Thomas Shifflet Family of KY/VA

2. Thomas Shifflet b. abt 1766 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 14 Mar 1823 in Madison Co., KY, s/o Thomas and Patience Shiflett of Albemarle Co., VA

Married 20 Jun 1788 in Orange Co., VA by Jacob Watts (Baptist) (per pension application)

Elizabeth Lamb d. aft. 1843 KY d/o Richard Lamb as proven by marriage consent in Albemarle Co., VA

3. Hasten Tussey Shifflet b. 11 Jan 1791 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 2 Dec 1877 in Linn Co., MO, buried: Fore burying grounds 3 miles east of Linneus, Linn Co., MO, m. 17 Jan 1811 in Madison Co., KY to Susannah Estell b. 28 May 1793 in VA, d. 18 Aug. 1872 in Linn Co., MO, d/o George Estell. See their separate chart
3. Harden Shifflet b. 4 Oct 1792 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 6 Jun 1837 in KY m. 10 Jan 1813 in Madison Co., KY to Elizabeth Bryant D/o of William Bryant and Anne Watson

4. Elizabeth Shifflet b. 9 Nov 1822 in KY, d. 17 Aug 1893, m. 15 Feb 1849 to Archibald McPhail b. 29 Feb 1820

5. Matilda Jane McPhaill b. 22 Feb 1850
5. Elizabeth Hopestill McPhaill b. Aug 1853
5. William Clifton McPhaill b. 24 Jan 1855
5. Joshua Hellen McPhaill (f) b. 11 Apr 1857 m. 10 Jan 1877 to Isaac G. Boles
5. Anna Catherine McPhaill b. 20 Aug 1859
5. Mary Eliza McPhaill b. 20 Aug 1862
5. Harden Malcolm McPhaill b.15 Oct 1865 in Warren Co., KY, d. 31 May 1947 in Logan Co., KY, m(1) Alla Matilda Pitts, m(2) unknown, m(3) 30 Nov 1904 to Lizzie Jane Tatum b. 1 Apr 1870, d.18 Jan 1908 in Logan Co., KY, m(4) 1 Jan 1913 prob. Logan Co., KY to Lucy McConnell b.1876, d.11 Nov. 1946 in Logan Co., KY

4. William Bryant Shifflet b. 18 Mar 1832 in Warren Co., KY, d. Mar 1914, m. abt 1862 to Dulcina Proctor b. 30 Jan 1842, d. Jul 1903
4. John Shifflet b. abt 1839 in Warren Co., KY

3. Joshua Shifflet b. abt 1795 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. bef. 1843 prob. Madison Co., KY, m. 30 Jun 1814 in Madison Co., KY to Margaret Harris Maupin b. 1796 in VA (probably Albemarle Co.) d/o Gabriel and Susannah Bailey Maupin. They settled on Drowning Creek in Madison Co. [Gabriel Maupin b. abt 1766 in Albemarle Co., Va. s/o John Maupin and Frances Dabney m. Susannah Bailey 16 Feb 1792 in Albemarle Co., VA. Gabriel d. bef. 1825 , and his widow, Susannah m(2) 21 June 1825 to Bazil Pinston]

4. Allen Shifflet b. 1816 in Madison Co., KY, m. 4 Sep 1837 prob. Madison Co., KY to Nancy A. Cooper b. abt 1820 in KY

5. Joshua F. Shiflett b. 1 Nov 1844 in KY, d. 10 Feb 1919 in Dearborn, Platte Co., MO, Buried: Dearborn Community Cemetery, Dearborn, Platte Co., MO
5. Sarah Shiflett b. 1845 in KY
5. Mary Jane Shifflett b. 1849 in KY

6. Frank L. Shifflett b. 6 Jun 1886 in KY
6. Richard Howard Shifflett b. 4 Apr 1891 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY

5. John O. Shifflett b. 1850 in KY, d. 14 Apr 1929 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, m. 26 jan 1870 in Lincoln Co., KY to Emily (Emma; Gillen) Cornette b. Sep 1851 in KY. See death certificate for John O. Shifflett provided by Susan Shifflett Luchs
Scrolol down to see a great picture of the family of John O. Shifflett

6. Nettie Shifflett b. Jan 1871 in KY, m. Unknown Chapman, m. Unknown Lincoln
6. Marguerite "Maggie" Shifflett b. 14 Jul 1874 in Richmond, Madison Co., KY, m./ 5 May 1904 in Clayton, St. Louis Co., MO to John H. Gillen b. 1870
6. William Shifflett b. 1875 in KY
6. Edward Oldham Shifflett b. 11 Apr 1876 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, m. Addie Bessie Downard b. 6 Jun 1888 in Belgrade, Washington Co., MO, d. Jun 1970 in Godfrey, Madison Co., IL
6. Ballard B. Shifflett b. 19 Jan 1879 in Harris Station, KY, d. 17 Oct 1943 in Overland, St. Louis Co., MO, Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis Co., MO. Cause of death was Coronat Sclerosis.

7. John Price Shifflett b. 4 Apr 1911 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, d. 5 Oct 1988 in Multnomah Co., OR, m. 8 apr 1944 in St. Louis Co., MD to Virginia Esther Maben Engelhardt b. 18 sep 1911 in Hugo, Lincoln Co., CO, d. 3 Nov 1991 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, Both Buried: Williamette Nation Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR
7. Donald Allen Shifflett b. 28 Sep 1913 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, d. Dec 1963, m. Cleoma D. Sidwell b. 4 Apr 1914 in MO, d. 29 Sep 1996
7. Winifred P. Shifflett b. 24 Dec 1915 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, d. Mar 1995, m. Raymond A. Bliesner b. 18 Sep 1905, d. 24 Nov 2000
7. David Francis Shifflett b. 23 Jul 1918 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, d. 27 Jun 2005, m. 6 Mar 1946 in Hays, Ellis Co., KS to Cora Rose Peterson b. 20 Jun 1925 in Wathena, Doniphan Co., KS, d. 24 Oct 1997 in Boulder Co., CO
7. Jimie Richard Shifflett b. 21 May 1926 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, d. 3 Feb 1929 in St. Louis Co., MO Cause of death was Bronchal Pneumonia

6. Frank L. Shifflett, b. 6 Jun 1886 in KY, d. 27 Mar 1961 in San Joaquin Co., CA, Buried: Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA, m. abt 1904 to Angeline Bell Funderburk b. 26 May 1886 in IL, d. 9 Sep 1946 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, Buried: Mt. View Cemetery
6. Richard Howard Shifflett, b. 4 Apr 1891 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, d. Oct 1966 in MO, Buried: Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Affton, St. Louis Co., MO, m. Maude Huskey b. abt 1892 in MO

5. Albert A. Shifflett b. 1851 in KY
5. Susan M. Shifflett b. 1853 in KY
5. Margaret Shifflett b. 1854 in KY

4. John Shifflet b. 1817 in Madison Co., KY, m. 21 Mar 1837 prob. Madison Co., KY to Matilda Lawson
4. Margaret Shifflet b. 1824 in Madison Co., KY, d. 1900 in Rossland, Knox Co., KY, m. 28 Nov 1843 in Madison Co., KY to Pearson (Pierson) M. Hughes b. 1820 in Knox Co., KY, d. 1903 in Rossland, Knox Co., KY. Mother Margaret gave permission for the marriage. This family lived in Kirkville, whose town boundaries lie in both Madison and Garrard Counties..

5. Joshua James Hughes b. 26 Sep 1844 in Madison Co., KY, d. 4 Nov 1896 in Arkle, Knox Co., KY, m. 10 Oct 1871 toNannie Land
5. Allen Meridtih Hughes b. 1846 in Madison Co., KY
5. Elizabeth N. Hughes b. 1846 in Madison Co., KY
5. William C. Hughes b. 1848 in Madison Co., KY
5. Ann Elizabeth Hughes b. 17 Nov 1851 in Madison Co., KY, d. 16 May 1879 in Arkle, Knox Co., KY, m. 31 Dec 1867 to John P. Brafford
5. Wiley Harrison Hughes b. 1852 in Madison Co., KY
5. Mary Margaret Hughes b. 8 Aug 1853 in White Lick, Garrard Co., KY
5. Maria Susan Hughes b. 12 Dec 1854 in Garrard Co., KY
5. John C. Hughes b. 1 May 1856 in Garrard Co., KY, d. Herrin, IL, m. 30 Jan 1879 to Hannah Vannoy
5. Sally Hughes b. 1 May 1857 in Knox Co., KY, d. in TX, m. 10 Dec 1890 to T. Balton McClelland
5. Sidney Hughes b. 1859 in Knox Co., KY
5. Joseph Francis Hughes b. 1862 in Knox Co., KY, m. 16 Dec 1886 to Laura E. Dozier 5. Leila Eve Hughes b. 1 Aug 1866 in Madison Co., KY, d. 4 Dec 1896 in Gray, Knox Co., KY, m. 7 Aug 1871 in her parent's Knox County home to Francis Catron Dizney, both buried: Brafford Cemetery, Rossland (Gray), Knox Co., KY

4. Sidney Shifflet b. 1827 in Madison Co., KY, d. 1852 in KY, m. c. 1848 in Madison Co., KY to Martha Ann Dillon b. 7 Mar 1826 in Madison Co., KY
4. Mary Ann (Jane) Shifflet b. 1828 in Madison Co., KY, d. 21 Mar 1900, m. 16 May 1842 prob. Madison Co., KY to William Ruble b. 1822, d. 22 Feb 1874

5. John Wallace Ruble b. 4 Apr 1843, d. 8 May 1911 m. 8 May 1873 to Sidney Harris
5. Joshua Ruble b. 31 Mar 1845, d. 6 Apr 1914 (date of obit) m. Mildred Shifflet b. 3 Feb 1847, d. 4 Mar 1914, d/o Thomas and Giles Shifflet (this is prob. Thomas and Anna Hardin Shifflet)

6. Belle Ruble m. Mr. Bamgardner
6. Hattie Ruble b. 28 Dec 1881, d. 22 Sep 1928 m. Martin Foote
6. Rosa Ruble m. Mr. Jones
6. Charles Ruble b. 15 Feb 1884, d. c. 13 Dec 1923 (date of obit)
6. William Ruble b. 22 Aug 1878, d. Sep 1958, m. Josephine Hale
6. Erwin Ruble b. abt 1888, d. 7 May 1932 (date of obit) m. Lizzie Ruble
6. J. Jay Ruble b. 6 Apr 1875, d. 15 Nov 1942 (date of obit) m. 1929 to Lillie Lillard, d. bef 15 Nov 1942
6. Harry Ruble
6. George Ruble

5. George Ruble b. abt 1847, m. 18 Dec 1871 to Surrilda Hunt
5. James O. Ruble b. abt 1849, m. 19 Jun 1873 to Levina Kelly
5. Susan Ruble b. abt 1852, d. Oct 1881 m. 19 Dec 1871 to Curtis Gentry
5. Sidney Ruble b. 1853, m. 2 Apr 1874 to Sarah (Fannie) Turpin

5. William Ruble b. abt 1854
5. Richard Ruble b. abt 1860 m. 18 Aug 1881 to Sarah Lamb
5. Levi Ruble b. 3 Feb 1862, d. 10 Apr 1879
5. Nancy M. Ruble b. 5 Nov 1864, d. 18 Jun 1888, m. 22 Apr 1880 to John Kindred
5. Ellen Ruble b. abt 1871

4. Susan Shifflet b. 1833 in Madison Co., KY, m. 10 Oct 1855 in Madison Co., KY as his 2nd wife, William H. Smith buried: Richmond Cemetery, Madison Co., KY. Where is Susan buried?

5. Claude Smith b. bef. 1855 in Madison, IN, d. 1926 CA
5. Constantin Smith b. bef. 1855 in Madison, IN
5. William Harris Smith Jr. b. 1856 in Richmond, KY

3. Polly Shifflet b. abt 1797 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. 17 Apr 1817 in Madison Co., KY to Dabney Maupin prob. b. in Albemarle Co., VA, s/o Gabriel and Susannah Bailey Maupin. See info about Gabriel and wife in entry for Joshua Shiflett, above.
3. Matilda Shifflet b. abt 1798 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. 3 Apr 1819 in Madison Co., KY to Davis Coyle, s/o Thomas and Hannah Davis Coyle
3. Fountain Shifflet b. 5 Feb 1800 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 19 Jan 1873 in Madison Co., KY, buried: Panola Cemetery, Panola, KY, m. 31 Jan 1822 in Madison Co., KY to Rebecca Coyle b. abt 1801 in KY, d/o Thomas and Hannah Davis Coyle. See their separate chart.
3. Martha Jane Shifflet b. abt 1803, m. 12 Jun 1823 to Hiram Baker
3. Susan Shifflet b. abt 1807, m. 21 Jul 1830 in Madison Co., KY to Levi Orchard who prob. died bef.1860. Susan is listed as head of household and her occupation is weaving and spinning

4. Elizabeth Orchard b. 4 Feb 1837 in KY, d. 27 Oct 1920 in Waynesville, McLean Co., IL, m. Thomas Ephriam Shifflet s/o Thomas and Anna Hardin Shifflet. See their separate chart.
4. Wilmuth Jamie Orchard b. 20 Jun 1844, d. 13 Apr 1904, m. Lafayette (Lafe) Williamson b. 16 Jul 1848, d. 16 Jan 1911
4. Tom Orchard

3. Thomas Shifflet b. abt 1809 in Madison Co., KY, d. abt 1887 in KY, m(1) 10 May 1830 in Madison Co., KY to Anna Hardin, surety Willis Lane, m(2) aft. 1846 to Mary "Polly" Lake. See their separate chart.
3. Eliza Shifflet b. abt 1810 in Madison Co., KY, m. 5 Jun 1829 in Madison Co., KY to Smith Foote
3. Elizabeth Shifflet b. abt 1812 in Madison Co., KY, m. 18 Mar 1832 in Madison Co., KY to Bazel Baker s/o Boswell Baker. Source for this family: History of Fayette County, Kentucky by Robert Peter, ed. by William H. Perrin, O. L. Baskin Co., Chicago, 1882. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1979

4. Raborn Baker b. 1842 in Madison Co., KY, moved to Fayette Co., KY, fought for CSA was a prisoner at Camp Chase and Camp Douglas, released by exchange, m. Susan Stivers, d/o Jeremiah of Fayette Co., Order of Masons, members of Christian Church.
4. Lilborn Baker fought for CSA
4. Melvin Baker fought for USA
4. Sanborn Baker fought for USA
4. Susan Jane Baker

3. Dudley Shifflet b. abt 1815 in Madison Co., KY, m. 1 Dec 1834 in Madison Co., KY to Icybinda Beckwell b. abt 1816

Notes:
Submitted by Cheri Salz :

I just read some information that my Grandmother wrote and she may have been confused on her grandmother's name also as this is what she wrote.

"The next I have heard of this family was a Thomas Shifflet who served as a private in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at the battle of Germantown in the hip. This was my Grandfather's Grandfather. My Grandfather remembered his grandmother and often said that she drew a pension as long as she lived because her husband was injured in battle.

This Thomas Shifflet emigrated to Kentucky when my great Grandfather was nine years old. My Grandfather's was namved Thoms Ephriam Shifflet. I do not know his mother's maiden name. Grandfather told me that his mother's mother lived to be 109 years old. Her maiden name was Hardin. Her mother was a Jiles and lived to be 106. Her mother was a Lamb by name.

My Grandfather and Grandmother Shifflet were first cousins. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Orchard. She was the granddaughter of Susan Shifflet Owens. In other words the father of Thomas Ephriam Shifflet and Susan Shifflet Owens were brother and sister."

She later says that "The Thomas Shifflet who came to Kentucky at the age of nine years had two sons named Thomas and Fountain."

Reading some of this I think even Grandma got confused. She has some facts here slightly different from what I have been reading on the net so I wanted to put them forth and see if we learn anything new.

The following was submitted by Dennis J. Adams hardstripe@sprintmail.com INVALID.

It is a page from a from an Estill Co. Historical Society publication that he found filed in the Shifflet Family History located in the Kentucky State Historical Library, Frankfort KY.

Although several points are in error, I am including it for other information and to also highlight the danger of relying on other's published information without doing any verification for yourself! Areas we KNOW to be incorrect are in red text and I have included some comments by me (Julia Crosswell) in blue. For you sticklers of truth, I've chosen to ignore the editorial comments.

THOMAS SHIFFLET
Virginia Pension No. w-87l8

Thomas Shifflet was born in France about 1756. He was the son of Thomas Shifflet, Senior, and Elizabeth Mabie.
--This possibly a mis-transcription of " Elizabeth (maybe?)", however, there is a Mabe family but we have not yet found a connection to them through the Shiflets or any of the allied families. Also, the error that Thomas was b. in France cannot be laid at this author's feet, since this misinformation was originally published in a Rev. War compendium of soldiers, and she was simply repeating the info.

England had always been the traditional enemy of France, so Thomas came over to fight in the battle for independence when the Colonists went to war with the British.
--We now know the original Thomas Shiflet SR. who we believe was m. to Patience and was the father of Thomas Shiflet Sr. of Kentucky fought in the French and Indian War in the 1750's, so the Shiflets were here a LONG time before the Rev. War.

Thomas was a Militiaman from Albemarle County, and later, Orange County, Virginia.
--This error probably occured because when Elizabeth Lamb Shiflett originally submitted her pension application, she stated her husband was from Orange Co. Because of that, her pension was originally rejected and Isom Lane had to file an amendment clarifying that Thomas actually lived a mile or so from Elizabeth's parents house in ORANGE, and she had assumed he lived in Orange also, although he really lived in ALBEMARLE.

He served in Captain Henry Berkes' Company and Colonel Reuben Lindsey's Regiment. He was present at Yorktown when the British General Cornwallis surrendered in 1781. He is mentioned in the "Virginia magazine of History and Biography" and in the "Washington Manuscripts" in the Library of Congress.

During the war, Thomas met Miss Elizabeth Lamb of Orange County, Virginia, because her father, Richard Lamb, and her grandfather, Joseph Boswell, were giving aid and furnishing supplies to the army.
--This implies that Thomas just happened to meet Eliz. Lamb in his job as a soldier, which is incorrect. Both of their families were registered members of the Buck Mountain Church. This statement also implies that Richard Lamb m. the daughter of Joseph Boswell and we need to find documentation for that

After the war was over, Thomas became an American citizen and married Elizabeth Lamb on June 20, 1788 in Orange County, Virginia.
--Thomas was b. in VA, and was therefore already a " British colonial" at the time of his birth. After the war, he would have been an "American" citizen.

In the late 1700's, Thomas and his family, a man named Isom Lane and his family and some other relatives moved to Madison County, Kentucky and settled in the section which lies in the upper Drowning Creek area just across the line from what is now Estill County. Since all of these people had children and there was no school, Thomas Shifflet built a one room log building which for years was called the "Shifflet School" [photo]. One of Thomas Shifflet's and Isom Lane's descendants is a man named Raymond Lane who lives on Adams Street in Berea, Kentucky. Mr. Lane is a retired school teacher who does wood working as a hobby. Several years ago, Mr. Lane tore down the old Shifflet log house in rural Madison County and moved it to a vacant lot that he owned across the street from his house in Berea. He numbered the logs as he tore it down and did the same with the rocks from the chinney. He rebuilt it just as it was originally and has the inside furnished like an old time one room school house.

Thomas Shifflet died on March 14, 1823 in Madison County, Kentucky. After he died, Elizabeth Lamb Shifflet was granted a pension for her husband's service in the Revolutionary War. In her pension application she was very proud of the fact that she had given birth to twelve children and raised them all.

Thomas and Elizabeth are buried in an old family cemetery on a hill near Panola in Madison County. They have descendants in Estill County, Including several members of our Society.
Submitted by Mrs. Janice Bush

Links:
Kentucky Meanderings
hosted by Sherry Ryan
Surnames: Baker - Lane - Lakes - Van Winkle. This is the Lane family that went to KY with Thomas and Elizabeth.

SEE ALSO: Elizabeth's Pension Application

Thomas Shifflet Sr. of KY/VA