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Hans George Wampfler

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  • Name Hans George Wampfler 
    Born 1736  Hinsingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died From 14 Feb 1815 to 10 May 1815  Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1174  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Hans Peter Wampfler,   b. 1701, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1749, Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Anna Veronica Lung,   b. Abt 1702, Zollingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1755, of Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married Abt 1719  Zollingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Stephan,   b. From 3 Dec 1738 to 7 Dec 1738, of Hoffen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1807, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 5 Aug 1758  Quittopehille, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
      A. 1810 Census of Wythe Co., VA, compiled by James L. Douthat, Pg 12.
      B. Children [Bracketed notes are by me.]:
      Maria E. Wampler, b: Abt. 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA. [bur. 1760 at Hebron Moravian, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.]
      John Wampler, b: 22 Oct 1761 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. Bef. 1840.]
      George Wampler,, Jr. b: 3 Sep 1765 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 11 Dec 1851 at Montgomery Co., VA.]
      Catherine Wampler, b: 1768 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 8 May 1809 at Illinois.]
      Anna Magdalena Wampler, b: 22 May 1772 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 19 Nov 1846 at Wythe Co., VA.]
      Joseph Wampler, b: 12 May 1774 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 12 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
      Henry Wampler, b: 30 Mar 1777 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 20 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
      Jacob Wampler, b: 18 Dec 1778 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 7 Feb 1840 at Wythe Co., VA.]
      [There may have also been Mary Margaret Wampler b. abt 1964 in Pennsylvania.]
      C. Index to the 1770 Tax Records of Lancaster Co., PA, by Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde L. Groff shows a George Wampler. Could be this George. D. He was on the Montgomery Co., VA Personal Property Tax, 1787- List "A." Compiled by Netti-Schreiner-Yantis. E. Abstracts of Wythe Co., VA Deed Book #2: #(51) Pg 80 - (1797) George & Elizabeth Wampler to George Wampler, 128 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Adam Kattran. $100. #(223) Pg 350 - (1799) George & Elizabeth Wampler to Joseph Wampler, 165 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Robert Cowdan & John Wilson for 90 pounds. #(224) Pg 351 - (1799) George & Elizabeth Wampler to Henry Wampler, 100 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Ratcliff's Marsh survey; George Wampler's land purchased of Moore; Peter Etter, and Knave. 20 pounds. E. Will Books 1-2, of Wythe Co., VA, 1790-1822, Pg 1 of Will book 2, abstractons by Jim Douthat, March 1984. Pg 35 George Sr., George Jr. & Henry Wampler were witnesses. F. 1800 Tax List of Wythe Co., VA - List A, compiled by Netti Yantis, 1971. G. 1810 Census of Wythe Co., VA, compiled by James L. Douthat, Pg 12. H. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992, notes: buried in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cem.; Will probated on 10 May 1815. Will recorded in Wythe Co., VA (Deed book 1-A, pg. 10).

      2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 82 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church records at both Keskastel and Altweiler for his first seven children; however, there is one missing for this George. There are records from Wythe Co., Virginia proving Hans Georg and Hans Michael were brothers. Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726.

      3. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse
      a. pp. 366-7, gives some of the history of the "St. Paul Lutheran Church": "St. Paul Lutheran Church is beleived to have been organized in 1776. It is the oldest church in Wythe Co., VA still in operation and functioning from its original location near Rural Retreat, VA. A church record book was purchased in 1779 and was shared with an adjoining community. It is located with the records of Kimbelin Church. A second record book was purchased in 1793 and contained only the baptisms and records of St. Paul Church. This book is preserved by St. Paul Church. Listed among the deacons of St. Paul were George 'Wambler' and George Wambler, Jr. They were among the signers of the Order of Agreement, 30 May 1798, which included four Lutheran churches in Wythe County. The St. Paul Cemetery adjoins the church and burials began in the last decade of the 1700's. There are not many of the very old grave markers left standing. In the early years many wooden grave markers were used and those remaining are unreadable. Some of the hand-made stone grave markers have also weathered away with the years... [A photo of the church is in the book.]
      b. P. 375 has a photocopy of the signature page of the Ship Lydia's passenger list in 1741 including the signatures of Hans Peter Wampfler and his sons Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr. and Hans Michael Wampler (who signed with an "X."
      c. Pp. 379-386 has several maps including an 1807 map of the Holston River area of Virginia, an 1810 map of the rivers and waterways in Wythe Co., VA, on which Wampler land was located, an 1745-1858 settlement map of Wythe Co., VA, showing roads and locations of Wampler land, a current map of Wythe Co. showing location of St. Paul and Kimberlin churches, and land survey plans of Hans Michael Wampler's land in Fincastle Co., VA.

      4. Censuses:
      1810 US: Wythe County, Virginia (note that this census includes a total of 11 Wampler heads of households all of which are descendants of Hans Michael or Hans George Wampler who wer brothers and sons of the Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.):
      George Wampler, 1 male 46+, 7 slaves, no other persons.

      5. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
      Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
      Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
      Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
      There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
      Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.

      6. Mentioned as a brother to Michael Wampler per FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 7-10: "...This reference was made in the testimony of Elizabeth Wampler during the court proceedings of 'Wampler vs Wampler' in Wythe Co., VA. ...it was on 18 Apr 1807 that Christopher Wampler filed his bill in Superior Court of Chancery of Wythe Co., against George Wampler, his brother [both sons of Michael Wampler, deceased in 1789]... This court case of 'Wampler vs Wampler' continued for several years and was finally decided in favor of George Wampler. It was in this same court proceeding that a deposition made by George Wampler, Sr. where he said that Michael Wampler was his brother. This is the only record this compiler has found which shows the relationship of Michael Wampler to George Wampler, Sr."

      7. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 12-13: At the baptism of his sister's Anna Magdalena (Wampler) Boger's daughter, George is the sponsor: "Anna Magdalena Boger, b. Nov 1762, bapt. 5 Dec 1762 at Hill Luth. Church with George Wampfler and wife as sponsors."

      8. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.

      9. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25:
      A. "Hans George Wampler, Sr.... was born about 1736... He presumably came to America with his parents in 1741, although his name was not included on the passenger list with his father and two brothers because he was under the age of 16 years at the time. He died in Wythe Co., VA, between 14 Feb 1815 and 10 May 1815. On the former date he sold some of his land and on the latter date his will was presented for probate. He was buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA. His original marker is no longer standing, but a military marker was ordered and on 25 May 1980, the Fort Chiswell Society, children of the American Revolution, held special services at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery to dedicate a marker at the gravesite of Hans George Wampler, Sr. Several of his descendants attended this service. The name, George Wampler,appeared first on the tax rolls of Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, under the heading of 'Freemen.' He was assessed 6 pounds on 9 Dec 1757. After this thime, his name appeared as George Wampler or George Wampler, Sr. George Wampler was married at Quittopehille, a Moravian settlement in Lebanon Twp., on 5 Aug 1758, to Elizabeth Stephan. They were married by Rev. Philip Meurer, according to the records of the Hebron Moravian Church... The first court record found for George Wampler was in Lancaster Co., PA, dated 18 May 1771, when he received 29 pounds, 14 shillings, and 1 pence, as his share of the personal estate of his late father-in-law, Ulrich 'Steaven.' Two days later he bought from the heirs of Ulrich 'Steven,' 350 acres of land in Lebanon Township, where Ulrich Stephan died. His residence was given as Lebanon Twp. and his occupation was recorded as shoemaker. He took the oath of allegiance on 16 May 1777, while a resident of Lebanon Twp. and again on 8 Oct 1781. He was on the tax rolls of Lebanon Twp. in 1781 and he was assessed 6 pounds in hard money and 5 pounds in State money for 300 acres of land, 4 horses, 4 cattle. He served as 8th Class in Capt. Baltzer Orth's 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. The length of his service in this company is unknown. In the year 1782, Capt. Orth submitted a list of men who were between the ages of 18 and 53 years, living in his district, and who were serving in his company. The names of George Wampler and his son, John Wampler, were included on this list. George Wampler continued to farm his land until 10 May 1783, when he and his wife, Elizabeth, sold to Johann and Elizabeth Wunderlich, 3000 acres of land previously owned by Ulrich Stephan. Wunderlich was to pay 950 pounds at the time of the sale and an additional 950 pounds were to paid over a period of 12 years. The deed gave the occupation of George Wampler as yoeman (an obsolete word which meant a freeholder below the class of Gentry, who worked his own land) and his residence as Lebanon Twp. The year 1783 was the last year that George Wampler's name appeared on the tax rolls of Lancaster Co., PA. After the American Revolution, hundreds of Pennsylvania residents made their way into Virginia and down through the Shenandoah Valley to new homes in the mountain wilderness of southwest Virginia. George Wampler and his family were among those families and less than three months after he sold his land in PA, he purchased land in what was then Montgomery Co., VA. This land was situated not far from the plantation of his brother, Michael Wampler, who had been residing in VA for more than 12 years. It was also in the general vicinity of the land of the brothers of his wife, Elizabeth, and other relatives and friends who had previously been his neighbors in Lebanon Twp. The land he purchased in VA on 4 Aug 1783 was comprised of two tracts. One tract had 270 acres for which he paid Patrick and Agness Campbell 1000 pounds. It adjoined the land of Rev. John Brown and John Maxwell and was sitiuated on the south fork of Reed Creek, a branch of the New River. It had been a part of a larger tract which the executors of Colonel John Buchanan had conveyed to Patrick Campbell on 24 Jan 1773. The other tract of land contained 350 acres and was bought from William and Tabitha Campbell for 800 pounds. it was part of a tract of land called Salem, which had been conveyed to William Campbell by his father, Patrick Campbell. George Wampler was included in the list of those paying taxes in Montgomery Co. VA, in the year 1783. George Wampler had lived in VA less than a year when a man by the name of Thomas Copenhaver, who was oviously a friend and neighbor, '...bound himself unto George Wampler in the sum of 400 pounds, gold or silver...' on 13 Apr 1784. It seems that Thomas Copenhaver had recently married Juliana Seek (Six) and had received with her over 200 poounds in real specie. Thomas and Juliana had made a prenuptial agreement that should she live longer than he and have a child or children by him, that the sum of 200 pounds money out of his estate should be at her disposal to do with as she pleased, besides her other estate. Thomas Copenhaver had a family by a previous marriage or marriages and was probably quite a bit older than Juliana. She survived Thomas and wrote her will in Wythe Co. VA, on 19 Nov 1813. George Wampler was a witness to her will. It is not known if the signature was that of George Wampler, Sr. or George Wampler, Jr. It could have been either as George Wampler, Sr. was living at that time. The effect of the will of Juliana Copenhaver will be shown later in this work. In the minutes of the Court of Wythe Co, VA, during the period 1790-1800, an entry on 9 Feb 1791 read: 'George Wampler permitted to keep an ordinary at his house.' An 'ordinary' is a tavern where food, drink or lodging may be obtained. Rates charged by ordinaries were fixed by the county court. One such price regulation was found in Wythe Co. Order Book 1, 1795-1796, on page 37 [an extensive price list for lodging, hay, pasteurage, various meals, and various bar drinks is included in the book and all are in the range of 6 to 12 cents]. A ledger, which bears no title, but belonged to the Second Battalion of the 100th Regiment of the Virginia Militia is housed in the County Clerk's Office, Wythe Co., VA. This ledger gives accounts of Musters, Courts of Inquiry and Courts of Martial. The first entry was dated 29 May 1797. On page 6 was an entry made for the meeting held on 18 Nov 1797, which read: 'George Wampler exempted from militia duty on account of Infirmity.' Most of the meetings of the 100th Regiment were held at George Wampler's and it is safe to assume they were held there because of the ordinary. Every able-bodied male was expected to do his share inbuilding and maintaining the county roads. Recorded 10 Jan 1797, in Wythe County Order Book II, on page 25, is the following: 'Ordered that Leonard Straw, Wm. King, Andrew Houndshell, Samuel Fuller, Abraham Staley, George Kinser, George Wampler, Christopher Wampler, Peter Wampler, George Baugh, Henry Baugh, Henry Nave, Peter Etter, Michael Cormany, Joseph Cowden and George Wampler, Sr., with their male labouring hands and tenants be exempted from working on the road leading from George Tanneys to the south fork of Holsten and work on the road leading from Straw's mill to John Phillippies and keep the same in repair and that Andrew Houndshell be appointed surveyor of said road from said mill to said Phillippies.' Finding evidence to prove that George Wampler who had lived in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, was the same George Wampler who bought land in Montgomery Co., VA, was on of the most perplexing problems faced by this compiler. Conclusive evidence was found in the land records of Lancsaster Co. which proved that they were one and the same. On 12 Sep 1797, George Wampler, of Wythe Co., VA, gave Power-of-Attorney to his son-in-law, George Killinger, Washington Co., VA, to relinquish his claim to a mortgage he had retained on a tract of land near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for the security of the payment thereof. This was the land which George and Elizabeth Wampler had sold to John Wunderlich. Under the terms of the mortgage agreement, this land should have been paid for in 1795. The land, in 1797, was situated in Dauphin Co., PA. Dauphin Co. was created from a part of Lancaster Co. in 1785 and it included that part of Lebanon Twp. where George Wampler, Sr. had lived. Dauphin Co. was later divided and Lebanon County was formed from it in 1813. John Stanger, of Wythe Co., witnessed the above power-of-Attorney and Robert Crockett, Clerk of Wythe Co., certified that George Wampler acknowledged it on 12 Sep 1797. The instrument was recorded in Lancaster Co. on 11 Oct 1798. On this same date, George Killinger, in behalf of George Wampler, acknowledged that he had received full satisfaction for the monies the mortgage mentioned. On 9 Jan 1798 a wagon road was established from George Wampler's to the main road leading to Abingdon, to continue with the wagon road leading to the south fork of the Holston river. George 'Wambler' was a deacon when the Order of Agreement for the congregation of St. Paul Lutheran and Reformed Church, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA, was drawn up on 30 May 1798. This agreement mentioned a school master, so it would seem that the children of the members of this congregation were being educated. The church served not only as a place of worship for two congregations (Lutherans and Reformed), but also as a school house. The 1790 and 1800 Census of Wythe Co. were destroyed, but the 1800 personal Property Tax List showed George Wampler, Sr., with two tithables, 2 slaves and 21 horses. He was taxed $2.50 for one stud horse. On 16 Nov 1803, George and Elizabeth Wampler sold 50 acres of land to Martin Miller for $500. This land was part of a tract of 128 acres adjoining the lands of Martin Miller and Michael Knave. This was the last record found which mentioned Elizabeth Wampler. The 1810 Census of Wythe Co. showed George Wampler as over the age of 45 years, living alone, and the owner of seven slaves. On 31 May 1814, George Wampler (miller) appeared before John P. Nye, a Justice of the Peace in Wythe Co.,and swore that George Wampler Sr. was a material witness on his behalf in a suit in Chancery where he was the plaintiff and Jacob Kettering, blacksmith, was the defendant. His claim on a material point depended upon the testimony of George Wampler, Sr., who by reason of age and sickness was unable to attend the County Court. The deposition of George Wampler, Sr., was taken at his home on 13 June 1814 with William Ward and John Stanger as witnesses. He was apparently too illl to sign his name and made his mark with a 'W.' The will of George Wampler, Sr. is recorded in Wythe Copunty deed Book 1-A, on page 10... [The full will is lengthy and transcribed in the book. It talks of selling his slaves and two stills. He mentions his children George, Joseph, Henry, Jacob, John, Mary Killinger, Anna Magdalena Stanger, and his son-in-law George Kinzer. His sons George and Jacob were made executors and the will was witnessed by Peter Wampler and John King, Sr. The will was probated 10 May 1815. The book continues with detail of who bought what. It also includes a partial yet considerable listing of over 200 items of very interesting and varied items showing George to be quite wealthy materially.] George Wampler, Sr., was a shoemaker, militia man, plantation owner, slave holder, and an innkeeper who brewed at least some of his 'spirits' in his own distillery. During his sojourn in Wythe Co., VA, he bought and sold several hundreds of acres of land. In comparison with other personal estates during this time period, his was a very large estate. He was active in religious affairs and was a man who apparently handled his business affairs well. He was respected by his neighbors as he was often called upon to be a witness to important events in their lives."
      B. Children [note that the book contains separate lengthy biographies on each]:
      a. Maria E. Wampler, b. 1759,d. 1760 and was buried in grave no. 50 in the Hebron Moravian Cemetery at Lebanon, PA.
      b. John Wampler, b. 22 Oct 1761, md. Elizabeth Jansen (Johnson).
      c. Mary Margaret Wampler, b. ca. 1764; md. George Killinger.
      d. George Wampler, Jr., b. 3 Sep 1765, md. Elizabeth Stephan (Steffey).
      e. Katherine Wampler, b. ca. 1768, md. George Kinser.
      f. Joseph Wampler, b. 12 May 1774, md. Esther Kinser.
      g. Henry Wampler, b. 30 mar 1777,md. Maria Kinser.
      h. Jacob Wampler, b. 18 Dec 1778, md. Esther Anderson.
      C. Referenced Sources:
      a. Tax lists (microfilmed), Lancaster County, PA, located at Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA.
      b. Church Records, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Rural Retreat, VA.
      c. Deed Records, Lancaster Co., PA: Bk R, p. 31; Bk S, p. 47; Bk W, p. 61; Bk ZZ, p. 509.
      d. Deed Records, Montgomery Co., VA: Bk A, pp. 303 and 333.
      e. Deed Records, Wythe Co., VA: Bk 6, p. 309.
      f. Superior Court of Chancery Pleas, Wythe Co., VA: Vol. 5, p. 414.
      g. Circuit Superior Court Law and Chancery Orders, 1835-1853, Vol. 2, p. 75 (and p., 96?).
      h. Tombstone inscriptions form Hill Lutheran Cemetery, Annville-Cleona, Lebanon Co., PA.
      i. Records of Quittepehille Hebron Moravian Church, Moravian Archives, Bethelehem, PA.
      j. DeBord, Martha B. and others, "St. Paul Lutheran Church 1776-1976," Commonwealth Press, Inc., Radford, VA, 1976, pp. 16 and 104.
      k. Shreiner-Yantis, Nettie, "1800 Tax Lists and Abstracts of Deeds (1796-1800) of Wythe County, Virginia," Springfield, VA, 1971, pp. 1-2.
      l. Associators and Militia, County of Lancaster, "Pennnsylvania Archives," Fifth Series, Vol. 7, Harrisburg, 1906, pp. 166-167.
      m. Tombstone inscriptions and cemetery records from Hebron Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon, PA.

      10. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, p. 93, has a photocopy of the signature of Hans George Wampfler signed in conjunction with his will on 31 May 1814 in Wythe County, VA.

      11. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
      "Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
      Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
      Wampfler, Michael age 16
      [Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
      European Records
      Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
      Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
      1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
      2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
      Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
      3. Michael b. ca. 1724
      Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
      4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
      5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
      6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
      7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
      8. possible Georg, bp. not located
      American Records
      Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records (F. J. F. Schantz, trans. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1799. {Harrisburg, 1896; reprinted Baltimore 1982}. This translation contains errors and omissions.):
      -Georg Wampfler and wife were sp. in 1762 for a child of Mattheis Boger.
      Quittopahilla Moravian KB:
      -Georg Wambler and wife Elisabetha nee Stephan had: 1. Maria Elisabetha bp. 18 July 1759."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25: "George Wampler was married at Quittopehille, a Moravian settlement in Lebanon Twp., on 5 Aug 1758, to Elizabeth Stephan. They were married by Rev. Philip Meurer, according to the records of the Hebron Moravian Church."

      DEATH:
      1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, pp. 106-109, has a photocopy of the will of George Wampler, Sr. (Hans Georg Wampfler) from 1814 in Wythe Co., VA. The will is in English and in good penmanship. See quotation above from Genevieve Shouse's book for more information on this will.

      BURIAL:
      1. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25: "He died in Wythe Co., VA, between 14 Feb 1815 and 10 May 1815. On the former date he sold some of his land and on the latter date his will was presented for probate. He was buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA. His original marker is no longer standing, but a military marker was ordered and on 25 May 1980, the Fort Chiswell Society, children of the American Revolution, held special services at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery to dedicate a marker at the gravesite of Hans George Wampler, Sr. Several of his descendants attended this service."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

      2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

      3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
      a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
      b. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800," Abingdon, VA, 1929.
      c. "DAR Patriot Index," 3 Vols., National Society of the daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC.