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From: Henry Frazier <>
Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Rant really woke the list up
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:17:46 -0400
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When George I became King of England in 1714 he brought The House of Hanover (Germany) into the line of the Royal Family and the British Monarch thereafter often relied on Hessian troops to fill the ranks of the British Army in wars in Scotland, Ireland and America.
Of course, von Stueben was on the right side in the American Revolution.

Does anyone have a connection with the George line that settled in Tazewell County Virginia?

Henry Frazier> From: > To: > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:47:25 -0400> Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Rant really woke the list up> > > From: <>> To: <>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:57 AM> Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Rant really woke the list up> > > Mary said:> > So they were Germans that were hired by British and then came to the US to > > fight for Britain against the "Americans"?> > Sorry for my ignorance here, but I never heard of this before. Just > > trying to see if any of my Hessians may have been in the same situation.> > Mary,> I think General von Stueben was a Hessian who helped train the Continental > troops. We learned about him in American history classes and he is also on a > U.S. postage stamp.> Bonnie in Indiana > > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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