Thomas J Shiflett, Sr

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About Thomas J Shiflett, Sr

Thomas is listed in Virginia's Colonial Soldiers from the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol 31 No. 2 He fought in the French and Indian War in 1757. From the Size Rolls of Major Andrew Lewis' company 1759-1758

Drafter Sept 1775, 2nd militia, AWOL as advertised in press- thomas Shifflet, louisa Co. age 22 5' 11"

Thos. Shifflet age 21 5 feet 10.5 inches planter county- DO Where entertained- Luwissa ( Louisa county, VA) Complexion- DO Remarks- Lusty, good limbs, black hair

The above comes from George Washington Papers, Series 4 , General Correspondences 1697-1799 and Lewis' Company Muster Rolls, image 258,259

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mgwquery.html

Fought in the French and Indian War Surveyed lands in 1770's in Orange County

Married 1758 to Patience unown

was a blacksmith

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Thomas J Shiflett, Sr's Timeline

1736
1736
Orange, Louisa Co. Virginia
1747
1747
1758
1758
Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
1760
1760
Orange, Virginia, United States
1760
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States
1765
1765
Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1768
1768
Orange County, Virginia, USA
1770
1770
Virginia Colonies
1774
1774
Orange, Orange County, Virginia
1778
January 1, 1778
Orange County, Virginia, United States