For those interested in becoming a member of Sons of the Revolution or Daughters of the Revolution, you may be interested in knowing that more information is becoming available every day with much easier access. Lots of the old books are being indexed. Recently, a cousin visited Washington County, Maryland, where our German ancestors, the Heiskells and the Steidingers, lived after coming to America. One of the Steidinger daughters married Adam Ott and here is his Revolutionary War Commission and Record. Col. Adam Ott is my great-great-great Uncle. It is pretty amazing to find that his commission as Second Lieutenant was signed by John Hancock.. From his record he was later promoted to Colonel. I've also included a picture of a tin sculpture that for years stood atop the court house in Hagerstown, Maryland. One of the Heiskells was a tinsmith and sculpted this. A replica of the Hessian soldier now adorns the court house and the original is housed at the Hager Museum in Hagerstown.

Bonnie Heiskell Peters, Union County, Tennessee, Historian