Catterton's Store 1810/18
    2. Acct. of John Shiflet at Jesse Garth's Albemarle Store in 1823
13. Compilations on Individual Shiflets from VA
  1. John Shiflett Jr. with land plat of Shiflett heirs submitted by Chester Johnson
  2. John Shiflett Sr. submitted by Chester Johnson
Bureau of Land Management Records
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - California
1. California death records submitted by Talmadge Shifflett
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Georgia
1. Deed Record Abstracts submitted by Chester Johnson
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Iowa
1. Iowa Cemeteries
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Illinois
1. Diary of Thomas Ephiram Shifflet of KY and IL, 1916-1918, submitted by Cheri Salz
2. Thomas and Anna Hardin Shifflet Bible; transcript found in Thomas Ephiram Shifflet's diary, submitted by Cheri Salz
3. Illinois Cemeteries submitted by Cheri Salz
  1. Atlanta Cemetery, Logan Co., IL
  2. McClean Cemetery, McLean Co., IL
  3. Park Hill Cemetery, McLean Co., IL
  4. Waynesville Cemetery, DeWitt Co., IL
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Kentucky
1. Photo of the Shifflet cabin now located in Berea, Madison Co., KY submitted by Norman & Mary Franklin
2. 1810 thru 1860 Madison Co., KY Census submitted by Cheri Salz
3. KY Death Index 1911-1986
4. Hasten Tussey Shifflet Bible submitted by Elizabeth Shifflette Hanna
5. Excerpt Thomas E. Shifflet Diary, 1909, listing some of the children of Thomas and Patience Shiflett
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Missouri
1. Missouri Census Records with map
2. Missouri Land Grants
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family -- North Carolina
Primary Sources: Shiflett Family - North Dakota
1. 1900 ND census excerpt
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Ohio
1. Nathaniel & Solomon Shiflet submitted by Ray Fannin
2. Map showing Shifflet locations
3. Census Records submitted by Ray Fannin, Kate Forster, & Larry Shifflett
4. Ohio Ohio Deeds and Grants submitted by Ray Fannin.
5. Ohio Vital Records submitted by Ray Fannin
6. Miami Valley Area Records submitted by Julia Crosswell
Primary Sources: Shiflet Family - Tennessee
1. Shifflets in Tennessee submitted by Julia Crosswell
War
1. French and Indian War
  1. Andrew Lewis's Company
  2. Charles Lewis's Company
2. Revolutionary War
  1. Pension Applications
  2. Related Families
    1. John Davis
    2. William Davis
    3. William Fisher
    4. James Haney
    5. James Meadows submitted by Eugene Powell
    6. Absalom Roach
    7. William Wyatt
3. War of 1812
  1. Virginia Rosters
  2. Additional Rosters-All States
  3. Payrolls and Muster Rolls from LVA
  4. Pay Roll and Muster Roll of Solomon Shiflett submitted by Larry Shifflett
  5. Pension Applications
    1. Charlotte Shifflett, widow of Micajah Shifflett submitted by Larry Shifflett
    2. Eliza Via Shiflet, widow of John Shiflet submitted by Larry Shifflett
    3. Milly Shifflet, widow of Winston Shifflet submitted by Larry Shifflett
    4. Congressional Report on Nathaniel Shiflett's pension submitted by Julia Crosswell
    5. Pollie Shiflett, widow of Bennet Shiflet submitted by Larry Shifflett
4. The Civil War
  1. Index to all men listed in the Civil War Section
  2. Shifletts Who Fought from AL, GA, MS and TX
  3. Shifletts Who Fought from AR, MD, MO, SC and TN
  4. Shifletts Who Fought from IA, IL, OH, and PA
  5. Shifletts Who Fought from Kentucky submitted by Cheri Salz.
  6. Virginia Confederate Companies
    1. 5th Virginia Regular Infantry
    2. 33rd and 52nd Virginia Regular Infantry
    3. 35th Virginia Battalion Cavalry, Co. F
    4. "Border Guards" Co. D, 46th Virginia Regular Infantry
    5. Other Companies
  7. Rockingham County Virginia Men Who Fought
  8. VA Pensions and Applications from LVA
  9. Index of Pension TX Applications
  10. Union Civil War Union Pension Applications
  11. Hillory Shifflett of the 1st Ohio: Letters Home
  12. “Four Years in my Life During the War Between the States”,
    excerpts from The Olive Branch
  13. William N. Shiflett Service Record
  14. Solomon Shifflet Service Record
  15. Shifletts buried at Elmira, N.Y
References
1. Powell Family Sources
2. Shiflet Family Books
3. Additions and corrections to the book, Shiflet 1700 - 1900

This page is part of the Shiflet Family Genealogy Website and is maintained by:
Julia Crosswell / Fort Worth, TX / 1998 - 2006
Robert Klein / Pasadena, MD / 2008 - present