The 8th Virginia Regiment Family

Since the debut of 8thVirginia.com in January of 2015 more than a hundred people have identified themselves as descendants or relatives of 8th Virginia veterans. They are identified here alphabetically and after the names of their ancestors on the Soldiers Page. Please let us know if you would like to be added. Your email address will not be published here unless you specifically request it.

Adkins, Alex - Pvt. Lewis Atkins (Berry's Company)
Albyn, Keith - Pvt. George Albin (Berry's Company)
Allison, Camille - Lt. Christopher Moyer (Darke's Company)
Arnold, Paul – Pvt. Josiah Arnold (Croghan’s Company)
Ashby, Tim – Pvt. George Ashby (Campbell’s Company)
Bacon, Dan - Pvt. Josiah Arnold (Croghan's Company)
Barnhill, Eric - Pvt. Benjamin Crow (D. Stephenson's Company)
Belton, Blair – Pvt. Peter Lee (Westfall’s Company)
Bible, Allen James – Pvt. Adam Bible (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Bittle, Edward - Col. Peter Muhlenberg
Bolt, Eugene - Pvt. Zephaniah Bryan (J. Stephenson's Company)
Bowman, Adria - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Bowman, Maryann Hearn – Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Bowman, Randall L. – Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Burbank, Roger – Capt. Robert Higgins
Busse, Judy - Pvt. Philip Phine (Clark's Company)
Butler, Carolyn Brown – Pvt. William Smith (Slaughter’s Company)
Cain, Matthew - Pvt. Richard Cain (Capt. Westfall's Company)
Campbell, Julian Enrique (Mexico) - Capt. Richard Campbell
Campos, Denise - Ens. Samuel Coleman (D. Stephenson's Company)
Castaneda, Maryann Campbell - Pvt. John Settle (Slaughter's Company)
Capps, Bob – Pvt. Daniel Burner (Campbell’s Company)
Carter, Duane - Pvt. Joseph Carman (Croghan's Company)
Caulley, Greg - Capt. Thomas Berry
Chambers, James - Pvt. Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Chambers, Larry - Pvt. Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Chaney, Alex - Pvt. William Buckley (Berry's Company)
Channing, James – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Christopher, Bruce – Pvt. William Taylor (Westfall’s Company)
Christou, Christos - Lt. Benjamin Kinley (D. Stephenson's Company)
Clark, Gary - Ens. John Graves (Slaughter's Company)
Claffey, Susan - Pvt. John Elsey (Campbell's Company)
Clayton, Jon – Pvt. Francis Baldwin (Berry’s Company)
Clifton, Charles - Pvt. Moses Johns (Westfall's Company)
Coleman, James - Ens. Samuel Coleman (D. Stephenson's Company)
Cooper, Aron - Lt. Leonard Cooper (Campbell's Company)
Cornwell, Larry - Pvt. Drury Jackson (Slaughter's Company)
Crow, Kyle - Sgt. Benjamin Crow (D. Stephenson's Company)
Deaner, Scott - Pvt. Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Dunavan, Randy – Pvt. William Donavan (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Edwards, Clint - Pvt. James Blaine (D. Stephenson's Company)
Edwards, Mary Alice - Capt. Jonathan Clark
Ellis, Brenda Hardin – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Fansler-Oleksa, Nancy - Pvt. George Wilfong (Westfall's Company)
Farley, Virgil - Pvt. Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Farmer, Robert – Lt. Christopher Moyers (Slaughter’s Company)
Fine, John – Pvt. Jacob Sively (Clark’s Company)
Francis, Julian - Pvt. John Dunmore (Clark's Company)
Fuller, Charles – Pvt. John Bley (Clark’s Company)
Gergens, Jean - Pvt. Isaac Dunn (Berry's Company)
Gaddis, Jim – Pvt. William Gaddis (Croghan’s Company)
Golliday, Ron - Pvt. Joseph Golliday (Clark's Company)
Griffin, Michael - Lt. Taverner Beale (Clark's Company)
Granger, Tom - Pvt. Jacob Anderson (Darke's Company)
Hamm, Jacob - Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Hamm, Susan - Capt. Robert Higgins
Hancock, Edward – Pvt. Nathan Brittain (Clark’s Company)
Hardesty, Belinda - Pvt. Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
Horton, Linda - Pvt. Samuel Sprowl (Berry's Company)
Peter Hanson - Pvt. Daniel Burner (Campbell's Company)
Helphinstine, Chuck – Major Peter Helphenstine
Helphinstine, Ed - Major Peter Helphenstine
Higgins, Tom – Ens. Peter Higgins (Higgins’ Company)
Jensen, Tracy - Pvt. John Bradford (Berry's Company)
Johnson, Cathy - Capt. Thomas Berry
Jones, Bruce – Drummer Samuel Jones (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Jones, Jennifer - Pvt. Abraham Burner (Campbell's Company)
Jones, Craig – Pvt. Michael Gold (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Justidd, Nancy Ruyle - Pvt. Henry Ruyle (Higgins' Company)
Karnes, Gerald – Pvt. Peter Kerns (Westfall’s Company)
Kendall, Julie - Capt. Jonathan Clark
Kuhrt, Brandi  - Capt. Jonathan Clark
Lanari, JoDee - Lt. Daniel Culp (Darke's Company)
Lamb, Gary - Sgt. Michael Lamb, (D. Stephenson's Company)
​Langford, Elizabeth Stevens – Capt. Richard Campbell
Laventhall, Donald - Pvt. Richard Cain (Westfall's Company)
Laws, Ricky - Lt. Edward Moody (Westfall's Company)
Lyons, Patrick – Lt. John Steed
Maney, Russ - Pvt. Martin Maney (Knox's Company)
Maricle, Allen – Sgt. James Lamb (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Martin, Seth - Pvt. John Cage (Slaughter's Company)
Maynard, Lynn - Pvt. William Warren (Campbell's Company)
McFarland, Jon – Pvt. Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
McFarland, Kenneth - Pvt. Reuben Harrel (Campbell's Company)
Milano, Debbie - Pvt. William Gillihan (Knox's Company)
​Miller, Ron - Lt. Daniel Culp (Darke's Company)
Moheb, Kathy – Pvt. Jacob Sively (Clark’s Company)
Morrison, Paul – Pvt. John Morrison (Berry’s Company)
Neville, Gabriel – Pvt. Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
Nichols, Roy – Pvt. Thomas Nichols (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Noblitt, Franklin - Pvt. Jacob Sively (Clark's Company)
O'Connell, Anna - Capt. Richard Campbell
Otter, Ashley – Pvt. George Hinch (Croghan’s Company)
Peters, John - Sgt. William Combs (Campbell's Company)
Pomeroy, Tammy Pritchard – Pvt. James Kay (Berry’s Company)
Pritchard, Kenny - Pvt. James Kay (Berry's Company)
Quinn, Sharon - Capt. George Slaughter
Raines, T. G. – Pvt. Robert Chambers (Higgins’ Company)
Range, Chris - Pvt. James Range (Darke's Company)
Renschler, Dave - Lt. James Kirtley (Slaughter's Company)
Reynolds, Bill – Pvt. Joachim Fetzer (Clark’s Company)
Rucker, Steven - Sgt. Lemuel Rucker (Slaughter's Company)
Sebree, Stephen - Pvt. Joseph Carman (Croghan's Company)
Severns, Janice – Pvt. James Arnwine (Clark’s Company)
Sivley, Chuck - Pvt. Peter Sively (Clark's Company)
Sloan, John – Pvt. Briant Sloan
Smith, Michael – Pvt. Edward Poe (Darke’s Company)
Snider, Josh - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman​
Sparkman, Lyle - Pvt. Michael Gold (D. Stephenson's Company)
Spencer, Donella - Capt. James Knox
Spickard, Joseph – Pvt. George Spickard (Campbell’s Company)
​Stanley, Sharon - Lt. James Higgins (Croghan's Co.)
Stetler, Karen - Pvt. Charles Creel (Slaughter's Company)
Steven Steinberg - Pvt. Charles Creel (Slaughter's Company
Stokely, Gordon – Pvt. John Huff (Westfall’s Company)
Stout, Sharon – Lt. Abraham Kirkpatrick (Croghan’s Company)
Streit, Kevin – Chapl. Christian Streit
Stutesman, Dave - Pvt. Lawrence McGuire (Westfall's Company)
Tate, Charme - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Valentine, Marshall - Capt. Abel Westfall
Van de Vaarst, Jane - Pvt. Christopher Young (Clark's Company)
Vazquez, Mark – Lt. Christopher Moyers (Slaughter’s Company)
Veirs, James - Pvt. Daniel Viers (Croghan's Company)
Via, Tim – Pvt. David Viah (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Voight, Billy - Pvt. Enoch Job (Croghan's Company)
Weiser, John Conrad - Col. Peter Muhlenberg
Whisman, Vic - Pvt. John Graham (Westfall's Company)
Whitacre, Danny – Pvt. John Bley (Clark’s Company)
Wiggs, Ben - Pvt. George Ashby (Campbell's Company)
Winters, Jimmie - Pvt. William Winters (Westfall's Company)
Winters-Lindsey, Susan – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Wolf, Zack – Pvt. Zephaniah Bryan (J. Stephenson’s Company)
Wood, Virginia - Surg. Cornelius Baldwin
Woods, Clarence - Pvt. David Viah (D. Stephenson's Company)
Woodford, William - Pvt. William Woodford (Campbell's Company)

Ancestors are identified with their initial rank.
​(Header image: Doug Hall, doughallgallery.com)

Ron Golliday poses with a surviving division color of the 8th Virginia during its visit to Woodstock, Virginia in 2012.

An 8th Virginia descendent shows her pride wherever she goes.

Scott Deaner at the grave of his ancestor Private Robert Chambers.

Descendants of Pvt. Enoch Job pose behind a new DAR memorial in Moniteau County, Mo. in 2018. (Courtesy of Billy Voight)

Two descendants of Pvt. Jonathan Grant explore Valley Forge.

Descendant and historian Robert Thomas Howell (1946 - 2013) unveils a new marker for Joseph Golladay in Shenandoah County in June, 2010. (Walter D. Golladay)

Ben Wiggs at the home of his ancestor George Ashby of Capt. Campbell's Company. The Ashby family ran a ferry across the Shenandoah River and hosted George Washington during his first surveying trip in the west.

A patriotic descendant of Chaplain Christian Streit pays a visit to his forebear's grave in Winchester, Virginia.

Gordon Stokely Jr. with his SAR patriot certificate for John Huff who served in Abel Westfall’s company.