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The 8th Virginia Regiment Family.

Since the debut of The 8th Virginia Regiment in January of 2015 many people have identified themselves as descendants or relatives of 8th Virginia veterans. They are listed here alphabetically with the names of their ancestors. Please let us know if you would like to be added. Your email address will not be linked from here unless you request it.
Adkins, Alex - Lewis Atkins (Berry's Company)
Albyn, Keith - George Albin (Berry's Company)
Allison, Camille - Lt. Christopher Moyer (Darke's Company)
Arnold, Bruce - Josiah Arnold (Croghan's Company)
Arnold, Paul – Josiah Arnold (Croghan’s Company)
Ashby, Tim – George Ashby (Campbell’s Company)
Bacon, Dan - Josiah Arnold (Croghan's Company)
Barnhill, Eric - Benjamin Crow (D. Stephenson's Company)
Belton, Blair – Peter Lee (Westfall’s Company)
Bennett, Sara - Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
Bible, Allen James – Adam Bible (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Bittle, Edward - Col. Peter Muhlenberg
Bolt, Eugene - Zephaniah Bryan (J. Stephenson's Company)
Bowman, Adria - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Bowman, Maryann Hearn – Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
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Bowman, Randall L. – Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
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Gordon Stokely Jr. with his SAR patriot certificate for John Huff who served in Abel Westfall’s company.
Breeding, Tricia - Pvt. John Breeding (Clark's Company)
Burbank, Roger – Capt. Robert Higgins
Busse, Judy - Philip Phine (Clark's Company)
Butler, Carolyn Brown – William Smith (Slaughter’s Company)
Cain, Matthew - 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 - John Settle (Slaughter's Company)
Capps, Bob – Daniel Burner (Campbell’s Company)
Carter, Duane - Joseph Carman (Croghan's Company)
Caulley, Greg - Capt. Thomas Berry
Chambers, James - Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Chambers, Larry - Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Chaney, Alex - William Buckley (Berry's Company)
Channing, James – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Christopher, Bruce – William Taylor (Westfall’s Company)
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Christou, Christos - Lt. Benjamin Kinley (D. Stephenson's Company)
Clark, Gary - Ens. John Graves (Slaughter's Company)
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Judy Busse at the grave of her ancestor Philip Fine, which she recovered from the soil near the Meramec River in Missouri.
Claffey, Susan - John Elsey (Campbell's Company)
Clayton, Jon – Francis Baldwin (Berry’s Company)
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Clifton, Charles - Moses Johns (Westfall's Company)
Clifton, Nancy - Capt. Robert Higgins

Coleman, James - Ens. Samuel Coleman (D. Stephenson's Company)
Cooper, Aron - Lt. Leonard Cooper (Campbell's Company)
Cornwell, Larry - Drury Jackson (Slaughter's Company)
Crow, Kyle - Sgt. Benjamin Crow (D. Stephenson's Company)
Dalton, Ron - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Deaner, Scott - Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Dunavan, Randy – William Donavan (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Edwards, Clint - James Blaine (D. Stephenson's Company)
Edwards, Mary Alice - Capt. Jonathan Clark
Eisenhardt, John - Surgeon Cornelius Baldwin
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Descendants of Pvt. James Kay in September, 2022.
Ellis, Brenda Hardin – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Emshwiller, George - Lt. Jacob Rinker (Clark's Company)
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Fankhauser, Samuel - Richard Cain (Westfall's Company)
Fansler-Oleksa, Nancy - George Wilfong (Westfall's Company)
Farley, Virgil - Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Farmer, Robert – Lt. Christopher Moyers (Slaughter’s Company)
Fincham, Thales - William Fincham (Slaughter's Company)
Fine, John – Jacob Sively (Clark’s Company)
Francis, Julian - John Dunmore (Clark's Company)
Fuller, Charles – John Bley (Clark’s Company)
Gergens, Jean - Isaac Dunn (Berry's Company)
Gaddis, Jim – William Gaddis (Croghan’s Company)
Gold, Dwain - Michael Gold (D. Stephenson's Company)
Golliday, Ron - Joseph Golliday (Clark's Company)
Griffin, Michael - Lt. Taverner Beale (Clark's Company)
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Ron Golliday with a surviving division color during its visit to Woodstock in 2012.
​Granger, Tom - Jacob Anderson (Darke's Company)
Gwathney, Gordon - Anjer Price (Campbell's Company)
Hall, Roberta - Richard Bennett (Slaughter's Company)

Hamm, Jacob - Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Hamm, Susan - Capt. Robert Higgins
Hancock, Edward – Nathan Brittain (Clark’s Company)
Hardesty, Belinda - Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
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Horton, Linda - Samuel Sprowl (Berry's Company)
Peter Hanson - Daniel Burner (Campbell's Company)
Helphinstine, Chuck – Major Peter Helphenstine
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Helphinstine, Ed - Major Peter Helphenstine
Higgins, Tom – Ens. Peter Higgins (Higgins’ Company)
Jensen, Tracy - John Bradford (Berry's Company)
Job, Michael - Solomon Redman (Berry's Company)
Johnson, Cathy - Capt. Thomas Berry
Johnson, Jeanene - James Brandy (Westfall's Company)

Jones, Bruce – Drummer Samuel Jones (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Jones, Jennifer - Abraham Burner (Campbell's Company)
Jones, Craig – Michael Gold (D. Stephenson’s Company)
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An 8th Virginia descendent shows her pride.
Justidd, Nancy Ruyle - Henry Ruyle (Higgins' Company)
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Karnes, Gerald – Peter Kerns (Westfall’s Company)
Kendall, Julie - Capt. Jonathan Clark
Klopp, Dianne - Abraham Burner (Campbell's Co.) and Joseph Golladay (Clark's Co.)

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 - Richard Cain (Westfall's Company)
Laws, Ricky - Lt. Edward Moody (Westfall's Company)
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Lyons, Patrick – Lt. John Steed
Maney, Russ - Martin Maney (Knox's Company)
Maricle, Allen – Sgt. James Lamb (D. Stephenson’s Company)
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Martin, Seth - John Cage (Slaughter's Company)
Maynard, Lynn - William Warren (Campbell's Company)
McFarland, Jon – Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
McFarland, Kenneth - Reuben Harrel (Campbell's Company)
McLean, Al - Capt. George Slaughter
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Scott Deaner at the grave of his ancestor Pvt. Robert Chambers.
Milano, Debbie - William Gillihan (Knox's Company)
Miller, Barbara - Lt. Isaac Israel (Darke's Company)

​Miller, Ron - Lt. Daniel Culp (Darke's Company)
Moheb, Kathy – Jacob Sively (Clark’s Company)
Morrison, Paul – John Morrison (Berry’s Company)
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Mulesky, Amy - Joseph Pancake (Westfall's Company)
Nelson, Andrew - Sgt. Johnston Nelson (D. Stephenson's Company)

Neville, Gabriel – Jonathan Grant (Croghan's Company)
Nichols, Roy – Thomas Nichols (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Noblitt, Franklin - Jacob Sively (Clark's Company)
O'Connell, Anna - Capt. Richard Campbell
Olsen, Eric - Robert Wadsworth (Westfall's Company)

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Descendants of Pvt. Enoch Job with a new DAR memorial in Moniteau County, Mo. in 2018. (Courtesy of Billy Voight)
Otter, Ashley – George Hinch (Croghan’s Company)
Peters, John - Sgt. William Combs (Campbell's Company)
Pomeroy, Tammy Pritchard – James Kay (Berry’s Company)
Pritchard, Kenny - James Kay (Berry's Company)
Probstfeld, Nick - John Chenoweth (Westfall's Company)
Quinn, Sharon - Capt. George Slaughter
Raines, T. G. – Robert Chambers (Higgins’ Company)
Range, Chris - James Range (Darke's Company)
Redman, Matthew - Solomon Redman (Berry's Company)
Reed, Barbara Tucker - William McMullin (Berry's Company)
Renschler, Dave - Lt. James Kirtley (Slaughter's Company)
Reynolds, Bill – Joachim Fetzer (Clark’s Company)
Rucker, Steven - Sgt. Lemuel Rucker (Slaughter's Company)
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Scott, Eric - Nathan Brittain (Clark's Company)
Sebree, Stephen - Joseph Carman (Croghan's Company)
Severns, Janice – James Arnwine (Clark’s Company)
Simpson, Robert Higgins - Capt. Robert Higgins
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Sivley, Chuck - Peter Sively (Clark's Company)
Slack, Teresa - Maj. Peter Helphenstine
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Two descendants of private soldier Jonathan Grant explore Valley Forge.
Sloan, John – Briant Sloan (Slaughter's Company)
Smith, Keith - Thomas Elwell (Darke's Company)

Smith, Michael – Edward Poe (Darke’s Company)
Smock, Nathan - Sgt. Jacob Smock (Higgins' Company)

Snider, Josh - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman​
Sparkman, Lyle - Pvt. Michael Gold (D. Stephenson's Company)
Spencer, Donella - Capt. James Knox
Spickard, Joseph – George Spickard (Campbell’s Company)
​Stanley, Sharon - Lt. James Higgins (Croghan's Co.)
Stetler, Karen - Charles Creel (Slaughter's Company)
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Steven Steinberg - Charles Creel (Slaughter's Company
Stokely, Gordon – John Huff (Westfall’s Company)
Stone, Darlene - Anjer Price (Campbell's Co.) & John Breeding (Campbell's Co.)
Stoughton, Robert - Robert Chambers (Higgins' Company)
Stout, Sharon – Lt. Abraham Kirkpatrick (Croghan’s Company)
Streit, Kevin – Chapl. Christian Streit
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Descendant Robert Thomas Howell (1946 - 2013) unveils a new marker for Joseph Golladay in Shenandoah County in 2010. (Walter D. Golladay)
Stutesman, Dave - Lawrence McGuire (Westfall's Company)
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Tate, Charme - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Thomas, Susan - Adam Cabbage (Clark's Company)
Tucker, Frank - Cpl. James Tucker (Croghan's Company)
Useldinger-Bertetta, Krista - Lt. Col. Abraham Bowman
Valentine, Marshall - Capt. Abel Westfall
Van de Vaarst, Jane - Christopher Young (Clark's Company)
Vazquez, Mark – Lt. Christopher Moyers (Slaughter’s Company)
Veirs, James - Daniel Viers (Croghan's Company)
Via, Tim – David Viah (D. Stephenson’s Company)
Voight, Billy - Enoch Job (Croghan's Company)
Weber, Nicholas - Richard Bennett (Slaughter's Company)
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Weiser, John Conrad - Col. Peter Muhlenberg
Wagstaff, Suzanne - Lt. Jacob Rinker (Clark's Company)​
Westfall, Jerry - Capt. Abel Westfall
Whisman, Vic - John Graham (Westfall's Company)
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Whitacre, Danny – John Bley (Clark’s Company)
Wiebe, David - James Range (Darke's Company)

Wiggs, Ben - George Ashby (Campbell's Company)
Willis, Deonna - Cpl. Matthew Toomey (Clark's Company)
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Wilson, Lloyd - James Taff (Westfall's Company)
Wilson, Lee - James Taffe (Westfall's Company)
​Winters, Jimmie - William Winters (Westfall's Company)
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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.
Winters-Lindsey, Susan – Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Wolf, Zack – Zephaniah Bryan (J. Stephenson’s Company)
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Wood, Virginia - Surg. Cornelius Baldwin
Woods, Clarence - David Viah (D. Stephenson's Company)
Woodford, William - William Woodford (Campbell's Company)
Young, Rodney - George Hinch (Croghan's Company)

Ancestors are identified with their initial rank. "Private soldiers" were construed at the time to have no rank.
​(Header image: Scott's Division Encampment at Valley Forge from an old map)
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A patriotic descendant of Chaplain Christian Streit pays a visit to his forebear's grave in Winchester.
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